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Bellows replacement question


ben_calwell

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I have an 8X10 Orbit/Calumet C-1 camera and would like to replace the bellows on it. Any recommendations on who can do this? Also (and this may be a dumb question)do I send the camera off to whoever does it and they put it on, OR do I send in the measurements and then they ship me the new bellows, and then I have to somehow install it? I'm not much of a do-it-yourselfer. Finally, are new bellows expensive?

My thanks for your advice.

Ben Calwell

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I had a bellows made for my Calumet C1 approximately 6 months ago by

Flexable Products in Florida. Cost was $175 and all I had to do was

send them my old bellows with the bellows frame on both ends. Quality

was okay but not as good as I was expecting. Turn around time was 3

weeks.

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I replaced the bellows on my Deardorff 8X10 last Spring. I ordered

the bellows from Camera Bellows Ltd in England, thru Lee Filters

Headquarters in L.A. The cost was $247.00. The quality is

excellent. I got synthetic material instead of leather. The person

to talk to is John Addler @(800) 238-1228. I chose to send

measurements instead of the frames. Because the measurements were

faxed to England, the bellows arrived in only 2 weeks. I was able to

pay with a Visa card. The installation was not difficult.

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