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Your tripod should be ok if your not taking photo's & its not Windy ! ho ho .It may look passable if your using a W/A but, put a long lens on & watch what happens,.I have this similar Deardorf 8x10...

Yep, I just read Bill Kumpf's post,& was goin' to ask a question,but,as it's most informative & easy to u/stand,+ one would hope any LF Photog' would have enough little grey cells to make one,but ?....

Nope, If you take a Rose & pull the petals off, its its not a rose anymore. Likewise if one takes 4x5" & crops it (no matter which side or how much) it is not 4x5" anymore,even tho' you don't...

Hi Kingfisher,Mike's advice re-Simmons View Camera Book is very good,I'd say essential-It got me off to a good start,(Google Amazon:-they have this book,new & clean 2nd hand.@ very competitive...