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Make sure you doubly avoid this one
I looked....drool.
Make sure you doubly avoid this one
Same goes for the big 'uns, if they ain't pretty they don't get to play.
In one of his rare moments Mr Rockwell says the camera does not matter.
I could care less if anything was pretty its much more important what you can do with it.
In one of his rare moments Mr Rockwell says the camera does not matter.
I could care less if anything was pretty its much more important what you can do with it.
The one Stephen linked too
The lens is not worth all that much five double darksides and the darkcloth are not worth the extra and the polaroid back is only really any good as a doorstop.
Sometimes B&H have Porta in 5x7 when a bulk order has been organized with Kodak, but mostly if you want colour you are cutting down 10x8.
Ffords usually have one of the best selections, apart possibly from Mr Cad whose site is so opaque to me that I hardly ever look. I get nowhere with their search engine, and find it takes too long to go through a page at a time.... Clock Tower Cameras are dependent really on locals coming in to sell/exchange their cameras, although they have had a monorail in for quite a while (currently reduced in price). "New" dealers sometimes have second hand stock; I bought my Canham from Robert White, and Mike Walker sometimes (very rarely!) has second hand cameras for sale.
aperture uk usually have a few in stock. Mainly the really expensive ebonies and suchlike. But occasionally have a cheaper wista in there.
How about a Sinar F1 for £350...
http://www.gumtree.com/p/non-digital-cameras/sinar-f1-5-x4-/1099996951
Nicholas Camera Company,!
Looks like that one has been sold - I wonder if it was someone here ?Make sure you doubly avoid this one
Might want to google them and possibly remove them from your list.
The best source used to be the sadly missed MXV.
It is best to consider MrCad's site as a guide to the sorts of things they stock and actually go there make sure you speak to Alex for LF kit.
Teamwork digitail usually have some large format gear and the staff actually know about it prices not always the cheapest but sometimes negotiable.
That Gumtree advert is wrongly described it is an F not an F1 and not especially good value I have certainly seen many better deals on ebay.
lots of LF gear gets sold on Largeformat.info but you need to be a member for 30 days to see the classifieds the uk large format format anyone can see the classifieds gear comes up there sometimes.
I'm not a Porta fan I cut down Provia 10x8 if I want colour 5x7.
7 day shop has porta in 5x4 and several other colour films http://www.7dayshop.com/5x4-sheet-film
The usual adage is you can most likely sell what you buy for the same sort of price with LF gear so if you do not like a camera try another.
While the camera "doesn't matter" be aware that lots of the field and technical cameras have limitations with regard to some types of wide angle lens while a Sinar may not be the lightest or most compact it has no such limitations.
There is a vast amount of information and for that matter disinformation available online
These are well worth looking at
http://cdn2.bhphotovideo.com/FrameW...ourceBookProPhoto/Section03aLgFormatField.pdf
http://cdn2.bhphotovideo.com/FrameW...SourceBookProPhoto/Section03bLgFormatView.pdf
http://cdn2.bhphotovideo.com/FrameW...ourceBookProPhoto/Section04LgFormatLenses.pdf
The lightest field camera produced is actually a monorail design
I'm always amused by people commenting that they wouldn't use a monorail as it is more pof a "faff" to set up that a folder.
Remove camera from backpack
Unfold lens standard
Unfold Image standard
Clip bellows into image standard
Drop camera into rail clap left on tripod
Takes no longer than setting up a folder, granted its not as compact but it can do so much more.
There still seems to be this thing about gentlemen pottering around with a wooden field camera and there was Joe Cornish using an ebony, no reason not to if you like that sort of thing and you have the money but for the price I'd be buying a stack of lenses plus a Sinar F1 and still have change and a more flexible camera.
If people like pretty the Norma is considered a classic and folds over the rail in the same fashion.
In not sure about this setup as it appears to be missing film holders but with 9 hours left you might get a good deal;
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=301514008760
In not sure about this setup as it appears to be missing film holders but with 9 hours left you might get a good deal;
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=301514008760
Thanks Steve, added to watch list