Silar
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| 6.5x9 cm Silar with Meyer 10.5 cm f/4.5 Doppel Plasmat image by eBayer Yalluflex (Image rights) |
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| Another view, with the bed dropped, and tilt used to keep the lens standard vertical. image by eBayer Yalluflex (Image rights) |
The Silar is a high-specification folding-bed view camera, sold by Porst and Meyer, but made by Perka Präzisions-Camerawerk between about 1922 and 1930, and subsequently made by Linhof when Perka closed.[1] The camera is identical to Perka's own Perka cameras, or later to any of several Linhof cameras.
McKeown lists the Silar in 4.5x6 cm, 6.5x9 cm, 9x12 cm, 10x15 cm and 13x18 cm plate sizes.[1] It has a triple-extension bellows, rotating back, drop bed, and front rise, shift and tilt (McKeown states that the Perka also has rear tilt;[1] controls to tilt the back cannot be seen on the Meyer Silar illustrated here).
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p. 625 (Linhof), 668-9 (Meyer) and 778-9(Perka)).
