Originally Posted by
neil poulsen
It may be getting a little tight for Arca. We know what's been happening to large format. Hopefully, they have a winner in their 6x9, since one can use a digital back with it. Would we be surprised if Arca went under? Very sad, yes. Under? Probably not.
Why build a camera that competes at much lower cost with your flagship product? This is one of the few decisions they've made that makes sense. No offense to anyone, but that Misura is rather a strange bird.
I think it would have made more sense to skip that camera, come out with super-light similar to the 141mm camera designed for field use, and retain the 171mm version as their studio camera. There are advantages to having a bellows that isn't packed so tightly around the 4x5 frame. It would have made for less tooling, too.
$0.02. KerChing.
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