[LargeFormat] Toyo 45CF

[Lee Carmichael]

I had a Ducati years ago in Germany.  It was a Mark 3 Diana, if I remember
correctly.  Quick as a scaled ass ape.  Got in trouble with the powers that
be several times.

lee
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Toyo 45CF


> At 12:37 pm +0200 9/7/02, Alex Le Heux wrote:
> >  > Well it IS a bargain!  What you may be missing is that the camera is
> >>  made from plastic rather than the metal of the other models in their
> >>  field camera range. The price reflects this.
> >
> >Clive,
> >
> >Carbon Fiber is not really plastic as in the cheap kind. Just like the CF
> >tripods are not made of cheap plastic either.
> >
> >A CF camera does not have to be of any lower quality than a metal camera,
> >just like the CF tripods are also very high quality items. The production
> >process is usually also quite different, with the CF parts having to
"bake"
> >in an autoclave for extended periods of time and such things.
> >
> >I am quite suprised the CF Toyo is so cheap. I know that CF bits for my
> >motorcycle tend to be two or three times as expensive as non-CF bits...
> snip
>
> Alex,
>
> The camera IS plastic! It is not made from Carbon Fibre. Agree with
> all you said about CF being an excellent material.
>
> Ah! Another biker :-) Do you have one of those wonderful Ducatis?
>
> Cheers,
>         Clive
>
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