From my sister.
Bit of a convoluted story here.
I had taken sis down to one of the camera shops to see a Graflex Crown Graphic, but it had already sold by the time I got her down there. This was sitting in the case, and I took a photo of it:
I liked the look of the glass on the lens.
Un-be-known to me, she went back afterwards, and bought it for my birthday.
(I hope she's a negotiator and talked them down a little in price.)
It's a Braun Norca Super 120 roll film camera.
Very basic non-range-finding design.
I am impressed with the German build quality.
There is a choice of 6 x 6 ( 2-1/4" x 2-1/4" ) or 6 x 9 ( 2-1/4" x 2-3/4" ) image sizes via folding plates inside the body.
Everything appears to work.
The main-spring on the Vario shutter is nice and snappy.
I am going to clean it a little and run a roll of Ilford HP-5 Plus through it just for chuckles.
I will have the F-3 along to range find for the distance settings on the Steiner lens...
I am more excited over this than I thought possible.
A folder sure makes for compact sized medium format.
Regards,
Doc Sharptail
