The little 45FA is real neat if you need compactness and simplicity. The camera also has useful accessories like the quick fit hood and screen to help speed set up. And as stated above, it’s a classy...
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The little 45FA is real neat if you need compactness and simplicity. The camera also has useful accessories like the quick fit hood and screen to help speed set up. And as stated above, it’s a classy...
The Ries J100 is a nice light tripod for 4x5, but I would recommend the J100-2 (the heavier duty version) if you want to mount anything bigger, especially outdoors in the wind. The Berlebach Report...
Ries's new website introduces four new tropical hardwood wood types, in addition to the traditional Maple - Araranga (like Berlebach's nut brown), Babinge, Jatoba, and the Sapelle shown above. They...
Is the TLR a Rolleiflex or similar? Amongst the carbons, a Gitzo 2540 LVL (with the levelling centre column) would be about the right size, mine's about five years old, they probably have a new...
Like the Nikkor 200/8, the little Fuji A 180/9 is a bit short of your desired 210, but should fit inside the 45FA closed (no, sorry, I haven't tried it). I don't have the front element diameter, but...
For a small 4x5 kit, you could do worse than use a Lowepro Mini-Trekker. It all fits in, just, and although the bag isn't that well padded, it is a small, light, bag. For comfort and padding however,...
Sunway do a range of Arca Swiss compatible plates and clamps suitable for large format cameras, see http://www.sunwayfoto.com
I have some of these, and the products are heavy duty and impeccably...
I'd imagine that esthetically a carbon tripod would be a better match for the Ebony, a personal preference. The Berlebach/Ries wooden tripod route is certainly a different style, equally handsome in...
Gitzos are nice gear, and match well with an Arca Swiss ball head which is easy to use with 4x5.
If you want wood, I'd recommend something like a Berlebach 3032 with a levelling head. This...
The 110B also has the f90 pinhole lens cover for the little 127/4.7 Ysarex lens. Dean Jones who makes the Razzle 4x5 Polaroid conversions reckons the 900 has the more accurate combined RF/VF...
A Razzle 110B or 900 4x5 conversion used with a grafmatik 6-shot back is a pretty good lightweight outfit which as posters have said above can also be used handheld with some success in the right...
I got lucky dealing with Mr Cad in London, Alex Faulks who runs it knew members of the Komamura family, and he got me replacement bail arms for free sent from Japan. You could try to enquire from...
Following on from what Frank says, some cameras backs do not open wide enough to house these thick film holders so do check first before buying. My Horseman 45FA is one such camera, I bust the spring...
This is an old thread resurrected! Anyway, the 45FA is still a nice small camera, and I suppose it's long out of production, and it has disappeared from large retail catalogues like B&H who used to...
There are a lot of useful suggestions on the Lens section thread "5X7 Wide Angle Lenses" dated Feb 3. Worth reading. 90 was too wide for many, but you've got a good range of moderate wide lenses to...
Schneider Super-Symmar 110XL is probably the reference wide angle lens for 5x7, but pricey. The others already mentioned are very good also, the Nikkor 120/8 SW, Super-Angulon 121/8, but you also...
If this helps, with Ries heads, the camera mounting thumb screws can be interchanged between 1/4 and 3/8 sizes (just order the additional Ries part). For the tripod mounting hole, you have to specify...
Useful reading on choice of small wide angle lenses is here http://www.thalmann.com/largeformat/wide.htm
The Congo 90/6.8 is an additional choice for you.
Welcome to the world of LF! Just some words of advice. There's about a thread a week with the same question, which LF camera to start with, so do your research here and sift through to refine your...
I may be wrong, but isn't the op's planned trip to one of the windiest places on earth? A lightweight 8x10 and lightweight tripod doesn't exactly fit with that environment. Sounds more suitable for...
The best detailed descriptions I've seen of the various models of the Linhof Technika range is on Stephen Gandy's website http://cameraquest.com/ Take a look.
You can always check out Komamura's 45FA lens compatibility table, which is a pdf available on this page http://www.komamura.co.jp/e/faq_tc.html .
There is a 3800 up for sale currently under the classifieds.
As said above, you need to inspect the negative for sharpness, with say a 6x loupe. That will lay to rest whether your negs are sharp or not. Softness in the scan can arise in many ways - but that's...
Berlebach's Report 3032 (without centre column, with levelling ball head) is rated at 12klgs load and is sometimes recommended for up to 8x10. The 4012 you're looking at is rated for 10kgs (maybe...
Can I ask you where did you get the new bellows from? Camera Bellows, or Gandolfi?
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Another consideration, in addition to a tripod's dampening characteristics, are said to be the anti-rotational properties of twin-shank construction tripods like Ries, Berlebach and Linhof, which are...
Nope, I don't see it there either now, sorry about that. I researched the hell out of various tripods and heads some months back before deciding on the Berlebach, and I recall that reference which...
Berlebach advertise a 'longer' 1/4" screw available for their plates, which are also Arca-Swiss compatible. A screw-tightening QR system probably permits some variation in plate sizing tolerance...
The vulcanoid cases came in (at least) two sizes, one much deeper and a bit taller than the other. Great for storage of a Speed of Crown graphic system with plenty of space for the Graflight flash...
Many three-way heads are top heavy on a Berlebach Report tripod (even on the 2032 or 2042 which have among the best load rating). The tripod top plate diameter is only 60mm, whereas even Berlebach's...
For Deardorff 8x10 you would need a tripod from Belebach's beefier Uni range (like Ries A100 series), they have a wider top plate too, and which would match a big ball-head you would need with that...
I have an earlier Manfrotto 190 CF mounted with the 488RC2 head, and frankly the centre column is a joke. I use it with the centre column only with a tiny digital Leica d-lux 3. Unsusable for...
I have some old unmarked 5x7 wooden holders which came with a 2D, so they are Kodak compatible. Those holders are the same external dimensions as Riteway or Fidelity holders except in the overall...
The Craigslist ad asks for £1,900 for the camera. And you say the seller is willing to drop to £1,000 for cash. Mmmm. You've seen the 'Deardorff' sign on the front of the camera on the ad? That...
Just to throw in some ideas - an evening concert at the church of St Martins-in-the-Fields on the corner of Strand and Trafalgar Square; walk the South Bank Walk linking Waterloo (and the London Eye)...
I got a lensboard adaptor (for Linhof/Wista size) from them, seller seemed fine, and specialises in the metal Rittreck camera and parts. The Rittreck is a great camera, look up other threads on the...
While a neat, precise little metal camera, two further limitations to be aware of are the small size of the front standard hole cut out - this restricts your choice of lenses, and the small throw of...
Can't help you with the Four Designs make, but the Razzle 4x5 conversion has a reasonably accurate viewfinder including parallax correction for closer work. Using smaller size (instant) packfilms (3...
Like everywhere else, online stores and auction sites have taken over much of the trade from retail shops. So you can check out Teamwork's and Aperture's offerings at their online store as well as...