New Arca-Swiss 4x5” tilt & shift camera

[AgX]

Designation: RL3d


Shift: horizontal 20/20mm, vertical 10/40mm

Tilt/Swing: each +/- 5°

Zoom viewfinder

additional electronic distance metering (whatever that means)

 

[DanielStone]

great camera, but did you see the price? yikes !

-Dan

 

[RodKlukas]

Yes price is higher, but so is precision. The camera along with the RM3d is designed to the much stricter than film, specification of digital photography. As film is much thicker than the digital capture plane(1 micron), it requires at least 4 times more accuracy of focus, than film ever did. So although pricier, you are getting more than you got for your money in a film design years ago. The dollars fall in value also plays into price.
I currently use the RM3d and it is so sharp and easy to focus. Yet I still love and get sharp prints with my Arca Swiss classic F-line in both 4x5 and 8x10. So both are viable, but the added sharpness of the RM series may be worth it.
Rod

 

[wiltw]

Why 'Yikes'...it is still cheaper than a Canon 1Ds MkIV, much more flexible and many times higher in IQ ! And it only takes 5000 shots to fill 1TB.

 

[keithwms]

That things looks extremely cumbersome.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Where is it? :confused:

 

[Mahler_one]

And how much is it?

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Google "arca-swiss rl3d" and many questions shall be answered.

Welcome to APUG, Mr. Klukas!

 

[Mahler_one]

All I can say is.....incredible....what an instrument....almost like a computer with a lens....thanks for the advice David.

Ed

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Ah so—
Yes! And what a sexy piece of machinery this pup looks!! And a digi-film hybrid. Very clever.
The novel shutter release cable dock and the honey-coloured handles are just two things to grab attention on first sight. It being a view camera has virtually turned the design on its ear with such sharp, narrow lines and a very small footprint. I'll go and have a perve at the pricetag...


EDIT: Lemme see...€4,650.00 is... is... er...<tap, tap, tap, tap,tap> <gasp> ... $6,823.42 AUD.
Last time I was looking for something to do with six grand was to replace my geriatric car...

Makes quite interesting reading indeed, even as an avowed anti-digital.

 

[Mahler_one]

Yes, virtually unaffordable for most of us.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Small technical cameras like this that can take film or digital backs are really the trend in the view camera world in recent years with the Sinar ArTec, Linhof Techno, Cambo Wide DS, Alpa, and Silvestri options. They're all very neat cameras and very expensive.