Another chinese 8x10 camera

[pjotr]

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=10234587080
(use google translator)

it is of the nonfolding type, made from metall and costs 1500$.

pjotr

[Juergen Sattler]

Looks like a copy of the Canham DLC - the Chinese did it again.

[MIke Sherck]

Interesting that the website is entirely in Chinese; no nod to western photographers at all. Is the Chinese market for LF so robust that they don't need overseas sales any more?

Note: not complaining, just curious.

Mike

[Oren Grad]

Interesting that the website is entirely in Chinese; no nod to western photographers at all. Is the Chinese market for LF so robust that they don't need overseas sales any more?

Taobao isn't the camera company's website, it's a general business-to-business and business-to-consumer platform aimed exclusively at the Chinese market. We can't conclude anything about the camera manufacturer's ambitions beyond China based solely on the fact that they're showing their merchandise on Taobao.

[dsphotog]

Interesting that the website is entirely in Chinese; no nod to western photographers at all. Is the Chinese market for LF so robust that they don't need overseas sales any more?

Note: not complaining, just curious.

Mike

OOOPS! I think by accident I clicked on "Buy it now"! Not sure since I can't read any of it.


All of my LF cameras were U.S. made,
Calumet C1, Deardorff, a few Anscos , a Crown & a Super Graphic, a Toyo 45F (Hey it says Omega on it!)

[cdholden]

All of my LF cameras were U.S. made,

How about those lenses?
German, Japanese, another German, another German, a Russian, a few British ones... Hey! There's a Wollensak!

[Kerry L. Thalmann]

It looks like they also make two 4x5 models; one with no rear tilt and one with rear axis tilt. From the photos of the 4x5 models, the brand name appears to be Frica.

Kerry

[William Whitaker]

Sounds like another frica Chinese camera...

[Darin Boville]

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/l...jectID=4556690

The Frica looks smaller that I expected.

--Darin

[Frank Petronio]

For all the clout and might of the new China, I'd respect them more if they actually designed something new. I guess their culture doesn't see anything wrong with copying and undercutting an individual's intellectual property but they can kiss my ass.

And when some of clamor to buy one because it's cheaper than a Canham (or Phillips or....) don't come whining to me when your job or retirement is lost. All the "savings" we thought we were getting from buying cheap Chinese crap at Walmart is going to end up costing us many times over with higher taxes, lost jobs, and a shitty future.

Geezum I sound like my Dad.