Other collecting activities?

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon Apr 19 17:46:30 2004

> I keep thinking about getting a new 5x4 field camera - in rosewood,
> I think. 10x8 would be beter, but those things a big!

There's no real need to buy a new field camera. About the only part that
wears out is the bellows and 'The Camera Bellows Company' near Birmingham
(that the Birmingham in England) can supply them. Either made to the
pattern of your old bellows, or to a pattern they have if they've seen
the camera before (the could supply 3 of the MPP bellows I wanted off the
shelf, and the prices were IMHO reasonable).

One day I really must try making my own camera (and I don't mean a
pinhole camera).

>
> I still use my old Rolleiflexes and Reid (a high quality English Leica

I've enver handled a Reid. I've seen them, but I thought they were rather
expensive (in comparison to medium/large format stuff which should give a
better resolution).

-tony
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