richard baznik Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 I am in the process of acquiring a Plaubel Peco Supra II 4x5 system and am interested in contacting other users. I can find virtually nothing in the archives about this equipment. Anyone out there? Thanks.///Dick Baznik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_driscoll2 Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Plaubel- There is almost no info on Plaubel View Camera equipment out there, but as a Buff and a user of a Plaubel Peco Universal III View Camera I can tell you the following. First, I have a PDF of the Plaubel Supra II Brochure, so if you email me I will send it to you. Plaubel View Cameras, were among the best made in the 1950's and the 1960's. They were the choice for many studio photographers in the early 1960's and were extremely expensive-more so than Linhof and Sinar. The wholesale price of a 4x5 Peco Universal III (Their "Flagship") was more than the retail price of a Sinar Norma 4x5. All, Plaubels are of extremely heavy "Germanic" construction and the attention to detail (when you get yours just look at the leather inserts on the knobs) and construction rival Linhof's. Your Supra uses the same Lens Boards as the Peco series of view cameras, and boards are extremely hard to find. Actually anything Plaubel is extremely hard to find in the USA. Plaubels, are always very inexpensive becuase accessories are so hard to find, and nobody really knows about them. Olden Camera in NYC, was the distributer in the Supra II/Universal III era, and Arnie Duren who owns Brooklyn Camera Exchange was the sales manager at the time. He informed me that the camera was the choice of studio Fashion photographers at the time (he related a story to me about selling 5 of them to one at the time huge fashion photographer). If you purchased the outfit I think you did (listed in the classifieds) you got a great deal. The only thing you will have a hard time finding is the wide angle bellows (if you are so inclined). Some accessories interchange between the newer Peco Profia Cameras (more common on ebay and from dealers) but there is a thickness problem- lens boards and bellows share the same mount, but are much thicker in the "Profia" era. You might have to make adjustments on your supra. I have a "Profia" era sinar lensboard adapter on my camera, and i had to make small adjustments to the mounting flange to make it work. I use my Plaubel for fun, I use my sinar for my professional work, but there is a certain joy that comes from using these second generation monorail cameras. The only weakness of the Universal system- is its stupid method of joining rails. But you need not worry about that, your Supra has the teloscoping rails about 40 years earlier than the linhof tecnikardan. If you have anymore questions, please feel free to email me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baznik Posted June 9, 2003 Author Share Posted June 9, 2003 James: Great information! Thanks -- and thanks as well for the .pdf file of the Plaubel brochure.///Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor_schwartzmann Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Good day James,I have just received an used Plaubel Peco Supra II that needs some work to become operational. I am new in such kind of equipment. I read you have a pdf file of this camera. I thank you very much if you could send it to me to help my job. Many thanks, Igor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oleksandr_alekseychuk Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 James, I acquired recently my first LF camera and it is Plaubel Universal-II 13x18 cm. Could you please share your Supra Brochure with me too. Just out of curiosity: that is the difference between Supra and Universal models (I see at least the rail is different)? Thanks, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_menedetter Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Hi, I got a Plaubel Peco Supra II . My first view camera - very interesting ! Searching the Internet after informations about this camera I found this thread. Is it possible to send me the pdf-file too? Thanks in advance & greetings from Vienna, Austria, Europe Michael Menedetter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoria_trudeau Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Hi, I'm Victoria, I'm new here. I just bught a Plaubel Peco Supra, all restored, beautiful camera. Its my very first time with 4x5 cameras. It would also be very helpful to me if any of you guys could email me the pdf file James disposed about PLaubel mail.pedrofranca@gmail.com Thank you in advance Vic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawek_parfianowicz Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 <p>Hi, So it looks like I am next aboard Peco Supra Arc. I guess I've figured out pretty much about it's operation, but if -- by chance -- any of you could pass to me that PDF, I would be very happy. Thanks<br> Slawek</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugen_mezei Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 <p>This is an old thread, but does somebody still have that PDF and is willing to send it to me? Thank you very much.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edis_t Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 <p>If somebody can mail me mentioned manual in PDF, or any similar good enough for Peco Universal III, thanks!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koko05 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Hi does anyone have a manual of the peco supra II, would be great if I could get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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