Shen-Hao cameras

[Brian Vuillemenot]

I've got the 4X5 and it's a great camera for a small price. Nice to look at and very well built.

[ki6mf]

Had a HZX for the past 4 years. Cant go wrong with this camera. Highly recommended. They have appreciated in price over the past 4 years too.

[clarryd]

Thanks so much everybody. You guys have been a great help and I really
appreciate it very much.
Thanks again, Larry

[Two23]

I've had the 4x5 since 2003 and have been very happy with it. I still shoot it about once a week. It's great for the mony.



Kent in SD

[orphiz]

Are there any sellers around europe? Import is realy high from USA.
Friend is thinking of starting out (now he has seen my camera).
Told him about these so just wondering now

[Daniel Lancaster]

Yeah I have a 6x17 Shen Hao. Lachlan actually put me onto Shen Hao.

I feel Shen Hao have struck a respectable balance between cost effectiveness and quality of workmanship.

The camera neatly gets out of the way of my creative expression which is all I will ever ask of it.

[Roger Cole]

I used to own the 4x5 hzx and it was a decent camera. Should've gotten the tachihara though because I hardly ever use front or rear swings.

Just because you don't use something the Tachihara doesn't have wouldn't make it a better camera. What is it about the Tachihara that you think would make it better? The Tachihara is lighter than the HZX but you could have gotten the PTB which is even lighter than the Tachihara.

[nickademusss]

My second LF is the Shen-Hao TZ45-IIB, I adore it, very solid, great carpentry, but like all wood field camera's not good in a fall

Mine has never fell, I am to careful with it. My only beef with it is it should of came with a fresnel lens instead of standard ground glass, but for the price its only a minor beef.

This model is a little heavier than the PTB but the bellows extend more, the entire bottom of the camera is 1/16" thick aluminum and this makes for a very ridged camera. I considered the Toyo 45CF but I wanted movement on the back and the Shen Hao fit my budget better. The 90mm can be used without the bag bellows but you dont get very much movement.

folding it out is a little easier that the PTB, but I have seen some great work done on the PTB, I would not hesitate to buy it.

contact me if you have more specific questions.

[Brian Ellis]

I liked the one I owned for a short time (returned it because it was misrepresented by the seller). The major downside for me was the short 12" bellows (the extra 2" or so is gained only by fiddling around with front base and axis tilts and extending the lens out in front of the camera bed, which I didn't like doing and didn't seem very stable). The extra movements it had compared to say a Tachihara were a mixed blessing for me - the movements were nice to have but I really didn't need them and they added some complexity and time to setting the camera up and taking it down, also a little additional weight. But overall I thought it was a very nice camera for the money. I owned mine back when there was only one model, I don't remember what it was called.

[Tobias Key]

Are there any sellers around europe? Import is realy high from USA.
Friend is thinking of starting out (now he has seen my camera).
Told him about these so just wondering now

Robert White or Ffordes in the UK both sell them