Cat. No. Used-Zone-VI-8x10-SE-2023

Zone VI  8x10 Folding Camera in Mahogany and Gold plated hardware with travel case (Used - Excellent)

This is the first 8x10 camera I've had for sale on my site.  Some of you will know that besides my beloved Rollei's, I also work with 8x10 and 11x14 film cameras.  Negatives this large can make really amazing contact prints or even scanned they show amazing tonality and detail.    8x10 seems to be the practical limit since film is readily available and most labs can process it, and most prosumer flatbed scanners can do an 8x10.   

This Zone VI  8x10 folding camera is in excellent shape, with little signs of use at all.  The wood is beautiful, the bellows is still very supple.  The standards and bed move easily and the rear standard has a special lock for rear swing.   34 inch bellows draw will allow you to use quite a long lens

Here are some specs for this camera:

Bellows draw: 34"
Folded dimensions: 12.5"x14.75"x4.75"
Weight: 13.7lb
Front swing: 15 degrees
Front base tilt: 45 degrees
Axis tilt: unlimited
Front rise and fall: 6" travel
Front lateral shift: 3" travel
Rear swing: 12 degrees
Rear tilt: 45 degrees
Made of Honduran mahogany and brass (gold plated)

This camera comes with a fitted hard lightweight lockable travel case and a new fresnel (not fitted) to enhance the view.   No lenses or lens boards are included, but I see on eBay there are several vendors who make matching wood lens boards and will even drill the center hole you need for your lens / shutter combination for free at about $50 each.  Film holders are also readily available on ebay.

The Zone VI cameras were made by in Vermont, USA.  They are really beautiful cameras to use.   I'm sorry that my photographs of this camera aren't as good as I would like... it's just a little too large to fit in my office photo table.  The camera looks out of square in the shots because of distortion but it's not in real life.