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The '''Cadet''' is a 4x5 [[monorail camera]] produced by the US company [[Calumet]].
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The '''Cadet''' is a 4x5-inch [[monorail camera]] produced by the US company [[Calumet]], one of the cheaper monorail cameras available. It is a development of their [[Calumet CC-400|CC-400]] series monorail cameras, with various changes in design to make the camera lighter. Whereas the earlier cameras are mounted on a solid aluminium rail, the Cadet has a hollow tubular rail;<ref name=LPFA>[http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=LP&inA=20130509_1747&inO=26 Cambo-branded Cadet], sold at [http://auktion.lpfoto.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=ENGLISH&inC=LP&inA=20130509_1747 Auction 46] by [http://www.lpfoto.se/index.php?d=home&inLang=gb LP Foto] on 7 December 2013: several excellent pictures of the camera, which is missing its focusing screen.</ref> where the solid rail has a machined groove for racking, the hollow one has a groove formed by folding. The Cadet has one-sided, L-shaped front and rear standards, and more parts are plastic than on the CC-400 cameras. The camera weighs about 2.5 kg (5½ pounds),<ref name=LF>Jay Schlegel, [http://www.largeformatphotography.info/calumet/cadet.html Cadet review] at [http://www.largeformatphotography.info/ Large FormatPhotography.Info]</ref> compared to the CC-400's 3.75 kg (8¼ pounds).
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The camera is black, with either black or red bellows. It was available with either a standard bellows, giving sixteen inches of extension, or a bag bellows for use with very short lenses.<ref name=LF/>
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The Cadet is a 4x5-inch monorail camera produced by the US company Calumet, one of the cheaper monorail cameras available. It is a development of their CC-400 series monorail cameras, with various changes in design to make the camera lighter. Whereas the earlier cameras are mounted on a solid aluminium rail, the Cadet has a hollow tubular rail;[1] where the solid rail has a machined groove for racking, the hollow one has a groove formed by folding. The Cadet has one-sided, L-shaped front and rear standards, and more parts are plastic than on the CC-400 cameras. The camera weighs about 2.5 kg (5½ pounds),[2] compared to the CC-400's 3.75 kg (8¼ pounds).

The camera is black, with either black or red bellows. It was available with either a standard bellows, giving sixteen inches of extension, or a bag bellows for use with very short lenses.[2]


Notes

  1. Cambo-branded Cadet, sold at Auction 46 by LP Foto on 7 December 2013: several excellent pictures of the camera, which is missing its focusing screen.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jay Schlegel, Cadet review at Large FormatPhotography.Info