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RE: [Digital BW] The best 4x5 field camera

2004-02-10 by Richard Wolfson

I use a 4x5 Tachihara Field Camera for my serious landscape work. It's
light, made of cherry wood with brass fittings, and reasonable in price.
Even better (for you) it takes Linhof Technica lens boards.

Richard Wolfson
Harvard MA USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arne Olsson [mailto:535olsson@...] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 12:57 PM
  
> 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.
>  

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