Silvestri
Silvestri is a maker of sophisticated professional medium format and large format view cameras and accessories. It is based in Montespertoli, near Florence, Italy. Most of the Silvestri cameras are designed as modular system-cameras, with most components interchangeable even between different models.
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Cameras
Silvestri Flexicam image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
Current Silvestri cameras production comprises the following models:
Flexicam
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"×5" 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
Silvestri Bicam II image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
Technical view camera with high-precision micrometric movements control for use with digital backs or 6×7/6×9/6×12 roll film or Polaroid backs.
S4
4"×5" view camera dedicated to studio and outdoor film photography.
T30
Compact view camera dedicated mostly to medium format (6×7/6×9) film photography. Interchangeable backs for 6×12 and 4"×5" are available
H / H25
4"×5" 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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Adapters
- Digital back adapter plate for Mamiya RB67
- Digital back adapter plate for Mamiya RZ67
- Digital back adapter plate for Bronica ETR
- Digital back adapter plate for Bronica SQ
Links
- Silvestri - company website