Contest.... Lightest LF Carry

[Tin Can]

Must include tripod 5 ft or more

4X5 of any type

2 neg capable 4X5

Any era

post a neg and/or print

made with the gear

Show and Tell

and cheer UP

[Tin Can]

Same rules but

Let's add 2 more divisions

same rules but

5X7

8X10

Divisions

[linhofbiker]

Isn't there a Norwegian who 3D prints cameras in these sizes. I have lost his web site for now. Pair with f/9 lens and maybe an old Zone VI wooden tripod with head.

[Tin Can]

Show and Tell

Here

https://www.ebay.com/itm/33389463181...Bk9SR4CV2PDGYg

[jnantz]

1890s Delmar 4x5 plate camera being used to photograph things. on tripod easily extends over 5 feet, total weight (including tripod and film ) is 4lbs.
I've uploaded an image made with it, black and white print that I added tonality to myself ..

I also have camera and lens I made specifically to make retina prints, paper negatives, silver gelatin tin/ferotypes. the 22x28 one weighs less than 1/4LB, the 4x5 shown I didn't bother weighing it, my scale isn't precise enough. I don't use these cameras with a tripod. I've uploaded an image of a device and a retina print.

[Vaughan]

I just bought an Intrepid Black Mk5 4x5, it weighs 1.31kg (including a quick release plate). For comparison, my Tachihara Fiel Stand 45 weighs 1.56kg and Toyo Field 45A weighs 2.61kg (both also including quick release plates).

[Tin Can]

Please add up your complete weights

I am not doing

Pictures are proof

[Vaughn]

Camera and lens - 2.5 pounds
Tripod/head - 8.5 pounds. (metal Gitzo -- I have a 2.5 lb carbonfiber pod that extends to 5', but it is too light for optimal use)

B&W images taken with this camera, lens, and a similar pod
16x20 silver gelatin prints:
1) Tolaga Bay Wharf... during a 6mo bicycle tour in NZ.
2) Lone Ranch Beach, Oregon...taken while assisting on a workshop

[Drew Wiley]

Look into a Toho (not Toyo) 4X5 - not that I'd want anything that spindly myself.

[Joseph Kashi]

Look into a Toho (not Toyo) 4X5 - not that I'd want anything that spindly myself.

I've got a Toho that I bought from a retiring commercial photographer in CT. He apparently used it for studio product photography for years and it was still in excellent condition when I got it. They're uncommon but the Toho is actually a really nice and light 4x5 that's rigid and non-spindly for its size and weight. The monorail includes base movements on both front and back while the detachable bellows-lens carrier-GG back is a single piece unit. Overall, it's a good design and adequately stout and rigid for what it is.