[LargeFormat] Intro & Camera [now Calumet vs Toyo]

[Stuart Phillips]

Calumet WAS selling used packages a short time ago but they went fast. One
advantage of having Ca,umet on your vendor list is that as well as their new
equipment (a large range of LF) they carry pretty much everything else.  As
to 4x5 v. 6x9, I'm not sure I'd go through all this for less than a 4x5
negative. Remember that you will have movements, but you and your students
will be trying to see their effect on a 6x9 space of the ground glass. Not
too thrilling! There's a Calumet shop in Cambridge, Mass. Not close but
maybe worth it for a one-off trip. Mamiya carry Toyo. Have you thought about
finding the New England Rep for Toyo and asking her (I think it's a woman
but I forget her name) what she can do for an educational discount? Same for
Calumet.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Gibbs" <kent_gibbs@yahoo.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Intro & Camera [now Calumet vs Toyo]


> I have a Cadet.  It will do anything you want to do.  You will run out
> of lens coverage before you run out of movement.  It is relatively
> light weight (6 lbs.) and will accept the polaroid 545 holders,
> readyload and quickload holders as well as the Calumet roll film
> adapters.  For the money, I don't think it can be beat.  You could pay
> alot more for less camera.
>
>
> --- Jonathan Taylor <jtyr@sover.net> wrote:
> > Stuart Phillips asked:
> >
> > > What about a new Calumet for $399?
> >
> > How does the Cadet compare to the Toyo 45c? Can it take advantage of
> > the
> > rest of the Calumet system? I like the Toyo because it looks like it
> > will be
> > very adaptable and useful for a variety of needs. I don't want to get
> > something I'm going to want to trade in next year. (Although their
> > trade-in
> > deal makes it significantly less painful.) Also can one only buy new
> > Calumets from Calumet? Although we can certainly add them to our
> > vendor
> > list, doing so is a small pain, in which case I'd like to have some
> > compelling reason for going Calumet.
> >
> > I just popped over to their website; boy the prices on their packages
> > are
> > pretty compelling.
> >
> > Although Burlington is considered "the big city" by many Vermonters,
> > we are
> > really in the hinterland here. We have no major photo dealer within
> > two
> > hours. We are blessed with a great little repair shop/used dealer,
> > but
> > that's really it. I wish I had a knowledgable sales person to walk me
> > through this process. At this point though I need to get this order
> > done and
> > into the system.
> >
> > jt
> >
> >
> >
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