Field camera with rear shift/rise?

[Alan Gales]

Sinar F.

"F" stands for field, right?

[Richard Wasserman]

Indeed, it is a very supple camera but is it really a field camera?

Teechnikardans are just a little bulkier and a little heavier than what most people think of as field cameras, but they make up for that by being oh so versatile and precise. TKs would not be my first choice if I was backpacking, which I personally don't do, but for just about anything else I think they're great cameras. I smile every time I use mine.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Teechnikardans are just a little bulkier and a little heavier than what most people think of as field cameras, but they make up for that by being oh so versatile and precise. TKs would not be my first choice if I was backpacking, which I personally don't do, but for just about anything else I think they're great cameras. I smile every time I use mine.

Richard, just to make my prejudice clear - I consider a field camera as one that closes upon itself within a 'clam shell' being my personal favorite. No big thing.
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[B.S.Kumar]

Rittreck cameras have rear shifts. Tachihara and Wista have rear swings.

Kumar

[mdarnton]

Burke & James flatbed. Lots of both on the back. The one below is 5x7 but the 4x5 is similar.

BJ 5x7 by Michael Darnton, on Flickr

[David Karp]

Walker Titan SF 4x5 has rear shift. No rear rise. I can't think of a field camera that has both. Of course, that does not mean it does not exist.

[Ken Lee]

Several Ebony folding wooden field cameras have rear shift, tilt and rise. See http://www.ebonycamera.com/cam.html

Several Shen-Hao cameras (which resemble Ebony cameras) also have rear shift, tilt and rise. See http://www.shen-hao.com/

[Peter Lewin]

Can't you get rear rise and fall indirectly by tilting the bed, and then titling both standards to vertical (or playing with Scheimpflug)? That would open your search to field cameras with back shift, which for example includes the Canham DLC.

[koh303]

Asked and answered:
Folding field camera with rear rise and shift:
Shen Hao HKZ (both versions).

[Noah A]

Teechnikardans are just a little bulkier and a little heavier than what most people think of as field cameras, but they make up for that by being oh so versatile and precise. TKs would not be my first choice if I was backpacking, which I personally don't do, but for just about anything else I think they're great cameras. I smile every time I use mine.

I agree, it's not that much bigger than my Technika but it's incredibly versatile. It's also faster to set up than many cameras, especially wood or composite field cameras without center detents. It also folds with a lens mounted. I sold mine a while back because I figured my MT2000 could do everything I need. But I missed it and recently bought another. Which brings up another point, they're really cheap right now. I paid around 60% of what I sold mine for a few years ago, and the one I bought is nicer than my old one was!

Have you considered some kind of sliding back? I think you can find them on eBay.

If you're going to stick a DSLR on the back of a view camera and expect any kind of precision or repeatability, it better be a pretty sturdy view camera!