What are some?
Budget is relative...I want to gauge my options and decide from there. I thought about a Kodak 2D but I read that they don't have front tilt, unless modified? Deardorffs seem to be fairly expensive but maybe there aren't many other options?
I'd prefer a field camera because I think monorails are probably too heavy or too expensive if light.
My 5x7 Ansco field camera has front tilt and definitely qualifies as budget. It's pretty heavy though
Not to criticize Matt, but why does everybody say this or that LF camera is heavy? Of course they are heavy, they are big cameras.
Originally Posted by Matt Miller
Tin Can
The Burke and James 8x10 Commercial View is a field camera with full movements. Comparable in price with a 2D, but more solid.
I was looking more into this and it seems that some cameras had front movements depending on age. Like Deardorffs, Agfas, and I guess Burke and James. (I think WWII was the rough cutoff date). It also seems that the 5x7 and 8x10 cameras from the classics were more or less the same in regards to movements/features.
Is this generally true? And are there unmodified 2Ds with movements?
If so, then I'd probably get any camera within my budget if it has full movements.
A lot of people do not like ebay, but it is a good research source. Everything passes their way.
This is what I mean.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/370830173489...84.m1423.l2649
Put an advanced search into eBay and everyday they tell about new deals, if you only shop here or APUG you will not see 90% of the market.
Tin Can
It's easy enough to simulate front tilts with a flatbed camera.
Level the camera, then tilt the bed forward 10 to 15°. Next rotate the back to vertical as indicated by the plumb level on the side of most of these flatbed cameras.
In the field that's all you need. When I take my large-format cameras in the field which don't have front tilts I immediately set it up like this and leave the tilt the same all day unless something unusual appears when I make necessary adjustments to the tilt of the camera and/or the tilt of the back.
Just sold for $33 and $19 shipping.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Conl...vip=true&rt=nc
Tin Can
Front tilt on a view camera is grossly overrated.
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
Deals come and go.
I'm in no rush....I'd like to figure out my options first so that I can get a camera that is right for me.
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