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Viewfromthetopwiththe
viewfinders folded down

Plaubel Makina III

Manycamerasdesignedfor
largeformatcutfilmgave
theoptionof alsousing
120 rollfilm.Veryfew
offeredfacilitiesfor
35mmaswell.But
that’swhatyougetwitha
MakinaIII.It wasmadebythe
GermancompanyPlaubel,who
beganmakingthemodelin 1912.
Bythetimethisversionhadbeen
introduced,theMakinabrandhad
justaboutreacheditspeak.
A ground-glassfocusingscreen
undera hoodis fittedtotheback
forfocusing,thenreplacedwitha
cut fi lm holder incorporating a

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Thefocusingscreenand

hoodfittedtothebackwithfilm

holdersrequiredforcutfilm,alongside

the 120 and35mmrollfilmbacks

Tech Talk

darkslideandsinglesheetof film

toshootpicturesoneat a time.

That’sfineforthepurist,butfor

easeof usetoday,thecamerais

betterfittedwithoneof itsrollfilm

backstoshooteithereight6x9cm

imageson 120 filmorthirty-six

24x36mmimageson35mm.

In use,thelenspanelis extended

fromthebodyonscissor-likestruts

thatclick-stopat twopositions.The

firstis usedwhenshootingwitha

wideanglelensandthesecond

whenusinga standardlensor

telephoto.Thecamerahastwo

viewfinders:anopticalfinderwith

parallaxadjustmentfora standard

lens,whichis alsoetchedto give

thefieldof viewfora telephoto,

anda wireframefinderfora

wideanglelens.

A focusingknobmovesthelens

panel back and forth, coupled to a

coincidentimagerangefinderon

topof thebodyasneedlesmove

acrosstwofocusingscales.Oneis

forstandardandtelephotolenses,

theotherfora wideanglelens.A

handgriponthesideof thelens

panelmakesit comfortableto

useastheshutter,speeded

1-1/200sec,is tensionedbya

leveronthesideandreleased

bya buttonontop.

Allthesefunctionsandsettings

canbea bitcomplicatedby

today’sstandards,butif you

enjoybreathingnewlifeinto

oldcameras,thecomplications

arehalfthefunof it.

What’sgoodChoiceof film

formats,solidlybuilt,qualityoptics.

What’sbadHeavyandslowto use;

shutters can sometimes seize up.

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itstwinviewfinderserected,
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