Brian Legge
Veteran
After looking for one at a good price for a while, I finally broke down and purchased a Horseman Convertible.
These shots are from my 2 'test rolls' with it. Unfortunately the back has a light leak that killed a few shots and the lens had just enough haze to put a halo around the higher contrast elements (rendering a few other shots worthless), but overall I'm impressed. Its certainly an interesting camera; hopefully I'll be able to sort out the issues.
These shots are from my 2 'test rolls' with it. Unfortunately the back has a light leak that killed a few shots and the lens had just enough haze to put a halo around the higher contrast elements (rendering a few other shots worthless), but overall I'm impressed. Its certainly an interesting camera; hopefully I'll be able to sort out the issues.
charjohncarter
Veteran
Great shots, I can't believe nobody has responded, I used a friends once. It was great, he sold it; I wished I had bought it.
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
The Convertible 842 is the ancestor of the SW612, only for whatever reason, Horseman never went beyond the 62mm. I've seen a couple of homebrew setups that used other lenses with the 842, but it was a fairly closed system.
In some ways, the SW series was a step backwards - bigger, an incompatible type of roll holder (rather than the mini graflok of the Convertible), less cool cocking and shooting levers, and lack of wireframe finders. But in some steps, it was a step ahead - it is very easy to change backs; it does 6x12; and between what Horseman sold and what Chinese manufacturers make for lens cones, you can mount pretty much anything to the camera. Also, massively more expensive.
In some ways, the SW series was a step backwards - bigger, an incompatible type of roll holder (rather than the mini graflok of the Convertible), less cool cocking and shooting levers, and lack of wireframe finders. But in some steps, it was a step ahead - it is very easy to change backs; it does 6x12; and between what Horseman sold and what Chinese manufacturers make for lens cones, you can mount pretty much anything to the camera. Also, massively more expensive.