You are bidding on a great Calumet CC-400 4x5 Monorail Large Format Film Camera. It includes a pro quality Bogen Manfrotto Tripod, a film holder and a Bogen strap for the tripod. It is in excellent condition and works well. It has has a Kodak Ektar f4.7 lens with a Kodak Supermatic shutter with a cable release. The camera is focused by moving the camera body along the 16 inch solid aluminium rail.
The Calumet CC-400 is a 4x5-inch monorail camera. It was derived from the Kodak Master View Camera. It was the first of a series of similar aluminium-bodied view cameras made by Calumet. The CC-400 is double-extension, with a 20-inch (50 cm) rail, and a 16-inch (40 cm) bellows to suit.
The camera is mounted on a solid aluminium rail, round in section with a slot running along the bottom. The mounts for each standard, and the tripod mount, rack along the rail using the black plastic knobs. Each can be locked. The lever on each standard mount releases the racking mechanism, allowing the standards to be pulled freely along the rail when setting up.
The chrome-plated knob high on the front standard is for geared front rise/fall, allowing up to three inches of rise, or one of fall. The black knobs on the side of each standard release them to tilt manually, up to 30° forward or back, and similar knobs under each standard release them for shift (up to 7/8 inch (22 mm) left or right) and/or swing (12° each way).
At the back, the camera has a ground-glass marked with a red grid, in a spring back; the dark-slide is inserted in front of the focusing screen. The back rotates through 360°, with detents when aligned in landscape or portrait orientation.
There is a small bubble level in the mount at each end of the carrying handle on top of the rear standard, one for front/rear and one for left/right levelling.\
Condition: It is a handsome camera with a good bellows. The lens is clean and the shutter seems to operate in all its speeds from B,T, 25-400. There is a Focus Button that holds the lens open for focusing.
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