Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Do you have some of your LF pictures on a website for display ? Frank Filippone wrote: >Phong... the questions I asked are meant to help any aspiring LF user to >focus in on the camera best suited for him ( her). Having said that, if >weight and cost were no object, the hands down best 4x5 or 8x10 camera I >have ever seen is the Linhof Master GTL. Lots of movements that are really >smoooooooth, all vernier adjusted. Very stable at around 30 pounds for the >4x5. > >ARCA and Cambo makes an equivalent as well. But overall, for a little under >$10K, you can get a wonderful camera from Linhof, new. Used they sell for >around $2500-4000. Now the lenses will be $1000-2500 each, new ( we are all >used to that having Leica optics). The 8x10 CFH are around $50 each. You >need a dozen. > >Moving up to 11x14? Cameras are either old and cruddy, fixed up somewhat >and not rigid, or new and $4500. Holders are a real shocker.. 5 recently >sold for $2200. And lenses? Figure the same price, but not new.... >$1000-2500 used. > >Are you a REAL MAN? 16x 20 should do it for you...... the camera is around >$8K, lenses are $2000, and film holders are custom made for your camera at >around $500 each. > >Not big enough yet? 20x24 is the right size for you? Expect the Mercedes >or BMW purchase to be on hold until you pay off the camera....and those film >holders? .... $9K for the camera box, $600 per film holder. Film costs ... >if you have to ask......... > >No, assuming you have a panoramic eye, prices are around the same. But film >just got to be an even bigger nightmare.... > >I shoot 4x5. It cures the problems with cost, film availability and >especially enlargers. Most LF cameras are used with contact printing, as >enlargers are both REALLY $$$, and big... Like big enough to not fit through >the front door of your house. > >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html