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so...i have a couple of those cambo/calumet film backs in the 6x7 size. i have not taken one apart yet, but i wonder how difficult it would be convert one or both to the 6x12 format?

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5x7 is pretty awesome for a fact. It has some serious disadvanteges as you alluded to. Cost of film is crazy high compaed to 4x5. Equipment is bigger and heavier. Lenses are mor expensive. For me...

they are tanks. good camera but a tank none the less. the good news is that these days they can be had on ebay for somewhere around the 300.00 range. if you shoot 4x5 only, i would go with...

thank you gentlemen for the responses. i will take a look at the bath tub gasket and see if i can make that work. i think the way the wista is designed, i would need at least two gaskets or more to...

in my travels, i have been collecting lenses for my 4x5 wista field camera. i just purchased a schneider tele-xenar 360mm f5.5 in a #3 shutter. i chose this lens specifically because it is small and...

i am also a houston guy.


someone recently had a wista rittreck on ebay for a reasonable price. this is a 5x7 camera but the sale included an 8x10 back. i think it was priced around 700 bucks. ...

hey david. thank you for your response. i am on the north as well. humble kingwood area.

hello everyone.

i just joined today. a little about myself: back in the mid to late 90's i was a semi pro photographer. i shot canon 35mm and a mamiya 7 with a full compliment of lenses. my...