[LargeFormat] 8x10 advice

[Tim Atherton]

I keep seeing 8x10 monorails going for ridiculous prices recently on ebay
(wish I had the spare cash) - some kind Linhof techni-something 8x10 went
for $600+. A couple of fairly nice looking 8x10 Horseman's (Horsemen?) with
the L shaped standards  for about $800.

Maybe they were aberrations, but I'd keep a look out on there if I was you

tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
> Behalf Of Charles Thorsten
> Sent: March 13, 2002 5:19 PM
> To: largeformat@f32.net
> Subject: [LargeFormat] 8x10 advice
>
>
> OK, let's try this again with no html.  Sorry Clive!
>
>
> I've been shooting quite a bit of copy work at my
> photo lab the past year.  All of it has been with
> my Toyo 4x5 monorail camera.  The majority of
> the work that comes in are oil paintings, along
> with some architectural renderings, things like
> that.
>
> Over the past several months I've had requests
> for 8x10 transparencies, and I'm starting to think
> about investing in an 8x10 studio camera for this
> kind of work.  Everything is indoors with strobes.
> I've always worked strictly with 4x5 so this is
> kind of new to me.
>
> Does anyone have advice on a camera to look for?
> Reccomendations on brands, newer versus older,
> reliability issues, etc.?  I've seen older cameras
> on Ebay such as Koronas and Deardorffs that look
> very nice.  Would an older wooden camera stand
> up to day-to-day use in a studio?  Or would I be
> better off with a metal monorail camera like my
> 4x5?  I'd appreciate any input.  Thanks!
>
> -Charlie
>
>
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