Let's see your "beast" afield!

[Vonder]

I was out yesterday with two film cameras, an EOS-1 loaded with color print film and my Mamiya RB67 with B&W. The Mamiya looked so cute in the woods, I had to take its portrait. It's a chore to lug the "beast" back into the woods, but the results do pay off.

Show your big boy out in the wild!

 

[xtolsniffer]

Here is my Beast out and about...

 

[radiant]

Bumped to photography group few days ago and one of them took this pic.

 

[Frank53]

 

[Dan Fromm]

Bumped to photography group few days ago and one of them took this pic.

Were you shooting 6x6 or 6x9?

 

[DWThomas]

Hmmm -- how about 8x10 and lens-less ... (Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day is April 25th!)

Surely qualified as a beast! (Uh, the one on the right ...)

Typical setup -- an old laptop bag holds five 8x10 film holders and helps stabilize the tripod.

And it works!

 

[Vonder]

Lots of great pics! Some of you guys have strong backs. Or a Sherpa!

 

[Pieter12]

#1 & #3 look like pretty spindly tripods for such big cameras!

 

[ChristopherCoy]

#1 & #3 look like pretty spindly tripods for such big cameras!

The RB is only about 7lbs of camera, doesn't take that much to support them.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

I was out yesterday with two film cameras, an EOS-1 loaded with color print film and my Mamiya RB67 with B&W. The Mamiya looked so cute in the woods, I had to take its portrait. It's a chore to lug the "beast" back into the woods, but the results do pay off.
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Show your big boy out in the wild!

Great field beast. Is that ball head rigid enough for that camera?

 

[Pieter12]

The RB is only about 7lbs of camera, doesn't take that much to support them.

That LF camera would catch a lot of wind. And as far as weight is concerned, a good read about tripod weight ratings: https://thecentercolumn.com/2019/10/24/tripod-weight-ratings-are-meaningless/

 

[ChristopherCoy]

My weight rating is working out just fine.

 

[Cholentpot]

Baby Beast.

 

[macfred]

^

 

[Dan Fromm]

Haha. This escalated quickly!

Yes, the cameras are getting larger. Extremely large for medium format.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Here's a link https://onedrive.live.com/?v=photos...1008!989&parId=root&parQt=allmyphotos&o=OneUp to a medium format camera -- 2x3 Pacemaker Speed Graphic -- with a long lens -- 12"/4 TTH Telephoto. The tattooed man in the background is putting a canoe in.

 

[Vonder]

Great field beast. Is that ball head rigid enough for that camera?

Yes it is! That Zomei tripod is pretty darn nice. Light enough to not be a burden but the ball head locks up nice and tight and there's a good central hook on the column, to add more weight if needed.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013UESDJC

 

[DWThomas]

Extremely large for medium format.

Ooops, sorry. didn't read the fine print!

Here's my Bronica SQ-A shown on location pointed at Tunkhannock Viaduct. That's a Delaware&Lackawanna RR bridge 240 feet above the Tunkhannock Creek and 2375 feet long; found along US Route 11 near Nicholson, PA. I believe it's regarded as the largest reinforced concrete railroad structure in the world; it certainly was when it was built in the early 1900s.
(Note I only had to carry the rig about100 feet. )

 

[narsuitus]

Built like a ... by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

 

[narsuitus]

Pinhole by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[Luckless]

Yes, the cameras are getting larger. Extremely large for medium format.

Any large format camera can be medium format if you're willing to crop enough...

 

[Cholentpot]

Yes, the cameras are getting larger. Extremely large for medium format.

I use a 6x7 and 6x9 holder on the Century Graphic. It's in effect a 120 rangefinder that can also take 2x3 film. I also shoot 35mm through it for that Xpan look.

 

[dourbalistar]

Camping with the Pentax 6x7. Had 35mm loaded for panoramic shooting, though.