Who draws anything anymore? It's all CAD now. But industrial spies have far more tempting things to make duplicate thumbdrives of than view cameras.
But the mere fact something can be prototyped completely in computer, and then simply sent off to mass-manufacture on a completely different continent, and then mass volumes sent directly back to sell, without any true physical product quality-control testing being involved in between, is one of the plagues afflicting consumer confidence today. You can't have it all - cheap products instantly made, yet reliable at the same time.
Lachlan.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -- Wayne Gretzky
Lens mounting is irrelevant to the documented problem of ground glass to film in film holder distance.
~How would ground glass to film in film holder distance be related to lens mounting?
~User experience is again totally unrelated to the problem of ground glass to film in film holder distance, if yes, explain how they are related?
~~ Explain these trolling confrontational words.~~
Bernice
Lachlan.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -- Wayne Gretzky
Agreed - especially as there's a lot of (rather didactic) assumptions that the only allowed way seems to involve hauling a Sinar around - without considering for a second that the Intrepid's popularity owes a fair bit to it not being a Cambo/ Toyo/ Sinar monorail chunk of excessive weight and movements. That said, I think it's not a great idea to stick a big 360mm plasmat on a lightweight folding camera & expect high precision wide open without a little give & take being needed.
After this episode with Intrepid lens boards any respect/creditability has been totally dissolved.
https://www.largeformatphotography.i...pid-lensboard)
This fiasco could have been completely avoided by simply leaving the copper on the FR-4 pc board material. Very telling about the folks at Intrepid.
Bernice
Without seeing it in person, the camera seems well designed/sturdy enough by itself, but for a "new" camera, the T distance should be dead-on... If not, it's the makers problem to fix...
When restoring old cameras, little issues grow into these antiques and a restorer has to check carefully for them... Things like light leaks, warpage, binding, etc can almost be expected to be dealt with... But for many of new production cameras, they shouldn't be beta-testing them on new buyers (entry-level or experienced)... What will people say online??? ;-)
Seems to me a big issue is many items are designed on a monitor, and not in a shop now... And not field tested by actual users well in advance of release... One observation of mine is maybe not a wise thing to buy the latest camera offering on Kickstarter etc until well proven beyond doubt when the CNC nerds release one...
Steve K
I guess the two questions I would ask is just how accurate is the CNC manufacturing process and what QC checks are undertaken once assembly is complete? Accuracy costs money of course and these cameras at the value end of the market. Historically view cameras are hand assembled and checked. The use of modern manufacturing methods is how Intrepid are trying to get around this, but what is the acceptable variation from unit to unit with the CNC process?
Also, very telling about your prejudices in relation to the brand. It helped me to place where the bias and vitriol in this thread stemmed from.
Pity you didn’t mention their apparently stellar customer service in sorting the problem out quickly, including sending a box of film. Guess that doesn’t suit your narrative…
Lachlan.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -- Wayne Gretzky
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