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Actually, the HZX45A is one of Shen Hao's few original designs. Other models are very similar to Ebony cameras.

Just a note for all who think that all Shen Hao products are rip-offs of Ebony cameras. Shen Hao did not copy the Ebony Universal bellows. They allowed for a conventional bag bellows, as most all...

Thank you, Mr. Nicholls. I totally agree.

I keep seeing printed that all Shen Hao cameras are direct clones of Ebony cameras. There are basically two Shen Hao designs - the folding and non-folding. The original non-folding camera was similar...

The original model (the TFC45) had a standard bellows attached and worked quite well, not flawed as Mr. Hutton has said numerous times. The short bellows is flexible enough for any lens down to a...

About ten years ago, a friend stopped by to show me what he found at a garage sale. For $25.00 an old man was selling his Ektagraphic slide projector and about 20 carousels with the slides still in...

What a load of crap!!!

Paul is still the crazy old man he has always been, and still dishing out his camera snobbery. Disagree about the slightest detail and he explodes. He is irrational. I...

Note that I mentioned that I had not seen it done on wide angle lenses. I have never taken the front elements off of my 2 Nikon SW lenses, so I have never seen them, and are probably there.

In the...

I have the Nikon SW 65 f4 and find it to be extremely sharp. Even wide open, the ground glass image is very sharp in the center. I do not stop this lens down past f16 because of diffraction. I do...

The TFC45-IIA is slightly different than the one shown on the Shen Hao website. The three physical differences that I can see are (1) the IIA has interchangeable bellows, (2) the sliders to rotate...

Hi Ken. I'll talk to you here for awhile.

Chinese web servers are VERY slow. Shen Hao could improve their website if they wouldn't use all of the Flash stuff. Also, that progress bar after the...

Don,

Ebony cameras are great, but...

I have one of the Shen Hao wide angle 4x5's, the TFC45-IIA. There are two models. The I and IIA. The IIA has interchangeable bellows, so it is EXTREMELY...

If any of you are decent photographers (and I know most if not all of you are) you could take any one of these cameras and make decent images (and decent money). Use what you like and have fun.
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I have a few pieces of different colored velvet matboard that I use. They are always flat and I can clamp them to stands or lean them against walls. Best of all, they do not reflect highlights.

If...

I spoke too soon! The Holgaroid will not become part of my arsenal. There's not enough room in my bag.

They're all tools. Use the right tool for the right job. You can use an axe to open a can of beans, but a can opener works better.

I have 8x10, 4x5, 35mm and a digital SLR, and I don't shoot...

My experience with Techs and other bellows cameras are that even if the bellows aren't ripped off of the camera itself (I have heard of this happening), the suction caused by the wind effect on the...