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| − | '''Bender Photographic''' was a maker of [[view camera]]s based in Leavenworth, Washington. Until 2008 it made camera kits for [[large format]] cameras. According to an archive of the earlier company website<ref>[http://www.jaybender.com/BPH/ Bender Photographic] at [http://www.jaybender.com/main.htm JayBender.com]</ref>, its proprietor has retired from building view camera kits after 30 years, due to declining use of film cameras. | + | '''Bender Photographic''' was a maker of [[view camera]]s based in Leavenworth, Washington. Until 2008 it made camera kits for [[large format]] cameras. According to an archive of the earlier company website<ref>[http://www.jaybender.com/BPH/ Bender Photographic] at [http://www.jaybender.com/main.htm JayBender.com]</ref>, its proprietor Jay Bender has retired from building view camera kits after 30 years, due to declining use of film cameras. |
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| + | Bender also sold [[pinhole camera|pinholes]] precision-drilled in brass shim stock for makers of [[homemade pinhole camera]]s<REF>"Pinhole Pointers," January 1988 Popular Photography (Vol. 95, No. 1; footnote, pg. 53).</REF>. | ||
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Bender Photographic was a maker of view cameras based in Leavenworth, Washington. Until 2008 it made camera kits for large format cameras. According to an archive of the earlier company website[1], its proprietor Jay Bender has retired from building view camera kits after 30 years, due to declining use of film cameras.
Bender also sold pinholes precision-drilled in brass shim stock for makers of homemade pinhole cameras[2].
Cameras
pinhole camera kits
- 4x5 Pinhole Camera
monorail camera kits
Notes
- ↑ Bender Photographic at JayBender.com
- ↑ "Pinhole Pointers," January 1988 Popular Photography (Vol. 95, No. 1; footnote, pg. 53).
