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archivue
26-Sep-2006, 23:26
8x10 philips compact VS compact II, can you tell me the differences betwen this two ?

thanks

Gudmundur Ingolfsson
27-Sep-2006, 04:17
The Compact was the first 8x10" camera that Richard Phillips made for the market.
Ridged, light, simple with short bellows and rack and pinion focusing and costed less than a grand initially. The Compact II is the very peak of Dicks camera making; ridged like no other field camera and still very light, with side swing/sliding extension and lead screw focusing. This is probably the most sought after of them all and sold for close to three grand last time it was available.

Oren Grad
27-Sep-2006, 09:30
Compact:


natural wood color
very simple construction
focuses via knob on the side of the camera
rear movement limited to tilt only
weighs about 7.5 pounds

Compact II:


black finish
rear standard mounted on separate "feet", which allows for rear focus extension plus swing, in addition to tilt
focus via combination of rear standard extension plus lead screw at center rear of camera base
longer bellows; most (perhaps all) samples also allow shorter minimum bellows draw than on the Compact
usually (always?) fitted with a bail lift on the back
weighs about 8 pounds, some variation among different production runs
a bit larger than the Compact when folded
minor variations in camera components across different production runs - e.g., locking knobs, bellows, positioning of front-standard mounting holes on base

Both are very rigid.