Ed Richards
29-Jun-2006, 10:27
I have a Technika IV, which I use both as a hand held camera and a view camera on a tripod. The plusses are that it is 1) very ridgid, 2) easy to be sure the settings are at zero, 3) quite wind resistant, 4) I could probably whack a mugger with the camera on the tripod and do the mugger more damage than the camera.
Disadvantates are mostly about wide angle use - while I can focus a 90mm fine, I have limited rise, no lateral shift because the front standard has no clearance with the side braces that hold the bed open, and no real front drop. (You can drop the bed and reposition the lens, but this is pretty limited and a pain.) Rear movements are possible with a 90mm, but really hard because you run out of focus room. Shorter lenses are worse.
Is a Master Technika better at this? Would I be better to buy a second (cheap) camera that takes technika lenses to solve the problem? I do not hike much, so weight is not a real issue, and when it is, I can always just use the Technika.
Disadvantates are mostly about wide angle use - while I can focus a 90mm fine, I have limited rise, no lateral shift because the front standard has no clearance with the side braces that hold the bed open, and no real front drop. (You can drop the bed and reposition the lens, but this is pretty limited and a pain.) Rear movements are possible with a 90mm, but really hard because you run out of focus room. Shorter lenses are worse.
Is a Master Technika better at this? Would I be better to buy a second (cheap) camera that takes technika lenses to solve the problem? I do not hike much, so weight is not a real issue, and when it is, I can always just use the Technika.