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Follow up, replacement bellows for folders
I posted a few weeks ago about needing a bellows for an old welta folding 6
X 4.5 camera. It has a coupled rangefinder and a non-front cell focusing zeiss tessar (focuses by a sliding bed like a view camera) so I though it might be worth fixing up. I looked around and decided to get one from http://www.camerabellows.com/ I went to their request info page, gave them some basic info and they responded promptly with an estimate. A couple of more e-mails and I mailed them the old bellows along with my credit card info. In a few weeks I was sent a very nice leather copy of the original. It wasn't -exactly- the same but it was -very- close and works great. It's slightly harder to close now but other than this, it works perfect and now so does the camera. I guess in time it will smoosh down some and close easier. It wasn't real hard to install and it looks as nice as any leather bellows I've seen as far as quality. Even has some fancy looking "stripes" down it's length! It was $45 shipped which for a custom made bellows seemed reasonable to me. It wouldn't be worth it for a cheapo model folder but for the higher end ones that can't be found already made elsewhere, it's a good source for these. -- Stacey |
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Follow up, replacement bellows for folders
In article , Stacey wrote:
I posted a few weeks ago about needing a bellows for an old welta folding 6 X 4.5 camera. [...] Thanks for the report, Stacey! Very useful information. FWIW, I find that compressing a bellows in a press (or under a tall stack of heavy books) for a few days takes care of the closing problem, but it's too late for that, so you will eventually achieve the same thing after a few weeks leaving the camera folded when not in use. It's good to hear of people having good experiences in these things. |
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