Large format cameras and lenses aren't particularly expensive if you compare them with higher-end DSLRs, particularly because they are readily available on the second-hand market.
My Cambo cost me $300 (really!), with each lens being a bit less each. I had to get a few bits and pieces for it new, such as lens boards and a bag bellows, but the whole thing wouldn't have come to much more than about $1800. The scan back is a different story, though -- the new price is about $10000. I managed to pick one up second hand for $6500. In all, it's still less than I would have paid for a new Canon 1ds II and a couple of L lenses. But, 8000 x 6000 resolution, 150 megapixels. It *does* make a very noticeable difference.
The flip side is that the Cambo is extremely heavy, and it takes two big Pelican cases to get everything in:
The Cambo is in the nearest (huge) case, and the Better Light scan back is in the more distant one. The middle case holds my medium format gear (at least the subset of which I was taking with me anyway).
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Date: 2007-02-22 04:33 pm (UTC)My Cambo cost me $300 (really!), with each lens being a bit less each. I had to get a few bits and pieces for it new, such as lens boards and a bag bellows, but the whole thing wouldn't have come to much more than about $1800. The scan back is a different story, though -- the new price is about $10000. I managed to pick one up second hand for $6500. In all, it's still less than I would have paid for a new Canon 1ds II and a couple of L lenses. But, 8000 x 6000 resolution, 150 megapixels. It *does* make a very noticeable difference.
The flip side is that the Cambo is extremely heavy, and it takes two big Pelican cases to get everything in:
The Cambo is in the nearest (huge) case, and the Better Light scan back is in the more distant one. The middle case holds my medium format gear (at least the subset of which I was taking with me anyway).