What camera is this?!

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Found it at a yard sales a couple of weeks back, anyone know what it is? Format is a little odd, about 15.5 x 12 cm.

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Thanks!
 
Funny, I was just looking at these today on the big auction site. I believe this is a Brand Press View Camera. They were made in Los Angeles and could be fitted with a Kalart RF. Think of it as a hand-holdable view camera, mixed with a stripped down Graphic. There were a few Brand Press models, and this one does look a bit cobbled together.
 
155mm x 120mm is nearly 120.65mm (4.75 inches) x 165.1mm (6.5 inches) which is half-plate size or perhaps double-quarter plate (I've seen half plate cited as being 4.25" x 6.5"). Half-plate sheet film is I think still available to special order although you would have to make up a spacer to use sheet film on a plate glass holder I think. You could probably adapt the camera back somehow to the more common 4" x 5" sheet film holder. The metalwork appears to be made of an aluminium alloy which should polish up with something like 'Autosol' metal polish.

Regards

Andrew More
 
Thank you so much for the hints and info!

Ps. Yes, I put it on a Linhof tripod :) It was the only one I had that had the larger tripod screw
 
Certainly not a Linhof! I would have to agree, it's a lower end LF camera to be sure. Not sure I've ever seen that type of lens board, but then I haven't shot LF for 10 years, so it's not my specialty.
 
chambrenoire said:
Found it at a yard sales a couple of weeks back, anyone know what it is? Format is a little odd, about 15.5 x 12 cm.

Thanks!
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Like was mentioned earlier, it is either a Brand or New-Vue large format camera. Indestructible but a bit heavy. I almost bought one of these instead of a very light Nagaoka Seisakusho but the lensboards are almost impossible to find for the Brand and I wanted something backpack-able.

Phil Forrest
 
New Vue... Made in the midwest.. Chicago?

New Vue... Made in the midwest.. Chicago?

Phil_F_NM said:
Like was mentioned earlier, it is either a Brand or New-Vue large format camera. Indestructible but a bit heavy. I almost bought one of these instead of a very light Nagaoka Seisakusho but the lensboards are almost impossible to find for the Brand and I wanted something backpack-able.

Phil Forrest
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I bought one of these (similar) with a bunch of camera equipment. What I got was a New Vue. Clearly marked on the cross bar on the front plane between the two rails. I believe the casting indicated made in Chicago but I distinctly remember New Vue. No wood on it however, back was a very ugly revolving rear screen ground glass view.

This is the camera I had, and yes it was a New Vue... not the camera posted here:

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Not this camera, but distinctly similar on the dual rail slide system. Very heavy due to the all metal construction. Couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Couldn't afford a pack mule!!!
 
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