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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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