Camera manufacturers (LIST)

[RJ-]

List so far:

Still making cameras (at least looks like it in their website):

Argentum: http://www.argentumcamera.com/eng/pages/other/home.htm
Linhof: http://linhof.com/en/
Wista: https://www.wista.co.jp/e_wista/e_sh...a/e_camera.htm
Chamonix: http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/
Shen Hao: http://www.shen-hao.com/
Toyo: http://www.toyoview.com/ProductInfo/ProductInfo.html
Gibellini: http://www.gibellinicamera.com/
Walker: http://www.walkercameras.com/
Canham: http://www.canhamcameras.com/
Ritter: http://www.lg4mat.net/
Svedovsky: http://svedovsky.com/
StenopeiKa: http://www.stenopeika.com/en/
ONDU (pinhole cameras): http://ondupinhole.com
VDS cameras: http://vdscamera.com/
Arca-Swiss:
Cambo: https://www.cambo.com/en/
Horseman: http://www.kenko-pi.co.jp/horseman/e/index.html
Lotus: http://www.lotusviewcamera.at/index1.html
Wilderness Camera: http://www.bhcamera.us/wilderness810.php
Da Yi: http://www.bhcamera.us/dayi612.php
Gaoersi: http://www.bhcamera.us/gaoersi810.php
Wanderlust: https://wanderlustcameras.com/
Intrepid: https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/

Hi Nicolas,

Argentum should be near the top alphabetically. I've fixed this part

I'm not sure if anyone else on the forum uses a Silvestri. Since they have had no mention and are still in production, the T30 and S4 [shooting 4" x 5 ") are still listed on their website and Mr Silvestri's company still services produces all the specialist helicoids; film back adapters despite its recent foray into digital:

http://www.silvestricamera.com/eng/p...odotti_eng.htm

The Silvestri cameras are quite unique in this range - rather like Mike Walker's extruded resin camera bodies - the Silvestri cameras are made of military grade billeted solid plank like aluminium rather than wood with metal fixtures.



Wet plate and collodion users are getting some representation on this list too:

The Black Art Woodcraft Cameras (USA) make traditional (after English makers) tailboard plate cameras which can also be adapted for dry plate and film up to 20" x 24":

this is their 8" x 10" Ross field camera (no movements):

http://www.blackartwoodcraft.com/wet...ld-Camera.aspx



Good luck with the encyclopaedic effort!

[blue4130]

Frica out of china makes a large range of lf cameras. http://www.frica.cn/

And if I am not mistaken, Dayi is still making a monorail 8x10. But I don't have a website for them, only a taobao link.

[Nicolasllasera]

Sorry for not updating, went to Photokina and have been pretty busy.

I am updated the list and will separete the brands which I have confirmation that they still produce large format cameras.

Verified:

Linhof: http://linhof.com/en/
Chamonix: http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/
Shen Hao: http://www.shen-hao.com/
Gibellini: http://www.gibellinicamera.com/
Arca-Swiss: They told me soon they will have a web site...
Canham: http://www.canhamcameras.com/
Intrepid: https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/
Cambo: https://www.cambo.com/en/

Yet to verify (by me):

Argentum: http://www.argentumcamera.com/eng/pages/other/home.htm
Wista: https://www.wista.co.jp/e_wista/e_sh...a/e_camera.htm
Toyo: http://www.toyoview.com/ProductInfo/ProductInfo.html
Walker: http://www.walkercameras.com/
Ritter: http://www.lg4mat.net/
Svedovsky: http://svedovsky.com/
StenopeiKa: http://www.stenopeika.com/en/
ONDU (pinhole cameras): http://ondupinhole.com
VDS cameras: http://vdscamera.com/
Horseman: http://www.kenko-pi.co.jp/horseman/e/index.html
Lotus: http://www.lotusviewcamera.at/index1.html
Wilderness Camera: http://www.bhcamera.us/wilderness810.php
Da Yi: http://www.bhcamera.us/dayi612.php
Gaoersi: http://www.bhcamera.us/gaoersi810.php
Wanderlust: https://wanderlustcameras.com/
Silvestri: http://www.silvestricamera.com/eng/p...odotti_eng.htm
Black Art Woodcraft: http://www.blackartwoodcraft.com/wet...ld-Camera.aspx
Frica: http://www.frica.cn/
Dayi:

[plaubel]

Plaubel still sell cameras and a lot of camera parts, up to 8x10".
They sell Horseman and Toyo, too, and if you are interested in lenses, its also worth a look.

http://www.plaubel.com/

[Tin Can]

My question is why can't most of these 'factories' at least give us more data on a website.

