Plaubel Makina IIb

{"overview":"The Plaubel Makina IIb is a folding strut-type medium format camera produced by the German maker Plaubel of Frankfurt. With only a small sample of saleroom results to draw on, what a Makina IIb is worth today depends heavily on the condition of the bellows, shutter and rangefinder linkage, and clean working examples sit at the upper end of that range.","buying_guide":"Inspect the leather bellows for pinholes, check the strut mechanism for play, and confirm that the shutter fires accurately at all speeds, as service support for these pre-war Plaubel shutters is limited. The coupled rangefinder should track smoothly; misalignment is common and adjustment is awkward.

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