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A Beginner’s Guide to Technical Cameras — Architectural Photography Almanac

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ThdeDude

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4x5Australian said:
I agree with you on studio monorails.

However, field monorail cameras are an important - and often overlooked - sub-group of monorails that were designed specifically for outdoor use and were - and still are - very successfully used for architecture and landscape.

My Arca-Swiss F-Metric 4x5 with Orbix front geared tilt is easy portable in the field. It replaced a Toyo VX125 4x5. I carried the VX125 around Morocco for a month without drama and made many images with it that would have been impossible with a flatbed camera. The F-Metric provides up to 85mm of front rise and enables full use of the huge image circles of the SK Super-Angulon 72XL and 90XL and Super-Symmar Aspheric 110XL and does so easily and quickly.

Rod
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Yes, agree. I used a Linhof Technikardan for decades and the Toho FC-45X is truly compact and lightweight.

I added the subgroup field monorail to the list.
 
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