New to me camera, Kershaw 630.

[Oldbones]

I have just received a Kershaw 630 camera.
Its a bit dusty but appears to be all there and working.
I have given it a clean, the shutter appears to work, just three speeds and bulb.
As far as I can tell to focus you have to estimate the distance, choose shutter speed and aperture
The bellows appears to be fine and is not dried up and cracking.
There is a label inside the case saying 120 film, so I will get some of that.
Just wondering if any one here uses a camera like this or can give me advise on it.
Thank you in advance.
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[Martin Henson]

Found this info on the net

The Kershaw 630 is a medium format folding camera produced by Kershaw-Soho in Leeds, UK, my neck of the woods, around 1955. It's an updated version of the Kershaw 110, featuring a bigger focusing lens and an iris. As you say it takes 120 roll film, producing 6x6cm square format images, so you should get 12 exposures per roll.

Kershaw, established in 1888 started producing photographic equipment in the early 1900s. The company became A Kershaw & Sons Ltd and was later part of Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers Ltd, which became Soho Ltd. In 1947, Kershaw was sold to a subsidiary of the Rank Organisation ³.

The Kershaw 630 features an Otar Anastigmat 80mm f/6.3 lens, with focus areas from 4.5ft to infinity. The shutter is a Vario, with speeds of Bulb, 1/25, 1/75, and 1/200th. It also has a PC socket for flashbulb sync at 1/25th