Gandolfi

[pedaes]

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Not Leica, but might of interest to some

 

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[willeica]

4 hours ago, pedaes said:

Not Leica, but might of interest to some

 

I love these videos of dear old Fred Gandolfi. My friend Tony Hurst (a pro photographer since 1959) dealt with him over the years and always felt he was treading on eggshells going in to see Fred. Fred could be quite irascible at times. There is a lovely filmed piece where he told Patrick Lichfield that he could not have one of his cameras, even though he told Fred that the Queen was his cousin. Fred ended the piece with the retort " I would only make one for the Queen herself!". 

They don't make 'em (people like Fred and the cameras) anymore.

There are some members on this forum who have more than one Gandolfi camera. I won't name them here.

William 

[Pyrogallol]

I have, and use, a Gandolfi tripod.

 

[LocalHero1953]

I have just one - as in my avatar, together with new green bellows (from Custom Bellows).
Also plus a Gandolfi tripod - lovely indeed but too heavy & bulky for use out of the house.
Note the provenance, gouged into the body.

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Edited 19 hours ago by LocalHero1953

[pgk]

I have a couple still plus a matching tripod. I used one at a she recently to show how photography was carried out in the past (inverted and reversed image and all). One is stamped L Gandolfi as in an 180 Patet Tailboard although dating it is, as wth all Gandolfis, difficult. I'd guess its pre WW1 but can't really be certain. They made many cameras to customer's requirements so there's a lot of variation. My other Gandolfi has a back designed for use with a roll film holder (probably 1930s) but I've never managed to find the one which fits! The documentary "Gandolfi Family Business" is well worth watching.

[Pyrogallol]

2 hours ago, LocalHero1953 said:

I have just one - as in my avatar, together with new green bellows (from Custom Bellows).
Also plus a Gandolfi tripod - lovely indeed but too heavy & bulky for use out of the house.
Note the provenance, gouged into the body.

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There were two Gandolfi 5x4 cameras in our local Art School, which closed down in the 1980’s. What happened to them we do not know, but I think that is where my tripod came from.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Pyrogallol