[LargeFormat] Wisner and Ebony Field Cameras

[mark blackman]

Clive,
I have an Ebony RW45, but I'm probably not in the best position to make a
recommendation being new to LF (I do have an old crown graphic as well). It
has front rise & fall, and front and back swing & tilt , no lateral
movements - its a folder.  Joe Cornish did review of the RSW45 in Outdoor
Photography last year. This camera has limited movements as well, but he was
v impressed. Im very pleased with mine, its rigid and clearly well designed
and constructed. As I said, I cant make comparisons with the Wisner. If you
are ever in London you are welcome to see for yourself, I could even post it
to you (so long as you send it back!). I use it with a 150 & 90 lenses.  Try
Robert White's site for more info.

Mark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clive Warren" <cocam@cableinet.co.uk>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:02 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Wisner and Ebony Field Cameras


> You know the feeling - you see something for the first time then
> after a long period of denial you revisit and find that all that
> denial was pointless, you have found an object of desire!
>
> I have been trying to rationalise for some time with my large format
> kit, however do not have any one (4x5) camera that is versatile
> enough to do everything well. Given that my next US trip will
> probably be with only one piece of cabin luggage, have reluctantly
> come to the conclusion that taking one relatively compact camera is
> the way forwards. Until a few days ago I had convinced myself that
> this would probably be a Korona 5x7 with both 5x7 and 4x5 backs.
> Plenty of bellows, light, reasonably stable, plenty of movements,
> "rotating backs".
>
> I say "had convinced myself" because I have been looking at Ron
> Wisner's Technical Field cameras and the Ebony cameras on their web
> site. The Ebony cameras seem to handle shorter lenses better than the
> Wisner - the Wisner cameras have wonderfully long bellows and will
> out reach the Ebony. Both makes  of cameras are objects of desire and
> beautifully made using traditional materials.
>
> Are there people on the list using or who have used these cameras? If
> so, some feedback on your experiences of using them would be very
> useful.
>
> Cheers,
>         Clive
>
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