[LargeFormat] Phillips Compact II 8x10

[Clive Warren]

At 09:34 21/04/2003 -0600, Tim Atherton wrote:
>PPS - I just got my brand new Phillips Compact II 8x10 on the weekend - OMG
>what a great camera - light, quick and easy (intuitive) to use, as rigid as
>most monorails I've used (and more rigid than some). Just from two days of
>trials, this just makes the process of photographing so much easier as far
>as I'm concerned (and with the lighter tripod and head I can use, the over
>my shoulder weight is cut by around 50%).
>As a renowned photographer colleague of mine said - I will look back at the
>Deardorff with the fondness of someone regarding a beautiful but impractical
>and heavy piece of Victorian furniture :-)

Tim,

Tell us more about the Philips 8x10!  Have heard of the camera but never 
seen one in the flesh. Movements, adjustments, construction etc.

Perhaps you would like to write a review when you have had a chance to use 
it for a while.

Cheers,
            Clive