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'''Silvestri''' is a maker of sophisticated professional large format [[view camera]]s. It is based in Florence, Italy.
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'''Silvestri''' is a maker of sophisticated professional medium format and large format [[view camera]]s and accessories. It is based in Montespertoli, near Florence, Italy.
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Most of the Silvestri cameras as designed as modular system-cameras, with most components interchangeable even between different models.
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|rowspan=2 colspan=3 align=right|'''Bicam II NK''', front and back
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===Models===
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<br/>'''Flexicam''' (below left), '''S5 micron''' (below), '''T30''' (right)
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Current Silvestri production comprises the following models:
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|image_text= Silvestri '''Bicam II''' |image_by= Uwe Kulick
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<small> All images by {{image author|Uwe Kulick}} </small>{{with permission}}
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View camera specifically designed for digital photography by use of dedicated adapters for one of the following digital backs:
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*Hasselblad V
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*Hasselblad H
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*Mamiya 645 AFD
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*Contax 645
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====Bicam====
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4"x5" view camera specifically designed for wide-angle photography, with digital, sheet-film or roll-film backs.
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Currently produced is the Bicam II model, an improved version of the original Bicam. A model Bicam II NK with Nikon lens bayonet also existed but is now discontinued.
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====S5 micron====
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Technical view camera with high-precision micrometric movements control for use with digital backs or 6x7/6x9/6x12 roll film or Polaroid backs.
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====S4====
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4"x5" view camera dedicated to studio and outdoor film photography.
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====T30====
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|image_text= Silvestri '''Bicam II''', back |image_by= Uwe Kulick
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Compact view camera dedicated mostly to medium format (6x7/6x9) film photography. Interchangeable backs for 6x12 and 4"x5" are available
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====H / H25====
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4"x5" view camera with incorporated telescopic eye-level viewfinder. The viewfinder can be equipped with frame format masks and the mask moves up and down following the lens shifting. Model H and H25 differs only by the vertical lens shifting amount.
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|image_text= Silvestri '''S5 micron'''|image_by= Uwe Kulick
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|image_text= Silvestri '''S5 micron'''|image_by= Uwe Kulick
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|image_text= Silvestri '''T30'''|image_by= Uwe Kulick
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Revision as of 14:13, 27 June 2012

Silvestri is a maker of sophisticated professional medium format and large format view cameras and accessories. It is based in Montespertoli, near Florence, Italy.

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Silvestri Flexicam
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
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Silvestri Flexicam
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

Most of the Silvestri cameras as designed as modular system-cameras, with most components interchangeable even between different models.

Models

Current Silvestri production comprises the following models:

Flexicam

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Silvestri Bicam II
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

View camera specifically designed for digital photography by use of dedicated adapters for one of the following digital backs:

  • Hasselblad V
  • Hasselblad H
  • Mamiya 645 AFD
  • Contax 645

Bicam

4"x5" view camera specifically designed for wide-angle photography, with digital, sheet-film or roll-film backs.

Currently produced is the Bicam II model, an improved version of the original Bicam. A model Bicam II NK with Nikon lens bayonet also existed but is now discontinued.

S5 micron

Technical view camera with high-precision micrometric movements control for use with digital backs or 6x7/6x9/6x12 roll film or Polaroid backs.

S4

4"x5" view camera dedicated to studio and outdoor film photography.

T30

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Silvestri Bicam II, back
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

Compact view camera dedicated mostly to medium format (6x7/6x9) film photography. Interchangeable backs for 6x12 and 4"x5" are available

H / H25

4"x5" view camera with incorporated telescopic eye-level viewfinder. The viewfinder can be equipped with frame format masks and the mask moves up and down following the lens shifting. Model H and H25 differs only by the vertical lens shifting amount.



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Silvestri S5 micron
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
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Silvestri S5 micron
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)
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Silvestri T30
image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

Cameras

  • Flexicam
  • Bicam
  • H25
  • S4
  • S5 micron
  • T30

Adapters

Links

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