[LargeFormat] Wisner and Ebony Field Cameras
Clive Warren
largeformat@f32.net
Mon Jan 14 09:31:48 2002
At 04:26 13/01/02 +0000, Pete Caluori wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>I know you're asking about Wisner and Ebony cameras, but from your
>requirements perhaps you might want to take a look at Canham as well.
>Canham's bellows and camera design make easy work of using short lens' and
>they have a generous bellows. I use a 72XL on the 4x5, with standard
>bellows and get plenty of movement. I've also used the same camera with a
>Fuji 450C.
>
>Good luck Clive!
Thanks for the suggestion Pete. I did have a quick look at the Canham web
site and the cameras have a fairly unique approach to the folding stuff
(metal rather than money). Is your Canham the all metal or wood/metal
camera? It seems from the web site that the version with some wood is a
5x7/4x5 and also accepts a 4x10 back - well that''s interesting....
The other thing that I like about the camera is the way that the metal
parts function to achieve bellows extension. The one thing I do not like
are the fastening knobs, but I guess that could be changed easily enough.
How do you find it for stability when racked out to near max. bellows
length? It seems a bit larger than some of the competition, I guess from
being a modular 5x7/4x5.
Presumably it has a rotating back, but didn't see any mention of this on
the web site. Also, does the bed fold up into the camera?
Cheers,
Clive