What 4X5 folder with LOTS of rear shift other then KB Canham DLC?

[koh303]

I hear ya but...

Swings on front and back can equal a *lot* of shift and the desired perspective can be retained.

Jeff "You can learn many things with old wiggly B&J cameras" Benedict

Its almost impossible to keep the lens in the same place if you have to move the front standard and or tripod to get this.

Traditional canham might be a good idea, but oh so expensive.... I wonder if it is more rigid then the DLC?

[Oren Grad]

Traditional canham might be a good idea, but oh so expensive.... I wonder if it is more rigid then the DLC?

No.

[koh303]

Just got a technikardan.
I can safely say this is by far the best camera i have ever seen, and i think when comparing to my canham its just no competition.
Now i have to learn how to use it but i feel like it might be easy as cake.

When i bought my DLC i paid close to 1800$ (it did come with a couple of extra bits like a delta 1 50X60 cloth OMG, and a harrison pup tent), this linhof was about 35% less then the canham, and is in the same new condition the canham was when i got it.
I guess it will not fit in the neat little tenba Canham case but hey - who cares.

Now - some lens boards and so long suckers grin from ear to ear.

[bruce cahn]

Ebony SV45U2.

[koh303]

Ebony SV45U2.

Sure, a wooden camera which is only 4 times more expensive then this techinkardan...

[koh303]

after a short run with the technikardan, i decided it was not the camera for me and the DLC rocks on as my main camera... i guess a slightly wider lens is also in order.
120mm SW 5.6 anyone?

[Luis-F-S]

Just swing the front standard and rear frame and get on with it........L

[Regular Rod]

MPP Mk VII or Mk VIII

RR

[djdister]

after a short run with the technikardan, i decided it was not the camera for me and the DLC rocks on as my main camera... i guess a slightly wider lens is also in order.
120mm SW 5.6 anyone?

An interesting development. But for those of us who haven't laid hands on the TK45S, what were its detractors? On paper (and in its design) it looks like a far superior camera. Interestingly enough I have seen several of them for sale, and in at least two cases, they mention that the bellows had to be replaced on what does not look like a very old camera. Makes one wonder...

[koh303]

The 45tk i had came be a brand new bellows (chinese, but better then the original in my opinion).
The down sides were a very long time to set up. I guess this can be learned to be done faster but at this point in time in my life, i am not that much interested in learning a new tool, whereas the DLC is pretty much an extension of my arm by now.

The other issue was a SUPER dark ground glass and a super expensive and hard to find fresnel option.
The non centralized motion of the standards meant it was not easy to figure out the starting position, though again i am sure that is easily gotten used to.
At extreme shifts, the front/back tapered bellows were not as easy to use as with the canham standard bellows, i think a bag bellows in both cases would solve this, and they are both equally not cheap in the grand scheme of things.

It is about twice as heavy as the DLC and folds down somewhat larger.

It is indeed a great camera and i am sure if it was my first real camera i would not have ever seen the DLC as superior. So at the bottom line mostly just my being used to the DLC too much is what made the final decision.