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The best 4x5 field camera

2004-02-08 by Arne Olsson

Hi all Photographers in the World!
 
Here in Sweden it's soon springtime and every year I feel the same.
I just have to buy a wooden flatbed 4x5" field camera, just for fun, to use
in the new light.
Otherwise I use Nikon D100 today for snapshots and my Swedish Hasselblad for
BW Fine Art.
 
Which camera do you recommend me to buy? Which are the absolutely best for
nature photography and
which give "most for the money"? Are there any special accessories you will
call attention to?
I already have bought 4 Rodenstock lenses in Linhof Technica boards.
 
I'm then going to scan the BW negs into Phsp and print using an Epson 2100.
But some of them
I will treat conventionally in the darkroom. Just for fun and to relax from
the daily stress. It's time to
stop, look back in the mirror and fulfill an old dream. This camera must
also be beautiful but not to heavy.
 
/ Arne Olsson
 
 


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