I have never shot LF and I have never had a camera/lens with movements, aside from a 35mm macro bellows with swing and shift (Nikon PB4). I have NO large format equipment. Shooting LF has been a bucket list thing. I started photography on 35mm SLR shooting, developing, and printing my own B&W. I want to assemble a kit, starting with a lightweight field 4x5 camera with enough movements for landscape, including shooting from the base of river bluffs (I live in St. Louis, and the Illinois bluffs on the Mississippi north of St. Louis are impressive). I have noted Chamonix, Shen-Hao, Tachihara, wooden Calumet, Toyo on eBay over the past few months. I was hoping to spend $500.00 to $700.00 for a lightweight camera I could carry in a hiking pack. Chamonix looks very appealing, as does Shen-Hao. Which of the lightweight field cameras would be a good novice's camera ? Thanks in advance. Once the camera is in hand, expect questions on lenses and spot meter and accessories and scanning and.....
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