[pure-silver] Re: Large camera plans
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:59:51 -0800
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From: "Mark Blackwell" <mblackwell1958@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:51 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Large camera plans
Thats a good idea and worth a try. I could just break down
and design one but frankly I would have to go through at
least 3 or 4 rebuilds before I got one I could use.
Ideally I think I would like something fairly light weight,
more along the lines of a field camera. Being portable
would be the key. Since I have a D2 4x5 would probably be
as big as I would want the film to be.
I did a google search and was surprised a really how few
choices other than the bender kits were out there.
Having bought my view and press cameras several years
ago I am out of touch whith what is available on the used
market, either eBay or local sales. It sounds like the
supply has shrunk quite a bit. There used to be a fairly
plentiful supply of older view cameras in reasonably good
condition. The last sale I went to locally had only a couple
of veiw cameras and they were beaters. I suspect if you are
serious, and have patients, you can still find a few decent
cameras out there for reasonable prices.
I agree that for much work a Speed or Crown Graphic
will do nicely. They are small and light compared to a full
view camera of the same format but have the limitations of
relatively short bellows draw and lack of movements. The
latter may be of little or no significance to many users but
the short bellows may be important especially to those who
want to shoot portraits.
Graphics were intended to be hand held cameras. That
seems to be overlooked by many and can be very useful.
FWIW, I have a 5x7 Agfa/Ansco Universal View, with a
4x5 back as well as 5x7, an 8x10 Universal View, a Calumet
8x10 and a Calumet 4x5 camera all found rather cheep over
about the last 15 years. None are ideal but all are very
usable and the differences between them and the very fancy
and expensive stuff made later would not be of much use to
me although a professional might find differently.
I used to shoot a lot with a Speed Graphic, all sorts of
things, I am very fond of that camera.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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