Someone Should Have Warned Me....

[dazedgonebye]

...not to go here:
http://www.ebonycamera.com/cam.html


Oh baby, there's some pretty stuff over there.

[Frank Petronio]

Here is the antidote:

http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/

[dazedgonebye]

Well, that's certainly something more in the range I'd be able to afford. Very pretty as well.

[Ken Lee]

The vast migration to digital equipment, has been a boon for large format users.

You can get plenty of used 4x5 cameras for less than a brand new one.

Many of them have a wider range of features. If it's wood you like, they're out there too.

[Brian Ellis]

Maybe I can help. I've owned two Ebony cameras, a 45Te and a 45Ti. I didn't care for either of them very much. Not to say they were bad cameras but for the money and from all I read here and other places I was expecting something sturdier, smoother, with a better viewing screen and without the irritating "triple knob" focusing system that sometimes required you to stop focusing, switch focusing knobs, and continue focusing with a different knob. But sometimes you get an itch for a camera and the only solution is to scratch it. So if it's an Ebony you want, go for it, they're certainly very fine cameras.

[Brandon Draper]

So true Ken. I just bought a 8x10 Deardorff with a 8x10 back & 4x5 with 4 lenses, 24 4x5 holders and a ton of un-opened film for around $900 from a funiture photographer that went digital a couple of years ago. Pretty good deal I think.

[walter23]

So true Ken. I just bought a 8x10 Deardorff with a 8x10 back & 4x5 with 4 lenses, 24 4x5 holders and a ton of un-opened film for around $900 from a funiture photographer that went digital a couple of years ago. Pretty good deal I think.

Jesus.

[tim o'brien]

Jesus.

Ditto. I picked up a V-8 with 8x10 and 4x5 backs, 191 WF Ektar, 300 Commercial Ektar, splitter rails. some odds and ends, the box.. for $1525 and thought I was getting a good deal.

Wait, Idid get a good deal.

But 900 bucks? Damn.

tim in san jose

[Walter Calahan]

Or you might want to look around here for something made in the USA.

http://www.canhamcameras.com/

[dazedgonebye]

Hey, all of it is more than I can afford at the moment.
I was mostly noticing how physically beautiful, to my eye, the ebony cameras are.