[LargeFormat] Bill Brandt

[Les Newcomer]

I can't tell you the exact name of it but it was a UK Kodak wide angle=20=

camera.

It was an odd camera, similar to a HOBO camera being made now, in that =
it=20
was a rigid box without any focus ability, the depth was designed for =
the=20
hyperfocal focus of the lens-- a 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 Protar V.

the front of the camera used nesting lensboards that were off set. Put =
the=20
off-sets 180=B0 apart and the lens was centered. Rotate either or both=20=

boards and you got shift, rise or fall.  the odd part is, the lens =
barely=20
covers 5x7 stopped down, there is no room for shift!  Even in the=20
instructions, they talk about dark corners.  One of the English guys on=20=

ebay sold two of the over the past couple of years.
On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 05:41 AM, Stuart Phillips wrote:

> Bill Brandt used a special model of LF for his nudes and beach scenes =
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> anyone remember what it was?
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> (This from the Leica list)
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