Want to Buy Wisner - STOP ME :)

[babavaga]

Good day.

I decided to buy good wood camera for 5x7 contact prints.
There are only several cameras avaliable in my region: Osaka 5x7, ArtWorks 5x7 (wich are Tachiharas clone) and Wisner Technical Field. Prices are very close.
After communication with sellers I selected Wisner. Am I right, or do You say: "Dammit! What are You DOING?"

Please stop me, if I'm wrong...

PS I use LF only for myself making contacts and scanning with Epson v750. Most usage in field, but sometimes I take portraits. Lens are 120, 210 and 210/370 (rare use).

[eddie]

buy a chamonix...

[Kevin Crisp]

Where are you buying a Wisner from?

[David Karp]

Forget the wood.

Buy a Walker Titan SF. Good value. Great camera. In my experience, Mike Walker is totally reliable.

[Steve Hamley]

Sinar Norma.

Cheers,

Steve

[Gem Singer]

If the Wisner tech. field is in excellent condition and is priced lower than the Tachihara cameras, go for it. It's an excellent wooden folding flatbed camera.

If not, a Tachi will easily enable you to do all the things you mentioned. I have owned (and used) both of these cameras.

There are advantages and disadvantages to both makes. Purchase the camera that best suits your budget.

[AJ Edmondson]

I have a Wisner 4x5 Tech Field and though I use a Wista Metal Field almost exclusively now I have no real complaints with the Wisner. If you opt to go with Wisner I would recommend the "Traditional" rather than the Tech Field! The TF's have features I never really found any use for and are more "fiddly" because of the extra knobs. I used a Canham 5x7 for a couple of years (the wooden model instead of the metal version) and while it was a superb camera, and Keith an absolute gentleman to deal with, I just never warmed up to the format!

[john collins]

Chamonix, it's an excellent camera.

[babavaga]

wow!! Thank You for the fast answers.

Charmonix is not avaliable in Russia and it little bit more expensive than I want to )
Wisner I'm interested in is from www.igorcamera.com.
Does Walker accept long lens? I didn't find such models on their site (( maybe they are discounted and can be found used?
Sinar... it's perfect, but... not my camera )
Gem Singer, thank )) I'm doing exactly so!
AJ Edmondson, does it really slower work? Or can I used to?

[Ken Lee]

I have a 4x5 Technical Field and it's great.