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I bought this camera 2 or 3 years ago and used it maybe 6 times. I wanted to replace an old Calumet 8x10 which weighed 18 pounds! Why am I selling it? Because I have a Wista 8x10 that's lighter and simpler. I'm 70 years old. No lens but it comes with a Sinar size board adaptible for a Technica...

I'm getting lots of fun information here - I enjoy it. But nobody ain't gettin' me no camera no more yet. I've got 2 of the 18 pounders - I'm selling one of them. I just can't use them in the field - that extra 4-5 pounds is more than you think. I'm almost 70 . . . no spring chicken like you...

I have a 1970 Calumet catalog listing the weight as 14 pounds. There is also this at https://www.largeformatphotography.info/calumet/calumetc8x10.html, viz - The camera was originally made with magnesium castings — giving it a weight of 14 lb. When a City of Chicago Fire Marshal inspected...

If you have one of these in decent shape, I'd like to buy it. Contact me through here please.

I have a massive Ries J tripod - intact

Did you sell this? Goddamn it's beautiful . . .

The seeing is very nice. The picture has an otherworldly quality to it - not commonplace. (Printing isn't really important when you can see like this. Atget certainly didn't care, did he?)

Lovely. The subject becomes something else. There is a layer beneath what's there . . . The shapes relate beautifully. The Seeing is very imaginative.

That is a beautiful photograph. One doesn't see many of those, try as we might . . . Keep it up, yeah? Anthony

That's very kind of you - thank you.

Hello - finally the website is live. defenderphotographic.com I'm still working out refinements so if you need some shipping costs or other information, email me please. info@defenderphotographic.com Camera bags are back in stock - both the 4x5 monorail/5x7 field camera bags, and the 8x10...

I have a minolta spot meters - the standard one that doesn't read flash. They're both very sensitive and accurate, but that blasted LED readout may drive you mad. I also have an SBC luna pro - also very accurate. Thanks - Anthony

$500 + $70 shipping. Ries A 100 tripod. The major problem with view camera use is using a lousy tripod. Just like having a sharp blade is the most important element in any saw, the tripod is the major factor in using a view camera I've had this tripod for 3 years and have used it with 4x5...

Format Viewers are made of Sintra, a “closed cell” polyvinyl material that’s lightweight, yet durable; scratch and chemical resistant. Each viewer measures 3” x 4” overall (8cm x 10.2 cm); and come in formats for 4x5, 8x10, and 6x7; 2-1/4 square (6x6), and 5x7 and 35mm. A neck cord is included...

Previously I advertised this camera for $280. Now it's $170 plus shipping. (You can't get a older gray Calumet for that!) What we have here is a camera in almost new condition. This is the later Cambo SC model with the longer posts, allowing greater rise and fall. Cambo SC cameras, like Arca...