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On the 1976 [[Photokina]] Cambo announced that they would take over the production of the American made Graflex XL. It took however till 1979 before the Cambo XL could actually be delivered, production lasted till 1980 when financial problems did halt it. It is estimated that only a few hundred cameras were made<ref name="PHT1989-4">Article "Professionele Nederlandse Foto Apparatuur, Historie van Cambo" part 3, by Leo Hilkhuijzen in magazine PHT 4/1989 published by [https://www.fotografica.nl/ Fotografica]</ref>. | On the 1976 [[Photokina]] Cambo announced that they would take over the production of the American made Graflex XL. It took however till 1979 before the Cambo XL could actually be delivered, production lasted till 1980 when financial problems did halt it. It is estimated that only a few hundred cameras were made<ref name="PHT1989-4">Article "Professionele Nederlandse Foto Apparatuur, Historie van Cambo" part 3, by Leo Hilkhuijzen in magazine PHT 4/1989 published by [https://www.fotografica.nl/ Fotografica]</ref>. | ||
| − | The '''Cambo XL''' was standard delivered with a 6x7/ | + | The '''Cambo XL''' was standard delivered with a 6x7/6x9cm roll film cassette, a coupled [[rangefinder]] and a [[Schneider]] Xenar 3.5/100mm lens in a [[Copal]]-0 leaf shutter<ref name="PHT1989-4"/>. |
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The Cambo XL is a medium format press camera made by the Dutch company Cambo and is in fact a continuation of the Graflex XL.
On the 1976 Photokina Cambo announced that they would take over the production of the American made Graflex XL. It took however till 1979 before the Cambo XL could actually be delivered, production lasted till 1980 when financial problems did halt it. It is estimated that only a few hundred cameras were made[1].
The Cambo XL was standard delivered with a 6x7/6x9cm roll film cassette, a coupled rangefinder and a Schneider Xenar 3.5/100mm lens in a Copal-0 leaf shutter[1].
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Article "Professionele Nederlandse Foto Apparatuur, Historie van Cambo" part 3, by Leo Hilkhuijzen in magazine PHT 4/1989 published by Fotografica
