[LargeFormat] 8x10 advice

[Jeff Schraeder]

Charles,
I recently bought a Cambo 8x10 for $700 on ebay. It
came with a 4x5 and 8x10 back. It has a long rail
(31") and geared movements. It was used in a studio
for 20 years but looks new. Good value, good utility.
Jeff
--- Charles Thorsten <cthorsten@earthlink.net> wrote:
> OK, let's try this again with no html.  Sorry Clive!
> 
> 
> I've been shooting quite a bit of copy work at my
> photo lab the past year.  All of it has been with
> my Toyo 4x5 monorail camera.  The majority of
> the work that comes in are oil paintings, along 
> with some architectural renderings, things like
> that.
> 
> Over the past several months I've had requests
> for 8x10 transparencies, and I'm starting to think
> about investing in an 8x10 studio camera for this
> kind of work.  Everything is indoors with strobes.
> I've always worked strictly with 4x5 so this is
> kind of new to me.  
> 
> Does anyone have advice on a camera to look for?
> Reccomendations on brands, newer versus older,
> reliability issues, etc.?  I've seen older cameras
> on Ebay such as Koronas and Deardorffs that look
> very nice.  Would an older wooden camera stand 
> up to day-to-day use in a studio?  Or would I be 
> better off with a metal monorail camera like my
> 4x5?  I'd appreciate any input.  Thanks!
> 
> -Charlie
> 
> 
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