With photos and stuff!
http://richardmanphoto.com/web/Gibellini/
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With photos and stuff!
http://richardmanphoto.com/web/Gibellini/
Richard, thanks for a practical usage review.
I would like comments on the 'handle' and why you don't change to glass GG.
More about the 'chosen' lens would be interesting also.
Great work as always.
Hi Randy, I like the handle as it does make carry the camera easier. It's a bit more bulky than I would like, as it makes putting the camera in one of my backpack more difficult.
As for glass GG, I didn't realize it's going to be plastic until I broke my Chamonix GG and Alessandro mentioned that his is high impact plastic. He highly recommends it for its strength. The way it is designed, I think I can replace it with a glass GG if I wish, but I don't think both a Fresnel and a piece of GG would both fit, but Alessandro will need to confirm that. For now, I am OK with it, so not planning to make any change or inquiry yet.
"I used to have money", whereas nowadays it's a series of famine and rare occasions, feasts (long story) so I do try to get "the best" that works really well. To me, the number one criterion is the quality of the results. So now I have a set of "dream lens". My philosophy is that if I get the best tools, then if the images suck, I have no one to blame except the idiot pushing that button. Eventually I may write about those lens. Will I get similar results from other lens? Probably, except for the Cooke. It is something different.
Great camera. Looks like their website is down?
Yes Alessandro is aware of it and it's being fixedQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirk Gittings
Good write-up, Richard; I've been trying to find time to do a review of the 8x10 Gibellini, but work has become a nonstop barrage.
I thought the "Gibellini-size" lens board was larger than 96mm, something like 110mm, so he may have changed his design.
Like you, I think the camera is great, but the negatives/cons left a stronger impression with me than they did you.