A 4X5 P&S??

[Mike_E]

Hi,Thanks to Chris Walrath's link here is a point and shoot 4X5 camera built from a pinhole camera.

Sounds like fun if you are looking to get into LF on the cheap.

http://creativeimagemaker.co.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=7

 

[fabric]

that's neat. are you considering putting one together?

 

[Steph]

What about a 8x10 P&S? Fotoman makes a range of LF P&S (4x5, 5x7, 4x10 and 8x10). However, I think those cameras are quite limited compared to traditionnal LF cameras as they don't offer any movements. With a 300mm being the standard lens for a 8x10 camera, you really need those movements to achieve a wide DOF (for landscape shots for example). The idea is neat but at USD 800 for the 4x5 I'd rather buy a Shen-Hao or Chamonix. The DIY solution you linked to is more appealling as it is probably much cheaper.

 

[Mike_E]

Hi Fabric. No, I was just pointing it out as a curio. I'm tied up cla'ing a couple of Zeiss folders I've recently acquired (my first and second attempt).

And yes the 515/16 comes before the 533/16! I may do the 515 twice!! LOLOL

 

[ksmattfish]

It would be easy to mount a lens on a camera like that. Just make sure the box dimensions match the focal length/focus distance you desire. I've seen some folks use screw in spacers to allow for crude focusing adjustment (no spacer = 5', 1 spacer = 10', 2 spacers = 15', etc...). Just use zone focusing.

Then again beat up 4x5 press cameras often go for less than $200, and sometimes even less than $100.

I rarely found I needed to use movements to get increased DOF with 4x5 landscape photography using a 150mm or 90mm lens. The DOF for a 90mm lens (on 4x5) set at f/45 and focused at the hyperfocal distance is 4' to infinity. I only used movements to adjust perspective (mainly architecture), or achieve shallow DOF effects. If you are using a pinhole DOF is going to be virtually infinite anyway.

 

[ksmattfish]

Here's my 4x5 point-n-shoot: A Super Graphic with a Schneider 90mm f/5.6 lens, Vivitar 285hv flash, and Grafmatic film holder (6 shots). I used to haul it out to family BBQs and the bar. I set the flash and focus for subjects 8 to 12 feet away, and just pointed and pushed the button. Focused at 8' @ f/16 the DOF is 5.5 to 15 feet.

Also pictured is my favorite 35mm pns, the Olympus Stylus Epic, my favorite 6x6 pns, the Ansco Titan 20, and my only digital pns, the Canon G7.

 

[Helen B]

Here are mine. The first is a Polaroid 110B converted to a 4x5 and the second is an MPP S-92 with a Wray 89 mm lens and wireframe finder. It scale focuses, though you can use the rangefinder if you have the correct cam.

Best,
Helen

 

[ksmattfish]

Who did your Polaroid conversion?

 

[Helen B]

Mike at Eastcamtech in Brooklyn.

Best,
Helen

 

[ksmattfish]

Cool, thanks. I've got a couple of these big Polaroids, and had always toyed with trying the conversion myself. Littman is too expensive for me, although his cameras look sweet.

 

[Mike_E]

Nice cameras!