Large format cameras may be divided into two types. The monorail is a camera in which the front and back move forwards and backwards on a rail or tube. It is heavy, bulky and therefore out of style.The field...
Laben Deardorff (known to his family as gramps) was a late 19th-early 20th century camera repairman. He ran the Eastman Kodak store in Rochester, in the late 19th century. It is said, but not proven, that Mr....
The GrafMatic is a film magazine for the cut-film (aka large-format) camera. It allows the photographer to take a number of photos (usually six) instead of the two that a normal filmholder allows. The two...
Lotus is one of the great names in wooden field cameras. They are made in small numbers at the foot of the Austrian Alps.Yet few people have used or even seen one. This is beginning to change. They have...
Ebony is the finest wooden field camera ever made. They are produced to make negatives from 2"x3" to 20" x24". Why so large? When a negative is enlarged it generates a print of reduced quality compared to a...
WISNER WOODEN FIELD CAMERAS WERE PRODUCED FROM THE EARLY 1980'S UNTIL THE SPRING OF 2006. (Deardorffs from 1923 until 1988). Wisners were based on the Dorff design. Comparing 8x10 models. we find that:. 1)...
The appearance of the 5x7 Ebony in ebony wood is more impressive than just about any camera I have seen. To quote one 4x5 Ebony owner, "it is a beautiful as a Leica". The cameras are not designed to look good...