Show off your Large Format camera!

[Andrew O'Neill]

Yes. It's at Lac du Bois grasslands in Kamloops. I've been doing some exploring there for the past few months.

[csxcnj]

The countdown bag was the first thing I spotted on your picture! I understand your problem. I could neither find a satisfactory solution to carry all my LF gears (linhof 5x7) but this will change as I just bought a carrier frame I will adapt for LF photography. If you are looking for a suitable solution to carry your film holders, I would suggest to have a look at Briscoes Thermos bags. I bought one of those bag on sales last year,and they are perfect for carrying 5x7 film holders. A 6x cans size should do 8x 5x7 film holders! Might be a bit too small for whole glass plates!

On the site provided for the carrier frame there is no purchasing info provided. Just a login for retailers. Where can I buy this?

[Bill_1856]

Personally, I prefer to slide my hand under the built-in strap compared to a separate handle (ala Technika). Seems better balanced.

[jongrep]

Yes it is, Ian that's that rotatable back I have, from a 4x5 back reductor that I kept when I sold out my Cambo Legend 8x10 (I also kept the 5x7 back wich I will use on a 5x7 point-and-shoot camera with a SA 90XL, that I will build).

I used only the focus frame, wich locks directly on the back of the main body of the Cambo Portrait body.
I changed the hand grip of the camera from vertical to horizontal position, I just had to do new screw holes to fix it.

here is a photo of a new angle of the camera and a photo where you can see the back and focus frame.






This camera is on John Grepstad site, in an early stage, when I was still doing focusing tests, so, the lens board was made of 3 plywood sheets, wich I recently changed for the definitive bamboo board.

http://home.online.no/~gjon/dias.htm

This camera was used as inspiration to a few guys, some of their cameras are really great.
I "received" orders from some guys, from USA, Brasil, Spain, Portugal and Nederlands, to build them a camera like this one but I don't have the parts to build new cameras.

This camera was intended to shoot urban photos but, it turned out to become my favourite camera for seascape photos, as it can't do lens or back movements and neither has a focus system, it turn out to be a fast operating 4x5 camera, wich is great for me has I use to shoot mainly during winter in places where sea is really wild, so you must run fast!

New URL by the end of October: http://jongrepstad.com/
Jon Grepstad

[jp]

Spent some time enjoying the fall colors and cool breezy weather. Had a mix of sun and clouds; the clouds sent hail twice while I was out shooting Saturday afternoon.
This is in a blueberry field on the side of a mountain in Rockport Maine. I went out with DSLR, Rolleiflex, and 4x5. I shot some Ektar 100 4x5 color negative file with the Aero-Ektar, and some B&W with the same lens and my Verito.






The changing weather and being alone in the woods was VERY relaxing and energizing at the same time. I need to do it more.

[andrewch59]

What a wonderful part of the world, colours are amazing.

[Liquid Artist]

I posted a cell phone image of my Burke & James 5x7 6 months ago or so.

However I happened to be in the Canadian Rocky Mountains the other day, with my old Sigma SD14 DSLR close by.

In my opinion it's a much nicer photo this time.

[ImSoNegative]

Me with my C1

[ImSoNegative]

Dang it's sideways lol

[Bill_1856]

Dang it's sideways lol

I thought that it's just in "Portrait" mode.