Many LF websites are very poor with tiny pictures and haven't been updated in years.

Other's are glossy, yet still deny us enough info to shop.

Yes, I know websites are a PITA but find somebody under 40 to make a better one. Please!

Sorry for not updating, went to Photokina and have been pretty busy.

I am updated the list and will separete the brands which I have confirmation that they still produce large format cameras.

Verified:

Linhof: http://linhof.com/en/
Chamonix: http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/
Shen Hao: http://www.shen-hao.com/
Gibellini: http://www.gibellinicamera.com/
Arca-Swiss: They told me soon they will have a web site...
Canham: http://www.canhamcameras.com/
Intrepid: https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/
Cambo: https://www.cambo.com/en/

Yet to verify (by me):

Argentum: http://www.argentumcamera.com/eng/pages/other/home.htm
Wista: https://www.wista.co.jp/e_wista/e_sh...a/e_camera.htm
Toyo: http://www.toyoview.com/ProductInfo/ProductInfo.html
Walker: http://www.walkercameras.com/
Ritter: http://www.lg4mat.net/
Svedovsky: http://svedovsky.com/
StenopeiKa: http://www.stenopeika.com/en/
ONDU (pinhole cameras): http://ondupinhole.com
VDS cameras: http://vdscamera.com/
Horseman: http://www.kenko-pi.co.jp/horseman/e/index.html
Lotus: http://www.lotusviewcamera.at/index1.html
Wilderness Camera: http://www.bhcamera.us/wilderness810.php
Da Yi: http://www.bhcamera.us/dayi612.php
Gaoersi: http://www.bhcamera.us/gaoersi810.php
Wanderlust: https://wanderlustcameras.com/
Silvestri: http://www.silvestricamera.com/eng/p...odotti_eng.htm
Black Art Woodcraft: http://www.blackartwoodcraft.com/wet...ld-Camera.aspx
Frica: http://www.frica.cn/
Dayi:

[Nicolasllasera]

My question is why can't most of these 'factories' at least give us more data on a website.

Many LF websites are very poor with tiny pictures and haven't been updated in years.

Other's are glossy, yet still deny us enough info to shop.

Yes, I know websites are a PITA but find somebody under 40 to make a better one. Please!

I totally agree. My feeling is some are too busy with bussiness to update. Some are so low with demand that they dont care to update. But at the end us users dont get a lot of information. That is what Im trying to change.

[Drew Wiley]

Lots of sales organizations have a disconnect between office personnel who dabble in websites and sales and purchasing people who know what the products
actually are. We just updated our website here, and the format looks nice, but I noticed that we are listed as a dealer for certain product lines that have been out of business over a decade already, while important product lines aren't even mentioned. Lots of alleged web designed just use smaller corporations as a stepping stone, or in cases, that is a deliberate provision for young family members with computer skills getting their foot in the door. In our case, there is a completely different site and data base used for actual pricing, estimating, and current inventory searches, which requires a user fee to weed out the tire-kickers or potential competitors. The standard website is more for general public PR, scheduled seminars and events, timed ads, etc. Photographers have varied, including certain well-known architectural photographers some of us would recognize, right down to examples of someone's high school daughter doing her first
project with a cell phone camera. Call it nepotism if you wish; but lots of our best long-term employees do come from that channel. And I ain't sticking around
much longer!

[barnacle]

Are you sure about Intrepid? I haven't tried for a few months, but I got no replies to emails when I wanted to talk to them some time ago. The website seems to be unchanged, with 'sold out' applied to the camera itself. Haven't tried the phone...

Neil

[Nicolasllasera]

Are you sure about Intrepid? I haven't tried for a few months, but I got no replies to emails when I wanted to talk to them some time ago. The website seems to be unchanged, with 'sold out' applied to the camera itself. Haven't tried the phone...

Neil

They are making 200 camera batches but they sell out in less than a day. Im subscribed to the mail list and just got one a few days ago. By the time I check they have sold out. And on their Instagram account they are showing how they make the batches each time.

[locutus]

I thought they had only completed their first crowdfunded batch and now sold out the second batch?