Plaubel 69W Proshift 6x9cm wide angle film camera by Plaubel. Made in Japan. Serial #327424. The camera uses 120 or 220 film. Unique classic heavy duty metal wide angle camera. Tripod socket on the bottom of the camera. This Plaubel 69W is in or 8 of 10 cosmetic condition. Nice black finish. Some slight signs of wear around. No dings or dents. All original. No missing pieces. Smooth film advance. Bubble level in good working condition. Camera has original optical Viewfinder. Viewing is nice. Camera comes with finder, instructions, and cable release.

Schneider Super-Angulon MC 47mm f/5.6 Wide-Angle lens in Copal #0 shutter. Serial #13922603. Made in Germany.. Camera has focusing shown in feet and meters. Close focus range is down to 1.7' or.5 meters.  Shutter speed range is 1/500 - 1 second and  B. Filter diameter is 52mm. Lens stop range is f/5.6 - f/32. Multi coated glass. Lens is in Ex++ or 9 of 10 cosmetic condition. No dings or dents. Clean glass. No separation or scratches. Smooth and clean shutter and aperture blades. Good working shutter. Lens comes with front lens cap, and Schneider center-filter..

Plaubel 69W ProShift is 6 x 9cm format camera with ultra-wide-angle lens fixed to, manufactured by Plaubel, West Germany. The most noteworthy feature of this camera is that camera movements are enabled on this in spite of 6 x 9cm format camera. Camera movements mechanism is indispensable for such as architectural photography. But it requires heavy stuff like a large-sized tripod and a large-format camera which has bellows fixed between lens and the camera body. This, Plaubel 69W ProShift decreases labor carrying a large camera, tripod and all that stuff, for it is at the weight of 1600 grams that can be carried out rather easily, and its body shape is designed to make it easier to hold with hands.

The lens fixed to the camera is "Schneider Super Angulon f5.6/47mm".
This lens is multi-coated, and consists of four-group, eight-element lens. And image circle of this is 123 mm. Converting this lens into the one for a 35mm camera, the focal length of 47mm is about as well as that of 21mm. On camera movements, the lens (lensboard) can be shifted up to 13mm - optical axis of 15 deg. - to the left, and risen up to 15mm - optical axis of 17.5 deg., and the sport finder (and also the optical direct-view finder when attached to the camera) couples with lens movements and conpensates visual field. In the optical direct-view finder, there is the Albada bright frame. It shows parallax correction mark for closer distance, and also compensated visual field for camera movements.
Film transportation is by two-stroke winding of the film wind lever with double-exposure prevention.
This camera adopted the roll film holder for "Mamiya Press", which has grip on its side, and the shutter release button and the film wind lever are also on it. The shape of this grip is designed very well so that it makes it possible to photograph with this camera without using a tripod.

The shutter employed in the lens is Copal #0 of which flash synchronizes all the shutter speeds.
The actual picture size of this camera is 56 x 83 mm. Eight exposures can be taken on 120 roll film and 16 exposures on 220 roll film. In addition, levels are built in for the vertical and the horizontal.

Utilizing ultra-wide-angle lens, together with camera movements which requires a full length of image circle decrease the light at each end of a picture. To solve this problem, Plaubel provided "Center Filter" which decreases the light in the center of a picture to balance the light overall. The filter diameter of this is 52mm, but using other filter attached to this when working on camera movements vignets a picture due to its frame. So the adapter ring "AR-1" was belong to this to extend the filter diameter from 52mm to 77mm. 

Introduced in December, 1981.

Camera type : 6 x 9cm format camera with ultra-wide-angle lens

Lens : Schneider Super Angulon f5.6/47mm (four-group, eight-element)

Image circle of lens : 123mm

Focusing : visual distance estimation, straight helicoid

Shutter : Copal #0 (leaf-shutter), built-in X sync

Shutter speeds : B, 1-1/500sec.

Viewfinder : sport firnder, also optical direct-view finder available

Film winding : by lever

Film : 120, 220 roll film

Camera movements : Shift : 13mm - optical axis of 15 deg. - to the left
Rise : 15mm - optical axis of 17.5 deg

Body dimensions : 205 x 124 x 132mm

Body weight : 1600g.

Very interesting quality wide angle camera with a compact Schneider Super-Angulon 47mm f/5.6 super sharp wide angle lens. Sells with NO RESERVE at a price of $1495. I have more Panoramic cameras, accessories and select lenses, Large Format cameras, Lenses and Accessories, Medium format cameras, Portrait and Soft Focus Lenses. More great buys on my other auctions, Ebay Store and Web Page.