Bruce's Field Camera Store became the US importer of Rollei sheet films about 3 years ago. We tested the films extensively and felt that they, especially the R3 film, were very good. In fact R# was the best B...
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....
If there is one film camera which is most desired by serious photographers, this is it. The MT is a 4x5 inch (film size) folding metal camera which may be used by viewing through the ground glass, or with a...
These are the sharpest most contrasty lenses ever made for large format. No contest! Apochromatic means that all three primary colors are focused on the same plane. Very important for B W as well as color...
The Osaka is one of the top low budget large format cameras made. They are made in sizes to take either 4x5, 5x7 or 8x10 inch sheets of film. The Osaka is a beautiful camera made of very old mahogany and ...
This is a combined guide and review. It is reprinted from our Ebay store pages. Written in the summer of 2005. I got my Ebony 45S today. I have unwrapped many of these cameras before to check them prior to...
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)...
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...