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Building a Large Format Camera (Original Post)
Major Nikon
Oct 2021
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Very reasonable. There's only a $40 difference between buying it assembled and as a kit ...
marble falls
Oct 2021
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. Love seeing vintage and modern photos with LF cameras.
marble falls
(57,081 posts)3. Check this out ...
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)4. Cool. Seems reasonably priced too.
marble falls
(57,081 posts)6. Very reasonable. There's only a $40 difference between buying it assembled and as a kit ...
... at seventy, I'm willing to pop for the $40. I've wanted one for years. I still have an enlarger and trays, hidden somewhere in the garage.
AndyS
(14,559 posts)2. Oh what memories it brings.
Schiemflug principal, perspective control . . . *sigh*
Digital has most of these covered with a little trade off but Schiemflug is still out there.
Frasier Balzov
(2,646 posts)5. Something I didn't know.
They're still making film for cameras of this type.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)7. There's still a market for large format cameras and film
As the video briefly describes, there are things you can do with a tilt/shift camera that are very difficult to do otherwise. If you're ever seen a poster or mural sized landscape photo in stunning resolution and incredible depth of field, chances are it was done in large format.