Advice on a good stiff 8x10 filed camera

[Miguel Coquis]

wow !!!!
and then.....

Yeah yeah yeah she loves me yeah yeah yeah

Oh sorry,,,,

Eh mmmm where was I ah yes. Tell us. Are you traveling far from car?

I guess if you tell us your typical scenario it would help

If you want to drive to a location then any camera in the world will do

A big Mono rail like the sinar are all the camera you can hope for

Kind of like if you have a sinar you can't blame your tools


I asked this question a while back About wind.

And the fact is I am writing this message on my iPhone in a 2.6 ton transporter vw
the wind is giving it a good ok rattle

So we have to be a bit realistic

Wind and 810 are not a match in heaven

You need to think about things like an umbrella

To make a wind break

The sinar Norma look good compared to a sinar p in that they look stronger
Made the old way as frank once pointed out about their sOlid build.

The p are are not so robust but if you treat it kind will be great
Out and about

So your budget is about 3k

Tell us what you shoot typically and stuff like that
As its a tricky choice but in the end
I got a Kodak 2d and it sits in my car in a low pro back pack
And has been fine for most shots

Do you need extreme movements

A cheap toyo monorail is as good as any if you want sturdy over compact

I would not worry about weight

Just gett some sort of a trolley or buggy or Sherpa

Even a box with wheels

Do you drive

What sort of car.

Tell us all,

A

[Leigh]

The Sinar F2 is designed to be a field camera (that's what the F means). It's quite good.

- Leigh

[Bill Koechling]

I would say Arca-Swiss F or Sinar F. Best weight to sturdiness ratio and both have good support in parts. The wind can move ANY camera you choose. You just need to get it where you want to take photos and put it on a sturdy tripod. (I miss my old Majestic.)

[Leigh]

(I miss my old Majestic.)

I have two Majestics, a big one and a bigger one.

They're superb.

- Leigh

[Lachlan 717]

Shen Hao HZX810.

[cosmicexplosion]

http://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2011/12/big-camera-comparison/

there is a vid here of a toyo view out in the wind, looks pretty safe and the results were good!

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

FWIW, I "enjoy" a love/hate relationship with my Ritter 8x10 and certainly can't recommend it when the wind gets up. In a slight breeze, and when using a (very) short focal length lens, I use rubber bands between front & rear standards to reduce some of the vibration in the front standard. It also takes a not inconsiderable amount of time to setup because the lens board doesn't sit parallel in the front standard - I have to add left swing to get focus from left to right across the frame.
/Frank...

why wouldn't you send that back to have the lens board fixed so it sits parallel?

[cosmicexplosion]

Shen Hao HZX810.

Hi Lachlan, how are you?

i was just wondering, you have owned a toyo view, why do you chose the Shen 108?

(i keep thinking a toyo would be my friend, if only they were wood!)

[Lachlan 717]

Hi Lachlan, how are you?

i was just wondering, you have owned a toyo view, why do you chose the Shen 108?

(i keep thinking a toyo would be my friend, if only they were wood!)

Evening, A!

Two reasons for selling the Toyo.

First, it doesn't (easily) accept Sinar shutter, making shooting barrels bloody difficult.

Second, it was just too f-ing heavy!

Beautiful camera, make no mistake. Just not for me.

[cosmicexplosion]

fair call

why are these makers so proud they dont have modular systems?

afraid of communism?

will some one make a modular camera that takes sinar shutters, looks good, and is as good, so Lachlan can be happy.

not to derail this fred

but did you get a shen and are they a copy of an ebony?

is it good?