Last night, in my search for wooden field camera "reviews," I came across this Youtube video of the Shen Hao 5x7. I wouldn't call this video a straight review or how-to, it's more like a how-to/review hybrid.
In particular, I found it helpful when comparing the Shen-Hao and Chamonix based on something more tangible than spec sheets and older videos of the Shen 4x5 and Chamonix 8x10 (with a necessarily mutable music track). Maybe this will spark someone on the forum to shoot their own video of the current Chamonix 5x7 or better, the 8x10.
I have no affilitation with the video maker, but if I did, I'd tell him he did an admirable job of showing the camera from mounting to the tripod through setup and focus. And BONUS! No annoying music track or superfulous commentary to mute out. What little audio there is seems useful.
The video's a bit over 10 minutes long...check it out.
http://youtu.be/KadczUbpFmo
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