Len, here's the deal. About 10 years ago or so I made a comment on one of the forums about building a panoramic camera. I remember someone saying you could not do it without a shop full of tools. So I said the heck with you and I built the 8x20 by hand with minimal power tools. Took a long time. I found a beat up Kodak 2d and used the metal from the camera for the 820. I also found images of a Korona 820 and worked from the images to build mine. I even built the support rails from pictures I had seen. So I built mine based on their design. I put front tilt in mine.
I love the format and the camera is light weight and solid. I'm using it more now than ever.
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