[LargeFormat] Any GOMZ-LOMO FK owners out there?

[Marco Pauck]

Ken Hough wrote:
> 
> Did you know the "Grand dad" of this camera is the Rochester Optical
> Premo. Its the tailboard version. Circa 1893-1910.

Thanks for the info.
The overall design is actually very common for cameras from
the turn of the century (1900 of course ...).

> Yours looks like a 1980s vintage?

No, it's the second version being produced from 1946-1965.
But the lens is already coated.

The first version was produced from 1930-1940 and the third
from 1970-1987. (All data taken from Princelle's book.)

	Marco


> From:                   Marco Pauck <marco@pauck.de>
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> I just got a FK 18x24 large format camera, the version
> manufactured by GOMZ-LOMO. After some CLA, it's now ready
> for the field:
> 
>         http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/opened.jpg
>         http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/closed.jpg
>         http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/lens.jpg
> 
> Yes, I plan to actually use this archaic camera! ;-)
> 
> Well, for me it's just the usual kind of self abuse by
> East European equipment, but I'm wondering how this camera
> was deployed by the poor Russian fellow photographers,
> especially considering that it was manufactured until 1987
> (according to Princelle). Was it actually used? In the field
> or in the studio? Any anecdotes?  ;-)
> 
> One point is that the film holders are for glass plates,
> not sheet film. Where glass plates still common in Russia
> during the 80ths of the last century? Or is there a later
> version of the film holder that is prepared for sheet film?
> 
> Any tips for converting a glass plate holder to sheet film?
> 
>         Marco
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