How Many LF Formats Do You Use/Own?

[John Kasaian]

4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 12x20. It's got to be some kind of disease.

[rfesk]

Five -- 2 1/4 X 3 1/2, 9 X 12, 4X5, 5X7, 8X10.

I find that 4X5 to be the best, around LF for my use and I use it at least 90% of the time.

The 9X12 is an old much-modified plate camera with two lenses and is used strictly when traveling by air. The 5X7 has the best aspect ratio for landscapes. I have never taken a photo with my 8X10 Century Universal.

I use my Toyo 4 3/4x6 1/2 original field with 6x9, 4x5 and 5x7 backs mostly but also a Busch Pressman 4x5 when a rangefinder will be useful.

[tdicorcia]

I use my Toyo 4 3/4x6 1/2 original field with 6x9, 4x5 and 5x7 backs mostly but also a Busch Pressman 4x5 when a rangefinder will be useful.

I have a Toyo Field 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. It came with a 4x5 back. I bought a "new-old stock" half-plate back for it. And I have a whole plate adapter (which weighs as much as the camera). I'm slowly working on making a 5x7 back for it, because I have never seen a 5x7 back made for this camera, although rumor has it that there was one. Is your 5x7 back a Toyo product made for this camera? If so, I would be *very* interested in seeing a picture of it.

[bourvil]

OK, my confession starts here: :-)

Toyo 45A, GX and VX 125 for 4x5, Canham Wooden Field for 5x7 and 5x4 as well and Toyo F810MII and Deardorff 810 for 8x10. I have an old German 18x24 wooden camera as well, which is used mainly for wet-plate. And German studio Stella camera as well - this is not used frequently but is ideal candidate for wet plate or serious portraiture work. Deardorff is currently trying to find the new home but the rest seem to be the stable crew...

[redrockcoulee]

I have a 4X5 Shen Hao and a Seneca Whole Plate with a 5X7 back. My wife has two 4X5 and one 5X7 pinhole cameras plus lots of tin cans that range between 4X5 and about 10X17

[Tin Can]

Plenty

[Dave Wooten]

Adequate

[r.e.]

Arca-Swiss configurable for 4x5 and 8x10

[nc-teesquare]

6x9, 6x17, 4x5, 5x7, 4x10, whole plate, 8x10

[rfesk]

I have a Toyo Field 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. It came with a 4x5 back. I bought a "new-old stock" half-plate back for it. And I have a whole plate adapter (which weighs as much as the camera). I'm slowly working on making a 5x7 back for it, because I have never seen a 5x7 back made for this camera, although rumor has it that there was one. Is your 5x7 back a Toyo product made for this camera? If so, I would be *very* interested in seeing a picture of it.

Just noticed this post. I think I have seen photos on the web of the factory back in the past. A search may find something. My back is wooden back from an old 5x7 Burke & James view camera.