Show off your Large Format camera!

[Kirk Gittings]

Don, Weren't you shooting an Arca when we went to Utah? Or am I dreaming?

[Ken Lee]

Ken,

Ralph is correct. I bought the Gitzo leg protectors, and they work well. However, the foam pipe insulation is much, much cheaper.

Ahh - Gitzo leg protectors. Thanks !

[QT Luong]

My Shen-Hao 4x5 in Yosemite after a 7 mile hike to get to this spot due to major road work...

You must be kidding.

The entire length of the Valley is barely more than 7 miles.

You could have parked on the south side road near Cathedral Rocks (where you probably saw a number of cars belonging to rock climbers parked overnight) and walk less than half a mile to that spot like I did on two consecutive days this spring.

It's no longer an issue, anyways, since the north side road opened just in time for memorial day.

[Don Boyd]

Kirk, Yep I was shooting an Arca-Swiss when we went to Utah, but had been shooting a Toho before that. I don't have a good photo of the Arca, hence the Toho photo. (And, next week I will be downsizing the cost of my large format habit by selling the Arca and buying a Chamonix, which I have on order. I'm having to finance the Colorado River trip somehow.)

[xmishx]

Here is one I pulled out of the basement recently. Needs a lot of clean up, but I hope to eventually shoot with this beast.







If anyone has any knowledge about this camera and lens, I'd love to hear from you...

Thanks,

Ted

[Kirk Gittings]

Hi Ted, Bring the Camera tonight and let's see him in the flesh.

Are view cameras male? I think of 35's with long lenses as male, but view cameras?

[Kerik Kouklis]

Ted - Don't know much about that particular camera (it's just a box, after all) but that's on SWEET lens you've got there. I've got a 305mm Kodak Portrait and love it...

[domenico Foschi]

Christopher, Le tue composizioni sono dei capolavori.
Un Irving Penn col gusto per il classico.
Bravo!

[Ken Lee]

Rendo omaggio al linguaggio dei maestri !

[Ken Lee]

If anyone has any knowledge about this camera and lens, I'd love to hear from you...

A quick google search revealed this photo of the camera, in its complete original configuration.

There appears to be one for sale on eBay right now too. See this link.

My guess is that the camera is from around the turn of the 20th century.