Calumet, Sinar an upgrade question.

wiltw said:

For your Sinar you could seek a Horseman bag bellows, as the Sinar and Horseman accessories that fit the standards are interchangeable.
Here is a photo of my Horseman with bag bellows, with rear plate adapted to mount a digital SLR

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Nokton48 said:

001 by Nokton48, on Flickr

There was a tripod Sinar made for the Norma. It is called the "FOBA C40". Just know it is a HEAVY beast.
If you want to be a Norma Purist this is the one to get. I've picked up a couple years ago on the cheap.

One of the bigger Manfrottos is what I used when working in the city. Out on location a Zone VI Lightweight wooden. Those are my choices.

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Neil Poulsen said:

I got into Sinar and Norma equipment, when I had a Norma 8x10. Here are a few links where I described some of the "experimentation" I did with these systems of cameras.

In particular, these cameras as originally purchased do not backpack well. (Kind of odd for a field camera.) The following thread shows how to make a 6" base rail that makes the camera easier to carry. The camera shown has an F rear with a Norma front. But, the short base rail described would work equally well with an all Norma camera.

https://www.largeformatphotography....?137209-Backpacking-a-Sinar-Norma-8x10-Camera

I used this with a Sinar F camera for a summer, which I preferred to the later versions. (Shorter risers that take up less room.) A nice thing about the short base rail, is that one can carry two or three extra 6" extensions and then add them as needed to the front of the camera. It all fit very well into my backpack.

Another Sinar pet peeve of mine are the over-sized, "elephant ears" bag bellows Sinar sold for their cameras. So, I cut mine down as described in the link below.

https://www.largeformatphotography....hp?136313-Sinar-Elephant-Ears-Bag(gy)-Bellows

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