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'''Bender Photographic''' is a maker of [[view camera]]s based in Leavenworth, Washington. It makes camera kits for [[large format]] cameras.
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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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309113018/http://www.jaybender.com/BPH/ Bender Photographic] (archived) 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.
  
===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>.
====[[pinhole camera]]s====
 
*4x5 kit
 
====[[monorail camera]]s====
 
*[[Bender 4x5|4x5 kit]]
 
*8x10 kit
 
  
===Links===
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==Cameras==
*[http://www.benderphoto.com/index.htm cpmpany homepage]
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====[[pinhole camera]] kits====
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*4x5 Pinhole Camera
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====[[monorail camera]] kits====
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*[[Bender 4x5 View Camera|4x5 View Camera]]
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*[[Bender 8x10 View Camera|8x10 View Camera]]
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==Notes==
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==Links==
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*[https://www.flickr.com/groups/bender_camera/ Bender Large Format group] on Flickr.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 04:37, 20 June 2023

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

  1. Bender Photographic (archived) at JayBender.com
  2. "Pinhole Pointers," January 1988 Popular Photography (Vol. 95, No. 1; footnote, pg. 53).

Links