Chamonix 45N-2 coming

[olwick]

FYI: I sent a mail to Hugo Zhang (Chamonix) asking about 45N-1 availability as well as the focus problem that some have reported. Here was his response:

Or you can wait for our 45N-2 cameras which will come out in 8-10 weeks which will fix the problem. 45n-2 is improved version and will be more expensive and weight a little more too.

Currently we have only 45n-1 in maple left. We will have some 45n-2 in teak. The factory has run out of walnut wood.

Apologies if this has been mentioned before. I'm just about to move into Large Format and have been using the search function to read through hundreds of previous posts. I'm impresssed by this community.

Thanks,

Mark

[John NYC]

Is Hugo coming out with an updated 8x10 also?

[olwick]

Is Hugo coming out with an updated 8x10 also?

I don't know. I didn't ask about that.

Mark

[John NYC]

Does anyone know if the current 8x10 has the same focus issues as the 45n-1?

[lilmsmaggie]

"45n-2 is improved version and will be more expensive and weight a little more too."

Kinda vague. Did Hugo give some indication as to how much the new 45n-2 camera would cost?

[olwick]

The quote I posted was pretty much the entire e-mail. He didn't include any more details.

[Songyun]

Does anyone know if the current 8x10 has the same focus issues as the 45n-1?

Oh, no ... again... quick answer NO.

[John NYC]

Oh, no ... again... quick answer NO.

That thread on the 45n-1 focus problem was really annoying to the participants it was clear by reading it. And if the 8x10 had the same... er, let's call it design decision or not was also not clear to me. So, just to be clear, you are saying the same "design decision" was not made in the 8x10?

[Ulrich Drolshagen]

That thread on the 45n-1 focus problem was really annoying to the participants it was clear by reading it. And if the 8x10 had the same... er, let's call it design decision or not was also not clear to me. So, just to be clear, you are saying the same "design decision" was not made in the 8x10?

I don't have an 8x10 but I was following the threads too. It was said several times that the 8x10 doesn't have a fresnel lens. So it can by definition not suffer from the same design decision.

Ulrich

[John NYC]

I don't have an 8x10 but I was following the threads too. It was said several times that the 8x10 doesn't have a fresnel lens. So it can by definition not suffer from the same design decision.

Ulrich

Thanks, I didn't see that mentioned in the thread. I was skimming for 8x10 info and must have missed it. I did not want to read the whole thing; can you blame me?

Hugo also just sent me a PM saying basically the same thing as you said here.