My friend recently gave me
this beautiful old camera but I have been unable to find out much about it so
far. "Rekkord" right under the lens is the only marking except on the
lens itself where it says "Luminere Anastigmat Nacor 1.6.3 F:135" From that and the little I have
been able to glean I believe it is a French, pre-World War II era, 9 x 12 (approx. 3.5” x 4.75”) large format
camera. My friend said his Dad brought it back from France where he served in
WWII and it had been sitting in his garage with several film holders for years.
It is in surprisingly good condition.
Although even my “go to”
film lab, The Darkroom, doesn’t develop this size film I was able to find out
that Freestyle Photographic actually carries some Fomapan 9x12 black &
white film so I may just have to figure out how to process it myself. I have
been trying to avoid darkroom work since the 1970’s when I decided I much preferred
shooting pictures rather than processing or even post processing images. Still,
using a change bag to transfer the film into a Patterson tank and process using
the Taco method should be pretty simple. That and scanning a few images should
take no more than an hour – not an overwhelming investment in time and effort
for the pleasure of seeing how a 70 year old camera still works after all these
years.
Stay tuned!
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