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Using a Deardorff Field Camera vs Sinar Studio Camera
I am thinking of buying a restored 10x8 Deardorff with 4x5 reducing
back. I am currently using a Sinar F2 10x8 camera with 4x5 reducing back. I am an artist and use the camera only for transparencies of large paintings in the studio. I don't need to get that close so bellows length is not a restriction. Are there any problems I will have in using a Deardorff for this kind of wor? Precise focusing and framing are an important factor. Apparently, there is a Wobble on rear standard is approx. 1/2" front to rear at the top. Is this cause for concern? I will not be using the camera in the field. And can the wobble be tightened up? |
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Dave Wallis wrote:
I am thinking of buying a restored 10x8 Deardorff with 4x5 reducing back. I am currently using a Sinar F2 10x8 camera with 4x5 reducing back. I am an artist and use the camera only for transparencies of large paintings in the studio. I don't need to get that close so bellows length is not a restriction. Are there any problems I will have in using a Deardorff for this kind of wor? Precise focusing and framing are an important factor. Apparently, there is a Wobble on rear standard is approx. 1/2" front to rear at the top. Is this cause for concern? I will not be using the camera in the field. And can the wobble be tightened up? I never had an 8x10. I had a 4x5 Special I bought new and there was no wobble. I suppose it should be worked on, but perhaps an expert here could tell you. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ Registered Machine 73926. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 7:45am up 49 days, 19:06, 2 users, load average: 2.25, 2.11, 2.08 |
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Using a Deardorff Field Camera vs Sinar Studio Camera
[[ This message was both posted and mailed: see
the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. ]] In article , Dave Wallis wrote: I am thinking of buying a restored 10x8 Deardorff with 4x5 reducing back. I am currently using a Sinar F2 10x8 camera with 4x5 reducing back. What are your reasons for even wanting to do this? The 8x10 Sinar is a pretty big camera to deal with if you are using it with a 4x5 bacl (as opposed to a straight 4x5 camera) but I can't imagine why you would consider replacing it when you intend to only use your camera in the studio. The Sinar is strong, precise and easy to use. Generally speaking, when it comes to actually adjusting the camera, a quality studio monorails (like the Sinar F2) are going to be more rigid and easier to use than a field camera- even a quality one like a Deardorff in good condition. So, again, I ask: why? Jeff I am an artist and use the camera only for transparencies of large paintings in the studio. I don't need to get that close so bellows length is not a restriction. Are there any problems I will have in using a Deardorff for this kind of wor? Precise focusing and framing are an important factor. Apparently, there is a Wobble on rear standard is approx. 1/2" front to rear at the top. Is this cause for concern? I will not be using the camera in the field. And can the wobble be tightened up? |
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Using a Deardorff Field Camera vs Sinar Studio Camera
"Dave Wallis" wrote in message m... I am thinking of buying a restored 10x8 Deardorff with 4x5 reducing back. I am currently using a Sinar F2 10x8 camera with 4x5 reducing back. I am an artist and use the camera only for transparencies of large paintings in the studio. If you are using it as a 4x5, why get another 8x10? Chances are, if you set up your art properly and it's not very large, you don't even need movements and could get by with a _very_ basic 4x5 with an outstanding lens. And what artist can afford an 8x10 Deardorff or Sinar anyway? |
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Using a Deardorff Field Camera vs Sinar Studio Camera
Yeah, other than have a very classy looking wooden camera around your studio,
seems to me that you wouldn't really be gaining anything. Deardorffs are great studio cameras but their design is one that allows them to be more easily transported into the field...out on location, so to speak. If all it's going to do is "stay home", there wouldn't be much of a net gain. argon |
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Using a Deardorff Field Camera vs Sinar Studio Camera
On Wednesday 25 February 2004 02:32 am, Dave Wallis wrote:
I am thinking of buying a restored 10x8 Deardorff with 4x5 reducing back. I am currently using a Sinar F2 10x8 camera with 4x5 reducing back. I am an artist and use the camera only for transparencies of large paintings in the studio. I don't need to get that close so bellows length is not a restriction. Are there any problems I will have in using a Deardorff for this kind of wor? Precise focusing and framing are an important factor. Apparently, there is a Wobble on rear standard is approx. 1/2" front to rear at the top. Is this cause for concern? I will not be using the camera in the field. And can the wobble be tightened up? You already own one of the best, if not the best, view camera made. Why would you want to replace it with something that is considerably less versatile and probably more than 40 years older, refurbished or not? Since you're not going to be doing 8x10 field photography, stick with the Sinar. -- Stefan Patric |
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Using a Deardorff Field Camera vs Sinar Studio Camera
Thanks. The main reason is financial. If I sell the Sinar and by a
Deardorff. I will have some money to spare. My main concerns are whether I could do the same job with the Deardorff without wasting film and adding much extra time to the photographic process. For instance how practical is it to switch from 8x10 to 4x5 backs/lenses quickly. Is the wobble going to be a problem? And is framing the straight lines of the paintings on the groundglass going to be a nightmare because of the lack of zero indents etc.? |
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Using a Deardorff Field Camera vs Sinar Studio Camera
Okay...I see your reasoning...don't know how much "wobble" there is in the
camera back but you should be able to tighten the spring clips to reduce it. In my experience, the only time anything moves is when you place or remove the film holder or the dark slide...if you're careful, this should present no problem. As far as "zero-ing up"...with a 'dorf you use a spirit level (do they call them torpedo levels where you are?) to check all of your planes to see if they're level....then you make any camera moves that are necessary. Copying artwork calls for a camera back parallel to the plane of the artwork...check both with the level and shoot away. I live in Chicago...the home of Deardorff and worked at a catalog studio where they were used exclusively. Not even dozens of underpaid professional photographers could hurt a 'dorf...built like tanks. argon |
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I have just discovered that the Deardorff I was going to buy has a
minimum bellows extension of 7 inches, according to the owner this because of the design which has the front and rear standards running in to each other. I have see photos of Deadorffs with the standards closed right up to a distance of much less than 7 inches, and I thought that they all have a similar design. The tachihara 8x10 has minimum bellows 0f 70mm. Is the benefit of a modern design or are there some 8x10 Deardorffs with a similar minimum extension? |
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