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Just to add a bit more info on the FA45 the is a pdf of the manual on the Komamura website.

http://komamura.co-site.jp/manual/HORSEMAN/HORSEMAN_45FA_Manual.pdf

I am another happy FA45 user, a while back I posted some specs on the camera with useful additions from other users.
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One option if you want to experiment with building your own lenses is to mount them on a 35mm bellows unit and use a DSLR to test the results - example attached
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As Oren Grad suggested the Horseman FA45 may might your requirements - it will fold with a Rodenstock 135mm f5.6 Apo Sironar N inside.

There is a thread with the specifications of the FA45 on the...

I don't bracket and most times I get it right and for the others I try to learn from my mistakes. If faced with a once in a life time shot I would bracket if time permitted.

Helen,

A very useful idea as my gitzo mountaineer will take a 75mm bowl especially if I ever move up to a heavier camera. In effect it seems to work similar to the gitzo levelling tripod that...

I would have thought that you could easily shoot with a LF camera on this tripod. Once you have leveled the head and balanced the camera I imagine it would offer more than enough stability, quite...

I agree with GS in that using a lens hood for night shoots helps guards against flare from extraneous light sources. It would also give some protection to the lens against light drizzle (UK term for...

Hi Charlie,

I am in Cornwall and have a Horseman FA45 if you want to meet up and give it a try send me a PM. As well as the camera I have a range of accessories, RFH, viewfinder and extension...

Hi Drew,

the FA45 has bellows - are you thinking of a Horseman 6x12 or 6x17?

The only instance so far I have felt that the FA45 restricted my choice of lenses is with the 90mm focal length,...

Infinity stops - thanks Bob

And yes, the FA45 is a REALLY WONDERFUL camera, it has 3 tripod mounts including one on the bottom of the bed - I am not sure I would use that one myself.

Additional...

As a very happy user of the FA45 I thought I would collect all the specs I could find - please post any additional information, corrections and comments.

The Horseman FA45 is a robust lightweight...

I agree most serious cinematographers use a matte box that offers some shading but mainly to facilitate the use of filters, quite often flags will be attached to shade the lens against flare. That...

If you decide on Thebes you will not be the first photographer to use a pseudonym. For example Nadar (Gaspard-Félix Tournachon) and Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky).

Also if you think about many...

I also have a photobackpacker lens case (LightGear - Ultra (Multiple Lenses on 4x4 board) and I can echo the praise on the quality build. As someone who prefers a regular backpack they offer an ideal...

On the monolta III next to the large F-stop figure is a smaller one place decimal figure that reads the exposure in 1/10 stops that should allow you to fine tune your settings.

If you haven't got...

Well perhaps you can paraphase George Best "I spent a lot of money on photography. the rest I just squandered,"



Original quote: "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest...

Like you when I took my first steps into LF I used the comparison between my 35mm lenses and LF lenses to help me choose my kit. Similarly I also favoured my 20mm over my 24 and 28mm primes in 35mm....

As you have had good results with the camera and lens shooting at wider apertures I would suspect you might have accidentally moved the front or rear standard after focusing.

Another possibility...

My Horseman FA45

http://www.viewfinder.uk.com/PHOTOS/FA45.jpg

and with rear extension bellows with RFH and shot of GG

http://www.viewfinder.uk.com/PHOTOS/Horseman-280408.jpg

While I agree that it is the photographer that makes the image I feel uneasy with the assertion that a camera is just a tool and a tool is just a tool. Yes, you could give Edward Weston a 5dMKII but...

Hi Richard,

I absolutely agree with you about the FA - yes, I have used and I have found it perfect to step into LF with especially for getting about with and it's ease of set-up. I also like the...

Hi Richard,

Thank you for the information, very useful as the set is half the price of the Horseman panel in the UK and it is reassuring to hear that the build quality is excellent.

You are...

Does anyone have any knowledge of the special Horseman 25653 Lens Panel to mount a Apo-Sironar S 210mm on a FA45? I am presume it must be a top hat affair to put the rear element of the lens in front...

Hi,

I'm looking for recommendations for picture framers for my cibachrome prints. I live near Plymouth in Devon but also work in London & Bristol.

Thanks,

Kevin

Hi Ted,

I got a Rodenstock 135mm f5.6 Apo Sironar N labeled by Sinar as the Sinaron S, Multicoated. Yes it folds into the FA45 with the cap on.

The Apo-sironar n 135mm/5.6 is definitely on my list of lenses to buy. Having recently added the apo-sironar s 210/5.6 I was amazed just how bright the image on the GG is compared to my other two –...

Hi All,

a couple of shots of the extension unit. Seems pretty solid but haven't used it in the field yet.

Kevin

Brian you were absolutely right but as a newbie I was suffering from “My precious new camera syndrome”. After shooting everything was carefully packed away before heading to a new location or...

Hi All,

I came into LF by some very dubious logic about moving up from a Xpan to 6x12cm. But once my FA45 arrived I somehow owned a Fuji Quickload before the 6x12 RFH arrived.

After a few weeks...

Okay Ted Harris,

I am a newbie from the UK and I have to ask, who is Rube Golderg?

As it happens I am now the owner of the rear extension bellows for the FA45 thanks to the auction site. Partly...

Does anyone have experience of using the Horseman extension adapter for the FA45 that increases the focal length usuable to 720mm.

How does it attach to the camera and how stable is it in use...

Hi Steve,

using a ruler 2mm looks right but the board is reinforced on the back.

Just bought a FA45 body myself but was lucky that my first lens was already mounted on a horseman board.

Have...

Surely it is the message and not the medium? Our hands/eyes control the tools, but our mind/heart/soul fashions the vision. Very few if only of use can claim to be original, but if we are true to...

Regarding my size of moon question apparently that is totally dependent on focal length and not film size. As a rough guide dividing the focal length by a hundred gives you the image size of the...

Well if we get to the nitty gritty are they not shutter releases?

Kev:)

A big thanks everyone for their replies they have been a tremendous help. I am now feeling a lot more confident that I made the right decision with buying the FA45.

The Horseman’s lens...

Hi Everyone,

I have just taken the leap into LF with the purchase of a Horseman 45 FA. I have been browsing through the forum picking up some very useful knowledge.

One of the main...