Description: A lightweight multipurpose view camera of the non-folding type with extensive
movements and a wide range of usable lenses. The 23S is hand-made from
20-year-old quarter-sawn Macassar ebony heartwood and solid titanium, and
features extremely supple calfskin bellows and a genuine cordovan leather hand-
strap. The unique bellows design allows full movements with wide lenses without
causing any bellows shadow.
Features: - Ebony and titanium construction: no vibration or sway, even at maximum
extension. Complete stability is assured.
- View camera performance, field camera portability
- 40mm+40mm back shift, enabling panoramic photography without lens
movement
- 45/47mm lens may be used with recessed lensboard
- Triple-draw bellows extension, allowing front and back focus
- 6x9 Polaroid/Fuji film may be used with Instant Film holder GP (available
as optional accessory)
- Accepts Linhof-type 4x5 lensboards
- Optional Ebony back extender 692 and/or extension tubes enable the use
of longer lenses.
- Accepts 6x9 Graphic Standard roll film holders (Horseman, Mamiya
RB67 etc.) Roll film holders may be removed without dismounting
focusing screen.
Specifications:
| Format | Graphic Standard 6x9cm (2x3 inch). Accepts all Graphic Standard roll film holders. |
| Wood | Macassar ebony |
| Metal | Titanium |
| Focusing | Triple-draw rack & pinion (front and back focusing) |
| Lensboard | 4x5 Linhof-type |
| Camera Back | Interchangeable vertical/horizontal Graphic Standard |
| Focusing Screen | Ground glass with 10mm grid |
| Fresnel lens with 10mm grid, protective glass | Front: Rise 50mm, Fall 25mm, Shift 38mm+38mm, Swing 45¦+45¦, Center tilt 20¦+20¦ Center tilt 30¦+30¦
Back: Rise 40mm, Shift 40mm+40mm, Swing 20¦+20¦, Center tilt 20¦+20¦ |
| Zero ("Null") Positions Reset | Front swings, front/back center tilts: zero detents Back rise: lowest position Front rise/fall: zero position alignment points Shifts: zero position on scale |
| Min/Max Bellows Extensions | 65-275mm |
| Usable Lenses | 45mm* - 400mm (telephoto) * 45mm, 47mm lenses require recessed lensboard |
| Spirit Level | Front:One-way
Back:Two-way with mirror |
| Tripod Sockets | 3/8" with 1/4" reducing bush |
| Weight | 1.8kg |
| Dimensions | 18.0 (h) x 17.5* (w) x 12.0 (l) cm *including knobs |