[LargeFormat] 8x10 advice

[Les Newcomer]

My original advice was

Cheap: Kodak 2D

Better: Deardorff

Best: Toyo/Horseman/Sinar  monorail


but if these prices are any indications, give a choice of a $200 2D or an
$800 Horseman,  got with the Horseman!

I got my Deardorff during the first plunge of the Japanese market for $600.
They've since doubled on ebay.

lesnes: 

 cheap: 14"  comm Ektar

Better: 19" red dot artar

Best  G claron.

> From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 18:59:48 -0700
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] 8x10 advice
> 
> 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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