Released 1925

I’ve long fancied a 6×12 good-quality panoramic camera. The best option seems to be a 6×12 roll film back for a large format camera (such as my Horseman 45HD) but these are very expensive. Even more expensive are most of the dedicated 6×12 cameras from the likes of Fuji, Horseman and Linhof.

I managed to pick up this camera which takes obsolete 116 film for the price of two beers. It should be a fairly straightforward conversation to make it use 120 film and then I can start shooting 6×11, which is almost as good! The 12cm Tessar is not particularly wide on this format but it should be fun anyway.

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