How expensive is 8x10?

[Drew Wiley]

People who move up from 4x5 to 8x10 often have a longer adjustment time than they first anticipated. Not only the greater bulkiness of the gear, but more important, relearning how to navigate depth of field and composition issues. But for many of us, the effort was time well spent. I don't find 8x10 any more expensive,
really, because the greater cost of the film inherently makes me far more cautious how often I actually expose a sheet.

[Francisco J. Fernández]

I'm currently shooting 4x5 for school. I'm pretty broke, but I just started a new job. I like 4x5, but I'm borrowing a camera from school and when the semester's over, I have to give it back. I was looking at 4x5 cameras but then thought… why not just go all out, and do 8x10? But in following the For Sale forum here, they don't seem to come up for sale much. And when they do, they're expensive.

Can I get a good 8x10 camera with a decent normal lens for under $1,000 and 8 lbs.? With rise and shift and not terrible movements? That is stable (we're using Wistas right now and they're good cameras but the movements always feel a bit loose, though this might also just be because they're school cameras)?

Or should I just stick with 4x5 for now?

Hi, this link besides pineholes can find for very little money in England two chambers of wooden and very special design one is 4x5 and the other is 8x10.

I have both and weigh very little as I use a lot when I take pictures outside.

I am very happy with them. The 4x5 camera uses Linhof technika lens board and copies.

The 8x10 camera uses lens boards for SINAR / HORSEMAN.



I have redesigned both cameras are 4x5 and I have changed the original springback by another Linhof Tehcnika which is rotatable and use with a reflex viewfinder.
The front pillar I also changed one of Linhof Technika.



The 8x10 camera I placed him behind one of springback SINAR P and so can I place a bellows with a binocular magnifying glass to focus more easily.


http://www.pinholesolutions.co.uk/camera_kits.html


Here the BULLDOG CAMERA…

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/bu...at-review-7560

[Jim Rice]

Point well taken, Drew. There are still times when I regret not having stuck with 8x10 long enough to have gotten comfortable with it and there are still a few shots I would love to spend eighty square inches on. Alas, life is finite.

[Jac@stafford.net]

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[StoneNYC]

8x10 is a minimum of $200 investment.

That is my answer...

[Drew Wiley]

Your girlfriend's shoes probably cost more than that, Stone.... Are you confusing this with 8X10 mm film?

[Alan Gales]

Your girlfriend's shoes probably cost more than that, Stone.... Are you confusing this with 8X10 mm film?

He must be talking about a used pinhole camera and one used film holder.

[Alan Gales]

Just buy an old black C-1 or wooden tailboard camera, a 240, 250 or 300 lens and one or two film holders and try it out. Give it a little time like Drew wisely suggests and see what you think. If you don't like it then sell everything for close to what you originally paid. You may lose a couple bucks but at least you will know if it's for you.

[StoneNYC]

Your girlfriend's shoes probably cost more than that, Stone.... Are you confusing this with 8X10 mm film?

One box of film and one cardboard box for pinhole yes...

The question was how expensive and how cheap could it be...

[John Kasaian]

I don't find 8x10 any more expensive,
really, because the greater cost of the film inherently makes me far more cautious how often I actually expose a sheet.

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