4x5 that extends to 400mm easily...

[richardman]

I love my Chamonix F1 but one inconvenience is that to use my 14" lens, I have to use an extension rail. I know there are camera design that has double or triple extension rail built-in. What are some of these models? Also, I found that the bellow dips a bit much with my Cooke PS945 so often the bottom of the image (top of the bellow) vignette.

These will be mainly for portrait work, so 150mm to 400mm, strong bellow etc. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Oren Grad]

Ebony has a number of 4x5 folding models with unusually long extension.

[richardman]

Thanks!

I know, Danny Burke is selling an Ebony that makes me drooling. Too rich for my blood though :-/

[Oren Grad]

Now that I think about it Canham also has pretty long extension, but again, usually won't be cheap. Another way to get longer extension is to look for a 5x7 with a 4x5 reducing back.

To state the obvious: if you need cheap there are always monorails...

[Francisco J. Fernández]

Hello.
for Linhof Technika lens type plate (and copies Wista or other) and VH ... Horseman lens plates are manufactured extension tubes (3 or 4 tubes).

They serve to macro, and also serve to use lens or tele lens without the need for a very long bellows

I use Tachiahara 4x5 with 2 extension tubes for a 400 mm tele lens

[David Karp]

I think there were some Wisner models that qualify. Zone VI too (not the single extension early versions). My Walker Titan SF will handle a 450mm, but you have to use the base tilt forward and use back axis tilt to set the lensboard to vertical. Works great, pretty easy to set up to.

[Nigel Smith]

Zone VI? not sure of exact specs but they are usually mentioned for such requirements.

Edit : I don't usually take 10mins to write a one line reply... I'm at work! But as David mentions, dbl ext Zone VI & Wisners of similar design, or is that Zone VIs similar to Wisners

[mdarnton]

Shooting portraits with a 14" lens is going to need 20 or more inches of bellows, right? How about doing it backwards--differerent lens instead of different camera? The 15" Tele-Raptar/Optar is a pretty nice lens that uses about 9-1/2" of bellows at infinity, and if you use the front component alone you have a good 9 or 10" soft-focus lens. When they show up on Ebay in a shutter they're usually around $150---a lot cheaper than a new camera.

[Lachlan 717]

My Shen Hao XPO will go to 420mm.

[pasiasty]

I'd go for tele lens instead, as mdarnton suggested. I've got F1 and Schneider's Tele-Arton 360mm (cca 14") and it allows close portraits; that's why they invented tele lenses. Limitation are - surprise, surprise - camera movements if you want both eyes sharp in half profile picture.