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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Large Format / April 2005What camera is this?
Can anyone help settle a dispute and identify this camera: http://www.geocities.com/thelasian/index.html Is it a Calumet C400, and is there a website or something on it? thanks much Yes, it looks like a Calumet CC-400 > Can anyone help settle a dispute and identify this camera: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > thanks much > Can anyone help settle a dispute and identify this camera: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > thanks much Looks like a CC-400, but it could be CC-401 (longer monorail).  Signature.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 11:45:00 up 14 days, 1:02, 3 users, load average: 4.37, 4.31, 4.28 Is there a site on this camera, its history, accessories, quirks, lenses, etc.? > Is there a site on this camera, its history, accessories, quirks, > lenses, etc.? Try www.largeformatphotography.info I doubt there is a site dedicated to the CC-400. It was the workhorse of view cameras in the 60s/70s. Cheap, well-built, no frills. : > Is there a site on this camera, its history, accessories, quirks, : > lenses, etc.? : Try www.largeformatphotography.info : I doubt there is a site dedicated to the CC-400. It was the workhorse of : view cameras in the 60s/70s. Cheap, well-built, no frills. What a workhorse they were and in my case still is!! I got mine cheap on Ebay and it even came with the original manual. SignatureKeep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- fwp@deepthought.com I have one in squeaky mint condition which was branded for Kodak as a Master View. They are very good, rigid and light cameras..Evan Clarke > : > Is there a site on this camera, its history, accessories, quirks, > : > lenses, etc.? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > ------------------- > fwp@deepthought.com Sounds like a great camera. For reasons I don't understand the cc-400 is looked down on by a lot of people. There is a reason that they were as popular as they were! People seem to have a hard time believing me when I tell them that the cc-400 was easy to carry out in the field. It in fact is a lot lighter the it appears. : I have one in squeaky mint condition which was branded for Kodak as a Master : View. They are very good, rigid and light cameras..Evan Clarke : > : > Is there a site on this camera, its history, accessories, quirks, : > : > lenses, etc.? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] : > ------------------- : > fwp@deepthought.com SignatureKeep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- fwp@deepthought.com > People seem to have a hard time believing me when I tell them that the cc-400 > was easy to carry out in the field. It in fact is a lot lighter the it > appears. It's not the weight. It's that damn rail. My folding camera is about the same weight maybe a bit more then my long bellows 400. But it folds into a nice little package. Much easier to carry. Nick I used a short rail in the field. Did a lot of landscape work with. The rail was still a nuisance, though. Finally traded "up" to a self-modified Speed-graphic. Lost lots of movements but I didn't use most of them anyway. The CC-400 cameras are definitely great cameras with lots of movements and a revolving back with bail (bale?) to boot. Todd SignatureSee fine art photography at: www.konabear.com > >> People seem to have a hard time believing me when I tell them that the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Nick > Can anyone help settle a dispute and identify this camera: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > thanks much It is a CC-400. These are very versitile view cameras with no glamour whatever. They started life as a Kodak model, the Kodak 4x5 Masterview. At some date around the early 1960's the design was aquired by Calumet who made some minor changes and built the camera in three versions for many years. The three versions have different length bellows draw and rail. The CC-401 has a bag bellows and short rail for use with wide angle lenses, the CC-402 has an extended bellows and rail. Eventually, Calumet sold the design and it was built by Burke & James and as the Orbit camera, and perhaps a couple of other names. Don't let its unpreposessing looks fool you about its capability as a camera. Its been a long time since Calumet has made these guys but its just possible that they may have copied instruction books for them. They do have a small stock of parts. Shown in one of the photos is a reflex finder. There was also a compendium lens shade and filter holder available. I have no idea of current value. I got mine several years ago at a local sale for $150 US complete with original aluminum case and lens shade but no lens. If you get an original Calumet case you will probably have to replace the foam lining, it rots after a while. While Calumet lensboards are flat metal with a ridge around the edge the camera will take 4"x4" lens boards of the type used on Anniversary Speed Graphics, B&J press cameras, and the graflex View camera. Not ideal for field use because it doesn't fold it is nonetheless a very good camera usually available at bargain prices. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, 90026 dickburk@ix.netcom.com |
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