Joao
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Hello
This is a request for help from members who might be familiar with Large Format cameras made in Italy. I have a LF camera made by “La fotomecânica C. Lupo” , from Torino. The “La Fotomeccanica C Lupo” made several LF cameras (models “Victoria”, “Aldina” , “Studio 7” ) until the early sixties. All seem to use 13 X 18 negatives (this needs to be confirmed). This is the model I have
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It will be difficult, or impossible, to restore it to its original form, due to the unavailability of important missing parts. It may also have been subject to changes by previous owners.
So I may try to rebuild an hybrid LF camera adapting parts from other cameras (or making those parts, if possible). Before I start the project I would like to know some details from the original model
The first questions I would like to be answered (if possible with pictures) are :
What is precisely the model that I have ? What lens / lenses were used in this camera ? How was the procedure to insert/remove the negative holders ? What negative holders were used ?
If you can suggest some Italian web resources (large format photo websites, clubs, associations, etc) where I can ask for more information, that woul be great. Language will not be a problem , being a native Portuguese speaker I can understand written Italian.
Thank you in advance for your input
Regards
Joao
This is a request for help from members who might be familiar with Large Format cameras made in Italy. I have a LF camera made by “La fotomecânica C. Lupo” , from Torino. The “La Fotomeccanica C Lupo” made several LF cameras (models “Victoria”, “Aldina” , “Studio 7” ) until the early sixties. All seem to use 13 X 18 negatives (this needs to be confirmed). This is the model I have
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It will be difficult, or impossible, to restore it to its original form, due to the unavailability of important missing parts. It may also have been subject to changes by previous owners.
So I may try to rebuild an hybrid LF camera adapting parts from other cameras (or making those parts, if possible). Before I start the project I would like to know some details from the original model
The first questions I would like to be answered (if possible with pictures) are :
What is precisely the model that I have ? What lens / lenses were used in this camera ? How was the procedure to insert/remove the negative holders ? What negative holders were used ?
If you can suggest some Italian web resources (large format photo websites, clubs, associations, etc) where I can ask for more information, that woul be great. Language will not be a problem , being a native Portuguese speaker I can understand written Italian.
Thank you in advance for your input
Regards
Joao