Purchased in Paris over 30 years ago. I bought it because it was in such beautiful condition, and it has been stored in a dehumidified storage unit ever since. I recently organized my belongings and came across it. Everything still works. The Kinax is a camera manufactured by IPO (Industrielle de Photographie et d’Optique) of France in the 1940s-1950s. The camera for sale is the later III type 6X9 format, with a Boyer Paris Saphir 100mm f4.5 lens. Boyer of France has many lenses named after gemstones. The camera is very clean overall. The bellows are also clean. However, the outer frame of the viewfinder has some wear, but I have not touched it up with a touch-up pen, etc., because the wear on the brass is beautiful and adds character. The shutter operates briskly at all speeds. The shutter button is on the left side of the camera, and you press the shutter button with your left hand. It is truly a left-handed French specification. When the lens is set to bulb and viewed with a penlight, some dust, dirt, and grime can be seen, but since it is 70-80 years old, I have not cleaned it. I consider the dust and grime of France, Paris, to be part of the lens's character. (Previously, when I disassembled and cleaned a French lens, it became a lens with a completely different depiction, losing its reputation for soft depiction and becoming an ordinary sharp lens; cleaning the lens has its pros and cons.) By the way, compared to Japanese bellows cameras, this Kinax is heavy and solid. If we use tripods as an example, it's like a Gitzo from France compared to a Slik from Japan. I believe the French spirit is in making cameras that are sturdy and do not break even after many years of use. No price negotiations, no returns, no refunds.