Another Gandolfi stays in England

Hi all

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWN:IT&viewitem=&item=190096198290&rd=1&rd=1

Is this a good price? I already have the 10x8 traditional but is so heavy sometimes. This should complement it nicely and ease my way into my 50s.

Any quick views on lenses - wideangle to standard is my norm.

Cheers
Geoff

Congratulations Geoff. I looked at this on the auction site earlier on today and thought it looked to be a very fair price indeed. Hope you have great enjoyment from it!

Nice!

The price is not "good", it's "bargain"!

I've had my 5x7" Traditional for a few years now, and it's a great camera. Your half-plate is just a little bit larger, I can tell from the pictures.
I use 90mm f:8 Super-Angulon, 120mm f:6.8 Angulon, 121mm f:8 Super-Angulon, 150mm f:4.5 Apo-Lanthar, 150mm f:9 Germinar-W, 165mm f:6.8 Angulon, 180mm, 210mm, 240mm and 300mm f:5.6 Symmars, a 210mm f:6.1 Xenar, and a 355mm f:9 G-Claron on my 5x7". The 90, 165 and 240 seem to get the most use.

Half the size half the price
Are the Gandolfi wars on now?
Cheers
Søren

Thanks for the replies.

It was a bit of an impulse buy I must say but the 10x8 is sometimes so much work. I am hoping the 7x5 will still retain the sheer pleasure I get through looking at a large image on the back. My 5x4 has been all but redundant since I bought the larger format.

Regarding enjoyment Peter, your comment made me think a little more about what I want from it. I guess if I can get 100 images that I really like from it over the rest of my or the cameras lifetime then I will have enjoyed it. Is that a reasonable expectation or overly optimistic?. A guitarist I saw live once ( perhaps Richard Thompson) said that every new guitar has at least 1 new tune in it which is a winner; after that it is a shared relationship and responsibility. I am sure it is the same with a camera.

Ole thanks for the lens tips. For the time being I will use my 240 Sironar unti
I get something wider and smaller. Yes the price did seem very very reasonable.

Soeren my warring days are long past. its a small planet but I will make one concession to prevent this war escalating. In true british diplomatic style, and to prevent further attrition, I will exchange both my Gandolfi Traditional 10x8 and 7x5 for a Koenigsegg CCX 2006 from the Scandinavian countries.

Such a small price to pay for harmony

geoff billett said:

... Soeren my warring days are long past. its a small planet but I will make one concession to prevent this war escalating. In true british diplomatic style, and to prevent further attrition, I will exchange both my Gandolfi Traditional 10x8 and 7x5 for a Koenigsegg CCX 2006 from the Scandinavian countries.

Such a small price to pay for harmony

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Ah... that would be the car that tried to kill The Stig... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXjjpQwHDI4 ...

Cheers, Bob.

Hi Ole

I got a 210 Symmar S and took the beast out at the weekend. Mike ( who I bought the camera from ) is sending me more lens holders and I will soon mount my 90 super angulon. I want to do some close up work and fancy a 300 Symmar or Symmar s. You list a Schneider 300mm as a lens you use - does the Copal 3 fit easily into the throat of your camera or is it very tight?

I have attached one of the (cropped) images of mud flats at Steart Point Somerset from these first images as evidence of baptism.

Thanks
Geoff