View camera options fot DMF

[geesbert]

I am looking into digital large format cameras for product and and food photography. As I will go to Photokina next week, what makers are out there to look out for?

Sinar, Arca Swiss, Cambo, Linhof, Horseman, what else?

[Graham Mitchell]

Perhaps Alpa?

[jaswantvaghela]

Try Silvestri and wista also...

[geesbert]

alpa is not really suitable for product and food photography.
i need proper back movement

[Kumar]

I'd suggest buying a used, clean Sinar P2 and depending on your needs, buying the necessary conversion kit for a P3. Far cheaper and more flexible than buying a P3 by itself.

Cheers,
Kumar

[tho_mas]

alpa is not really suitable for product and food photography.
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Alpa back shift:
[a href=\"http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=27649]http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....showtopic=27649[/url]

[thsinar]

One good and money-saving solution.

Another possibility is to take a look at our "f3" model with sliding adapter: not as convenient self-locking drives and micrometric adjustment, nevertheless very stable and precise camera.

Have a look at it.

----> "Sinar View Cameras" brochure to download here:

http://www.sinarcameras.com/site/index__ga...rs-rand-54.html

go to "Brochures" and download  "Sinar View Camera System" file (3.10 MB)

Best regards,
Thierry

I'd suggest buying a used, clean Sinar P2 and depending on your needs, buying the necessary conversion kit for a P3. Far cheaper and more flexible than buying a P3 by itself.

Cheers,
Kumar
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[Kumar]

Alpa back shift:
http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....showtopic=27649
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For product and food photography, one would need tilt and swing movements, in addition to shift...

Cheers,
Kumar

[E_Edwards]

We use  Sinar P2 and Sinar X with Linhof sliding adaptors, they work a treat for product photography. You can easily get used and mint condition Sinar 4x5 cameras for reasonable prices.

[tho_mas]

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yes. But "geesbert" asked for "proper back movement". And Alpa supports that.

[paulmoorestudio]

yes. But "geesbert" asked for "proper back movement". And Alpa supports that.
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 please provide link for the alpa camera with "proper back movement"
which, I am sure we all understand this to be: tilt, swing, shift and rise/fall.  I would be interested in
seeing this alpa view camera for still-lifers like myself.

I am have been using a rollei xact2 (a proper view camera) with hassy back..it is unclear to me
whether sinarbron here in the us is bringing this camera in.. they took on the rollei line but it is not in their interests to really support it while trying to sell p3's. So I can't tell you the availability of it..It is a flawed camera and if I were to make the change today, I would  convert a p2 to a p3 but that was not an option for me 4 years ago.
I don't know how well the hy6 and the p3 intergrate with each other.. the xact2 and rolleiflex where meant to interchange and for that reason it was the best option for me..
 I would like to see a new smaller view camera be built with the hy6 in mind.. one with bellows and all the movements one needs and the ability to use the lenses and finders..

[klane]

I use the cambo ultima d, very precise camera and very high build quality.

[geesbert]

So I am on my way back from Photokina. I tried to look at them all, my favourite is the Linhof 679, maybe followed by the arca swiss.  most other cameras just don't feel precise enough.

the linhof is as smooth as it gets, anyone knows of any drawbacks? I guess it is also the most expensive solution, but the difference is not that big, compared to the price of a MFDB.