I thought I would toss this out there. I have no connection to the designer/developer/seller. I have no idea how well it will be made.
https://www.intension-design.com/tri...rTRzZ8xSOfbVjo
I thought I would toss this out there. I have no connection to the designer/developer/seller. I have no idea how well it will be made.
https://www.intension-design.com/tri...rTRzZ8xSOfbVjo
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
The trouble with all my tripods is they cannot get low enough on my 2 dollies to shoot seated people straight on
The big Linhof is nice but any combination is either too low or too high
My Majestic same as OP has the same problem on another dolly
Finally today I realized I need to take an Arkay stand out of storage and use it
It will go low and high but won't work for my heaviest cameras
Arkay 8MS-III Mono Stand Senior III
Of course I bought it used for 5% of new retail and the seller loaded it up in my van
Tin Can
Forgot to add, I will use a Majestic head on the Arkay which was an option...until Majestic lost status
Tin Can
The camera and support certainly are nice, but I've been admiring the multi-drawer cabinet in the background. Sorry, I used to have an antiques business...
Tin Can, perhaps your issue is why we used a chair of bar-stool height when I was a portrait photographer. For relevance, the 70mm long-roll camera sat on a Majestic tripod, itself on a dolly. And the method taught by the studio that I worked for had the camera position slightly above the subject's eyes, quite different from today's 'up-the-nose' look.
Good points
I use 14 to 20" for 8X10 heads, emulating Karsh
I am going to bring the Arkay stand in studio next week when it warms up
but no sitters for long time past and future
Chicago had plenty
Tin Can
My Scovill Adams studio 8x10 came with their 'Elite' studio stand, which is just a tilting platform adjustable from 32" tp 48". Not as pretty as the Kodak stands with the big cast hardware, but it does the job quite well. Given that the center of the lens is about 12" from the platform, I have a range of 44" to 60" from the floor to the center.
I had something similar, wood table 4 leg gear rise, with tilt at one end exactly this but not as shiny
It was repaired before me a lot, I deemed it not strong enough and sold to a traveling collector from Texas, I sold him a lot, he had many Deardorff studio cameras in his trailer and van.
I forget his name
No regrets
but I may make my own version, when things slow down
Tin Can
Impressive indeed .....
there are of course always bigger / stronger ones.....
It is an amazing collector's cabinet. Juuuuust fit in the new (old house).
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