WARNING: There IS something worse than Leicalust...

[Flyfisher Tom]

Fortunately, my "lust" is frequently overruled by my sore back. Or my wife 🙂

But I hear you, seeing a Velvia 50 chrome in large format on a light table the first time ... well, I literally heard angels singing.

 

[Graybeard]

Yes, Graybeard, I realize that the camera is important for controling movements. But once you have adaquate movements and control, and reasonable build quality then, for me, I've spent enough on the camera. of course, if I weren't saving to send two kids to college . . .

So, for me, the Shen Hao seems like quite a bargain (if you don't want to hand hold).

Robert

Point taken, Robert. My Linhof arrived well after college tuition costs were in the past for me.

The Tachihara is also a fine field camera, priced similarly to the Shen Hao. You'll have to settle for fine Japanese Cherry construction instead of the teak in the Shen Hao.

The real bargain for those interested in large format has to be the early Calumets. These are rugged, have quite a wide range of movements, and are quite inexpensive on the second hand market - usually less than $150 for clean ones. While they really don't fit into a backpack, I used to carry mine everywhere in a gym bag, wrapped in an old beach towel. The lens was a 150mm APO Raptar that I'd fitted to an Elgeet oscilloscope camera shutter that I found for $5.

 

[Graybeard]

Yes, Graybeard, I realize that the camera is important for controling movements. But once you have adaquate movements and control, and reasonable build quality then, for me, I've spent enough on the camera. of course, if I weren't saving to send two kids to college . . .

So, for me, the Shen Hao seems like quite a bargain (if you don't want to hand hold).

Robert

Point taken, Robert. My Linhof arrived well after college tuition costs were in the past for me.

The Tachihara is also a fine field camera, priced similarly to the Shen Hao. You'll have to settle for fine Japanese Cherry construction instead of the teak in the Shen Hao.

The real bargain for those interested in large format has to be the early Calumets. These are rugged, have quite a wide range of movements, and are quite inexpensive on the second hand market - usually less than $150 for clean ones. While they really don't fit into a backpack, I used to carry mine everywhere in a gym bag, wrapped in an old beach towel. The lens was a 150mm APO Raptar that I'd fitted to an Elgeet oscilloscope camera shutter that I found for $5.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Try Jurançon lust, while living in the U.S.A. --- It is ridiculously expensive here (about $100-200), while a good decent bottle costs about 12 Euros in France. Plus shipping. Plus duty.

 

[wlewisiii]

Yep, Linhof lust is a pretty grim thing 😀 I'll just keep practicing with my Speed Graphic so that when I win the lotto, I'll be ready to go...

William