8x10 philips compact VS compact II, can you tell me the differences betwen this two ?
thanks
8x10 philips compact VS compact II, can you tell me the differences betwen this two ?
thanks
The Compact was the first 8x10" camera that Richard Phillips made for the market.
Ridged, light, simple with short bellows and rack and pinion focusing and costed less than a grand initially. The Compact II is the very peak of Dicks camera making; ridged like no other field camera and still very light, with side swing/sliding extension and lead screw focusing. This is probably the most sought after of them all and sold for close to three grand last time it was available.
Compact:
- natural wood color
- very simple construction
- focuses via knob on the side of the camera
- rear movement limited to tilt only
- weighs about 7.5 pounds
Compact II:
- black finish
- rear standard mounted on separate "feet", which allows for rear focus extension plus swing, in addition to tilt
- focus via combination of rear standard extension plus lead screw at center rear of camera base
- longer bellows; most (perhaps all) samples also allow shorter minimum bellows draw than on the Compact
- usually (always?) fitted with a bail lift on the back
- weighs about 8 pounds, some variation among different production runs
- a bit larger than the Compact when folded
- minor variations in camera components across different production runs - e.g., locking knobs, bellows, positioning of front-standard mounting holes on base
Both are very rigid.
Last edited by Oren Grad; 27-Sep-2006 at 09:32.
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