Re: 70mm camera options?

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 16 Dec 97 at 10:30, Rolland Rainbow Elliott wrote:

> I'd really like to get a 70mm camera to shoot some 70mm EIR film.  However I
> cannot afford a Hasselbald or a Mamiya with a 70mm back!  Are there any 70mm
> cameras out there for less than $1000 U.S.A. dollars?  I read the messages
> abut the old military 70mm camera on WJ's page, but it sounds like these are
> rare and hard to get.  Anyone know of a 70mm rangefinder camera?

Yep, a Combat Graflex 70mm, but that one is more rare than any other 
in that list....8-))

I have a separate chapter about this 'Contax on testosterones' on my
homepage, AFAIK only 1500 were ever made. I have a lead on one in
the near future, but that one will need surgery....the entire
shutter mechanism is included in separate parts....8-))
There even seems to be a kit available for submarine use, as scarce 
as one can imagine....a few months ago I was offered one of 
these....price to steep to even consider it....8-((
One other neat feature is a mid-roll film cutter, I think some 35mm 
range finders had this cutting gadget too.

Rumour goes that military photographers were forced to work with this 
camera, but they hated it so much that they wrecked it 
intentionally....and using their normal backup gear. Because of this 
false reputation it never made it as civilian production on a larger scale.

Btw, I will get the normal 100 and 180mm lens with this deal....if
anyone ever sees the 65mm, give me a call....that one has hardly
ever been part of the military kits.


- -- 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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