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I am confused by the website. It seems to be one page that does stuff that distracts me when trying to read. It was hard to read the text and it took me a while to find the pre-order form.
I am looking for simple. That's why the camera is attractive to me in the first place.
with all that said: I can't wait to get my camera!
Drew Bedo
www.quietlightphoto.com
http://www.artsyhome.com/author/drew-bedo
There are only three types of mounting flanges; too big, too small and wrong thread!
Drew, I like your signature line, which I find very true...
I have seen six or more on ebay in the last six months. The average price has been about $50.00. I wish I had bought one now, I'm old school. Try robertscamera.com in Indiana, they resell used photo equipment.Originally Posted by vdonovan
Happy trails, it won't be long now!
Steve
Don't worry.....Opportunity knocks and money talks - thy will be done.
Happy trails, Steve
Quickload the film holder or quickloads the film???
I already have a Kodak professional Readyload back. All the Readyload backs prior to the last manufactured (The one with the big red button release for the envelopes) were plagued with light leaks and other problems. The last version, the Professional, was light tight, unlike earlier versions, and has a spring loaded pressure plate. It also has the side notches for graflock holders. Mine is very clean, as in like new, and comes in a cordura holder. As for the film envelopes, I have about 160 sheets of both Kodak Readyload envelopes and Fujifilm Quickloads.
The Fuji holders were always considered better quality for the style of shooting, and you find them often on eBay. Same with the Kodak, but wise to avoid the holders earlier than the Professional.
The film envelopes also show up often on eBay, or on Craigslist. Some of this film is expired but kept refrigerated, and some is even current dated.
My plan is to come up with a way to reload the envelopes. I have torn down a few envelopes of the film and think I can come up with a reload holder/method that will allow use of current dated film and a wider range of emulsions using regular cut 4X5 sheet film. This may seem by some to be a bit bothersome and not worth the effort compared to loading DDS holders. However, my goal is to come up with a system for carrying 4 to 6 envelopes of film that are no thicker than one DDS holder.
As they say in many parts of Washington and Oregon..."THE WEATHER IS HERE, WISH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL!!". In fact, when I was younger and more fit, I had the T-Shirt. That was before my 6-Pack Abs turned into a Pony Keg.
( In response to Zuiko90's post about moving from sultry, windy Chicago to Washington in the PNW (on the Left Coast).)
What season should we call it when Winter takes over Spring? Sprinter? Wing? I'm not sure. It was 25°F and snowing yesterday, but 25°C and balmy two days before that... Lousy Smarch weather.
In any case, we're really very close. The biggest obstacle right now is getting the Pinwide pinhole lens running correctly. The experts tell us that this design should be better for injection, but honestly, no one knows until you run it.
To give you guys some behind the scenes... The only way to economically order a custom etched pinhole is in quantity. So we have 1500 "bad" pinholes from the last order, and we just ordered 1500 of the new design. If those don't work out, it's another ~$1200 down the drain, plus much more than that for the engineering change on the mold. The etching process has a 2 week turnaround, and then the molding process has about a 4 week turnaround. I'm not complaining by any means, but this should give you a tiny bit of context.
We've had a great response to the preorder site so far, and it has given us renewed confidence in the appetite for the Travelwide. Thanks to everyone on this board for helping to spread the word. It really helps!
link wanderlust website only allows pre order for USA and Canada ... but I live in Spain how can I buy these cameras?
The one bit of the camera I am 100% sure I will never, ever use. Can I have my Travelwide now please?
That was kind of a joke...
...but only kind of.
Btw, I saw quite a lot of readyloads/quickloads for sale in Japan when I was there last year. All in-date and many discounted. Anyone looking for a supply might do worse than using one of those Japan middle-man shopping services (or better still, getting friends there buy it for you)
Ben, you should just sell all those old pinholes. People can use them for projects I'm sure, and you can recoup your investment.
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