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.
Silvestri also acts as a distributor, mostly for accessories (including Lee and Wratten filters, and Horizon lupes) that might be used with their cameras. The firm once sold the KMZ panoramic Horizont cameras, both the Horizont 202, rebadged as the Pan-35 SL, and the Horizon 205, rebadged as the Pan-120. A digital panoramic camera, the Horizon D-L3, was described as a joint venture between KMZ Zenit and Silvestri, and shown at Photokina 2010.[1][2] The camera is not offered for sale in the online sales page of Silvestri's site, and it is not clear that it was ever manufactured in quantity.
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Cameras
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| Silvestri Flexicam image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
Current Silvestri camera 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
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| 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.
Pan
- Pan 35 SL (Horizon 202)
- Pan 120 PC (Horizon 205-PC)
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
Notes
- ↑ Horizon D-L3 overview (archived) at Silvestri.
- ↑ Horizon D-L3 at Photokina 2010, reported at ephotozine.
Links
- Silvestri - company website
