What is the lightest 8x10 generally available (new or used)?

[StoneNYC]

The Chamonix 8x10 weighs 9.5lbs and is super rigid.

This is mine.



This is the website to buy them new.

http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/810.html

[jnantz]

I guess the Phillips is super light, and the legendary Nagaoka, but they are not generally available.

certainly isn't a szabad, weighs a ton and they don't come up used & 8x10 very often...

[Jeffrey Arthur]

Century Universal is around 9 lbs, inexpensive and comes up on eBay on a regular basis.

[gleaf]

Century needs light glass not process lens weight as the front construction and hardware is not up to big glass weight. Ansco's come up as well and are more robust.

[Tin Can]

+1 on the Ritter.

It's on my list, a list of one.

Ritter 8x10, http://www.lg4mat.net/LFcamera.html. 6.4 lbs.

[mdarnton]

I have an Agfa-Ansco and agree that it's got some nice features, including the built-in track extension, both front and rear focus, and the fact that when the back folds up it protects the GG. I can weigh mine tomorrow and post--I don't think it's going to fall among the light ones, though--probably around 12 pounds. My 5x7 A-A is around eight, if I remember right.

[Ari]

Toyo 810M weighs only 15.1 lbs.

[Jeffrey Arthur]

Just remember robust front standards and heavy lenses sometimes defeat the purpose of a light camera.

[jcoldslabs]

Century Universal is around 9 lbs, inexpensive and comes up on eBay on a regular basis.

Century needs light glass not process lens weight as the front construction and hardware is not up to big glass weight. Ansco's come up as well and are more robust.

I regularly put a 15" f/4 Petzval that weighs six pounds on my Century Universal without issue. I agree that the Agfa/Ansco cameras are more sturdy, but that comes at the cost of extra weight and bulk.

Just remember robust front standards and heavy lenses sometimes defeat the purpose of a light camera.

True. Plus the lightest possible 8x10 camera and lens combination still takes the same heavy film holders as every other camera.

Jonathan

[mdarnton]

At 12 pounds 5 ounces, the Agfa-Ansco isn't going to make the lightweight list!

I went into a store a couple of weeks ago that was using a Seneca 5x7 and it weighed just about nothing. I wonder what the 8x10 Seneca weighs.