8x10 Field Camera = Compact and Very Light Weight??

[AuditorOne]

Trade those cats in your profile photograph for a mule, problem solved.

Have owned a couple, and horses, and other assorted components of a farmyard menagerie. Kept the cats and sold the rest. No one would buy the cats.

[lecarp]

What's wrong with cats carrying a little weight, or at least pulling a sled? They sure have outsmarted us.

I like the sled idea, maybe he should be looking at ULF cameras.

[AuditorOne]

They are beautiful cameras. I talk about mine here: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...merican-Beauty. But their lensboards are quite small, 4" on my wholeplate model. And they often use a Rochester holder, which can be different sized than the standard, and doesn't have a catch groove. They are good cameras, once you get it going.

If I need a lightweight for hiking, I take my 5x7. Seneca Improved are very light, and you can carry a few more holders. But your new Rochester will be a beautiful camera.

I certainly hope that mine ends up looking as nice as yours Garrett. Based on my discussions with the seller it may take a bit of polishing.

[John Kasaian]

Everyone moved on to Elkdorffs, then to Moosedorffs.... I still shoot my serial no.9 Phillips. Love it. But for what those sell for used, I could buy a basic CNC unit
and start up my own production run. What he was the first to do is employ composite materials -in his case, a custom ply of epoxy-saturated cherrywood laminated to fiberglass. Chamonix now does something similar with a carbon-fiber layer. More stable than straight carbon fiber. That's what you gotta do if you want something that is lightweight, weather-resistant and wind-resistant. Otherwise, you're talking about a piece of furniture. Plenty of people have made pretty cameras.

Drew, I would have thought you'd have the #2 Phillips

[dodphotography]

Anyone interested in a Ritter?

[Old-N-Feeble]

Anyone interested in a Ritter?

If I had any money I'd ask you, "How much?"

[dodphotography]

If I had any money I'd ask you, "How much?"

The wife talked me down... Sometimes I look at the debt amount and panic. It's worth 3 grand.