Deardorff 16x20 Camera

[diversey]

His 16x20 deardorff is the same to my deardorff 11x14 besides his rear back is 16x20.

I hope you kept your Mint 20X24 Deardorff

I was very impressed with it IRL

I really like my 8X10 Studio Deardoff with NOS slider and 360 rotation and 3 formats

I can even pick it up!

[Mark Sampson]

That's a very wide lens for 16x20.

[jurgenestanislao]

His 16x20 deardorff is the same to my deardorff 11x14 besides his rear back is 16x20.

Would love to see images of a 2024 Deardorff—so just chiming in, his camera is an 11x14 with a 16x20 back?

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[tundra]

Some of his work:

https://www.pgi.ac/en/artists/697/

[Hugo Zhang]

Some of his work:

https://www.pgi.ac/en/artists/697/

The prints size are 20x24 in. Enlarged from 16x20?

[Greg]

The prints size are 20x24 in. Enlarged from 16x20?

From his darkroom video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoDAGrJr9XI
looks like he is contacting printing on 20x24.

[nolindan]

Based on the weight of my 8x10 'Dorff, I can't even imagine how much that behemoth weighs!

A good rule of thumb for doubling a linear dimension (10" -> 20") is that the weight will increase by a factor of 8. As will the price.

If it is an 11x14 with a 16x20 back then the increase may be ~(14/10)^3 = 2.7 for the camera and 8 for the back.

Which makes a good case for an 11x14 w/ 16x20 back if you want to pick the camera up and put it on a tripod.

[Carl J]

Also interesting to note that he uses the venerable Elwood 8x10 as his light source for contact printing and, as far as I can tell, for his modest (17x21) enlargements as well. Another thing that caught my attention (and makes me smile) is that he started using the 16x20 relatively late in his career -- he is no spring chicken! -- and says that it re-energized him (after the 8x10). He seems to be relatively undeterred by what some of us might call challenging weather and lighting conditions and the unwieldy nature of ULF.