Intrepid 8x10 Mk III - Post your thoughts on design.

[Peter De Smidt]

I just received mine last week ....

Great start!

File some finger grips for back removal. I used a quality Sinar to smallr board from Ebay for cheap which I mounted to the camera, and then I used Toyo 110 boards. Linhof technica boards would also work great, if that's what your other lenses are on....with the appropriate adapter, of course. With my Intrepid, the lens panel slide wasn't too confidence inspiring. If the screws were a hair too tight, it wouldn't work. Too loose, and ,well, not good. I put in the metal adapter board and tightened the Intrepid screws firmly. (Note: Firmly on a camera is not like a lug nut!)

[Lachlan 717]

If someone gets the Intrepid Sinar to Linhof adaptor, can you please advise if it allows the camera to be folded without force?

The one that I have doesn’t allow this; it protrudes about 5-10mm too far to comfortably close the camera.

[gdi]

I just received the adapter today - I’ll check tomorrow and report back.

[gdi]

If someone gets the Intrepid Sinar to Linhof adaptor, can you please advise if it allows the camera to be folded without force?

The one that I have doesn’t allow this; it protrudes about 5-10mm too far to comfortably close the camera.

Lachlan - I tested the adapter board and the camera will not close as easily with the adapter board installed. It stick out a bit and the sliding latch extends further out than the Front sliding latch and touches the focusing bed a bit sooner than it would without it.

I took a couple of pictures to illustrate.



Closed with adapter:


Closed with no board:

[SMBooth]

Any change of someone posting a photo of the base of a 8x10 Mk3 with a tape measure so I can roughly scale off it. I want to see what size Arca Swiss plate l might put on.

Thanks

[Tin Can]

My Red bellows 8X10 III

Ships tomorrow

[gdi]

Any change of someone posting a photo of the base of a 8x10 Mk3 with a tape measure so I can roughly scale off it. I want to see what size Arca Swiss plate l might put on.

Thanks

Maybe these will help…

[Tin Can]

Big help for me too

Thank you

I will be adding anti twist hole

I expect mine this week

[Lachlan 717]

Any change of someone posting a photo of the base of a 8x10 Mk3 with a tape measure so I can roughly scale off it. I want to see what size Arca Swiss plate l might put on.

Thanks

Let me know if you want to see my camera. I can bring it into town if you want hands on.

[paulbarden]

FYI, Intrepid states that delivery of the MK3 8x10 camera is 6 to 8 weeks from purchase date. However, I bought one on Nov. 10, and it shipped 12 days later and I had it here 6 days after that. So, with luck, this is what you can expect from Intrepid these days!

And I must say, this design has improved significantly since the very first version. I consider it excellent value for the money. I bought mine with the fresnel installed, and this makes using my f6.8 Turner-Reich convertible a whole lot more pleasant. Highly recommended.