Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spotted on rec.photo.equipment.large-format... "Randy Moore" <Randy_RN@msn.com> wrote: > Has anyone ever heard of a 5 X 7 flatbed made by Wetzlar? I recently > purchased one at a flea market with several backs and a ground glass > insert for a very reasonable price. > The bellows and wood are all in fantastic condition. I have an old clean > 162 mm lens I plan on installing, but have to have a bed made for it. > I would appreciate any info you might have on this camera. > Several people have told me Wetzlar never made LF cameras.... > This has a brass plate that says "made in Germany" and Leitz Wetzlar is > engraved in the rear bellows holder. News to me, too. If anybody knows about this maybe they could post to r.p.e.l-f, tell Randy, write about it here or all three? - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- jack@purr.demon.co.uk - Jack Campin, 2 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE