Looking for a Field Camera

Mahler_one

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Doremus:

I believe that you have answered the question so well that no other response is needed! Well done. I agree very much about the shift, and miss that movement in the 8x10 Deardorff.

Ed

 

John Kasaian

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Not to complicate the issue, but since you've already got two Graphic cameras, how about adding an original Crown Graphic (the wooden one?) It is a flat bed but still folds up into a nice package and it should use your lensboards too IIRC. Plenty of movements as well. Being a true 4x5 it will be smaller than the Agfa flatbeds I have, which like many flatbeds will accomodate a 5x7 back and therefore are larger than needed if you'll be shooting 4x5 only. www.graflex.org has all the technical details.
 

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. . . . how about adding an original Crown Graphic (the wooden one?) It is a flat bed but still folds up into a nice package and it should use your lensboards too IIRC. Plenty of movements as well.

The Crown Graphic has very basic movements in Landscape mode and non at all in Portrait mode.

However you can modify the front standard to get more if you're adventurous.

Ian
 

John Kasaian

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Ian the Crown I'm referring to is the Crown View made by Graflex. It is a flat bed wooden camera with all kinds of movements. The grand-daddy to the Graphic View line of monorails.
 
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Ian the Crown I'm referring to is the Crown View made by Graflex.

John,

I thought about one of those - I'd like one (if for no other reason than as part of my Graflex collection - among others, I have 4x5 Pacemaker Speed & Crown but they make mediocre field cameras I think) but I had a B&J field camera (5x7 though) and found it too big and heavy and awkward to pack around. I have a ROC Universal which folds into a pleasant little package (for a whole plate camera). So, I picked up a 4x5 Calumet Wood-field which is arriving in today's mail - hoping that fits the bill - I have a 3-4 mile hike with it planned for this coming weekend.

Dan
 

John Kasaian

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The difference in size between a flat bed that'll take a 5x7 back and a true 4x5 is consderable, of course a flat bed isn't likely going to be as thin as a clamshell type. IIRC Korona made a 4x5 "only" flat bed which was quite lightwieght.
 
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