Show off your Large Format camera!

[Laura_Campbell]

Wehman 8x10 on a Berlebach, with a Black Jacket focus cloth. F64 backpack for hiking. The accessory on wheels is an FJ60 with a platform.

[Roger Thoms]

Wehman 8x10 on a Berlebach, with a Black Jacket focus cloth. F64 backpack for hiking. The accessory on wheels is an FJ60 with a platform.

Laura, nice looking setup there. Question on the Berlebach, which model do you have? Also is the camera mounted directly on the tripod, (can't quite tell from the photo), do you have the build in leveling ball? And finally how do you like the setup? I'm asking because my girlfriend needs a tripod for her 5x7 and I'm tiring to figure out a good setup for her.

Roger

[Jac@stafford.net]

Hand made, cherry and oak, 4x5, 47mm Super Angulon F/5.6 in focusing helix. Also has ground glass and external view finder.

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[Peter Gomena]

Wow! What fun, and what a beauty. My woodworking skills leave me making pinhole cameras from empty cookie tins.

[Darren H]

Wehman 8x10 on a Berlebach, with a Black Jacket focus cloth. F64 backpack for hiking. The accessory on wheels is an FJ60 with a platform.

Great shot of a great camera and classic SUV too.

[Robert Langham]

5X7 Deardorff at Shiprock last year, just after I shot the brancusian shape in the background.

[Peter Gomena]

What brand and model of tripod are you using, Robert? I need a lighter alternative for my LF gear.

Peter Gomena

[Terry Christian]

I bought this Zone VI rebranded Tachihara in November as a kit for a steal of a price and in fantastic condition. The local camera store was selling it and it was evidently part of a late photo enthusiast's estate. And then last week, I was perusing the local Craigslist when I happened upon a Zone VI tripod for sale! The tripod seller had never heard of the fellow who had the camera; he'd just bought a bunch of stuff in a lot from an auction. So although the odds are not in favor of this camera having been sold with this tripod, two Zone VI products are now reunited and it feels so good.



P.S. Anyone know the model of the Bogen tripod head pictured? There's no model number on it anywhere and it boasts a 5/8" screw socket.

[lenser]

Terry,

That head looks like the Bogen (Manfrotto) 3047 which was the standard head that Zone VI offered for their tripods. It was available with this size and the 1/4x20 for the mounting plate. By the way, those handles are brutal on one's hands, especially in cold weather. Eventually, Bogen got the idea that a much easier to grip handle was preferable and switched over to nice rubber coated and bigger diameter handles. I replaced that old kind a few years ago for under $30.00 for a new set of three. You may still be able to do that and I recommend it highly.

Congratulations on one heck of a find on both items.

[Terry Christian]

Thanks for the info, lenser!