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Lars - With respect; creep is very important to architectural photographers, particularly with respect to nailing both the vertical and the horizon and that's what I had in mind when recommending a geared head. Architecture can be hard on the eyes, particularly using wide angle lenses; I've photographed modern constructions with 'creative' notions of what is vertical and horizontal and knowing one is framing the image from a solid base of at least the camera being properly set in the horizontal and vertical planes gives one a fighting chance with the photograph.
Sure - I'm not an architectural photographer. A good geared head - if it's good - is of course ideal for such an application, rather than an ordinary ball head. But we're not talking about an ordinary little ball head here.
Yes.
It's actually not all that small as lenses for 4x5 go - try a 120, 135 or 150 Apo-Symmar, all of which come in Copal 0 rather than Copal 1. Now those are small, and much lighter, too.
Very few monorails have been made native to the Technika standard. Linhof made at least two - the Technikardan, which is very pricey, and the Color (not to be confused with the Kardan Color, a different camera entirely).
However, the prices are still up around 1600-1800 Euro for a relatively complete camera in good shape, and I don't want to spend more than 1/10th that for my first studio 4x5. I have no idea if I will use it much. With the field camera, I feel much more confident, which is why I am aiming at a new Chamonix.
I am pretty sure Shen has had the Phillips copy on 5x7 for a few years, so it was only a matter of time for the 4x5 version. Good move too, as it's an excellent design for making light-weight yet rigid field cameras.
Since this post I ended up re-reading the relevant part of "The Camera", and picked up a few points which I missed when I first read it, since I am more experienced now and am looking for more specific things. Thanks for that.
Simple: I liked the look of the black hardware and the light wood, and was in stock where the walnut had a 2-week back-order
. Aside from that, Maple is very stable and rigid, as well as being lighter in weight than the walnut.Simple: I liked the look of the black hardware and the light wood, and was in stock where the walnut had a 2-week back-order
I belive Jack used the RRS plate for the 45SU
I think you'll definitely want panning capability. When you're composing your frame it will be much easier to make small adjustments instead of having to loosen the ball head and relevel the camera all the time.
Clicking on the link, it goes to the 45SU plate, so I guess the 45S and 45SU are the same?
