Polaroid Land Camera 195 Tomioka Tominon 3,8/114 Seiko shutter

Description

Hello,
Today I’m selling a Polaroid Land Camera 195 with Tomioka Tominon 3,8/114 lens.
This camera is one of the best instant camera in history. It was produced with cooperation with two countries – America and Japan. While almost every Polaroid was designed for amateur use, this one was produced for more experienced photographers. It can take pictures in full manual mode – exposure times 1s.-1/500s. are selectable thanks to Seiko shutter, aperture from bright F/3,8 up to dark F/64(!) are also selectable, even it has two sync modes, selftimer and tripod mount. It also doesn't need a battery to work. Viewfinder is bright and it has parallax correction, rangefinder is very accurate and it speeds up focusing with camera. Model 195 has also manual counter for a film development. Camera was procuded only for two years – 1974-1976 and it is estimated that only 10 000 pcs. of this camera were produced, so it's rare today.
Tominon is a legendary lens. It gives very sharp and beautiful pictures even on Polaroid films.
Camera has serial number AD206904.
External condition:
- Body is in a average condition, with many traces of use
- bellows are also in a average condition, because small holes near corners may occur
- finder/rangefinder glasses are clear
- lens has many small scratches and it has minimal specks inside (but it shouldn't affect on photos quality)
- inside of a film chamber is clean
Technical condition:
- Shutter seems to be working very well
- all exposure times are working
- selftimer is working
- development timer is also working, but it's very slow
- aperture operates accurately
- rangefinder and focus are correct, checked on infinity
- all knobs, parts and folding mechanism are working very well
- film rollers are clean and ready for film
I’m selling this camera without any accessories.
I think camera pretends to be good for photographic and collectors needs.
Feel free to watch photos of this beautiful camera behind this text: