6 Months With The Intrepid 5x4 

It's such a good perk about using one

Cheers!

Yeah I've heard about the problems intrepids have with lens boards, mine seems to be fine though

this is a normal thing, the Linhof boards (4x5 technikas), as they made 'normal' monorails too, which have centred holes in the board; the reason this is offset, is that those press cameras have a double track, unlike K.B. canham, intrepid, wista, etc. this second track is to allow wide and tele lenses to focus, a "1/2/3" positioning for infinity, depending on what you shoot, a lens has infinity stops on this track, set to just push the std to it, and done. This double track necessitates the offset, to re-centre the lens axis to the format frame. I have a Sinar F2, their P2 had a special engraving on the movements just for this purpose, so one could use adapted linhof boards, and account for this offset board , also on the F2 there are detents on the rise/fall and tables to say zero position for specific configs of the camera.

That sucks. Yeah many people have said they have had problems but from what I've heard, intrepid are pretty good with replacing the cameras or fixing the problems

@@taranspictures Well, it was/is an inherent problem of the plywood back, at least the main problem is: Milling is not even enough, and not blackened (as is with the Chamonix), and some other construction details. And a very tricky, extremely hard to detect light-leak between the rotating back and the back standard (one of the two is slightly warped, and the inner 3D printed part seems to have one or two tiny holes pointing up or sideways, depending on rotation). It took me nearly 1.5 years to find all the problems involved, as it wasn't clear to me if it were light leaks, development or scan issues (I had all of them). I would most likely not have seen it with normal lenses, as exposure times are very much shorter (depending on various factors, my pinhole exposure times in bright daylight vary from around 2 seconds to half an hour or more with IR filter). An additional factor might've been internal reflections, another factor that is much less problematic with the smaller image circle of "real" lenses (even in this case the Chamonix excels). And then there's the lack of interchangeable bellows - as I do architecture now and then, I need lots of rise/fall with shorter focal lengths, and bag bellows are a must in those cases. The Intrepid was good to get started and to see if LF is the way to go, so I don't regret buying it and would recommend it for those who try to find out. The current model has some improvements compared to mine (bought three years ago).

I think you have just gotten an incredibly good deal. From what I can tell, it doesn't matter where you are in the world, large format is still incredibly expensive and you're lucky to spend under £1000 or $1000 for just the body

@@taranspictures weird, I had my choice of like 20 different bodies all under $200. Even my toyo studio cam I had like 8 different options all at $150. Think I'm gonna stay at that store if those are the costs elsewhere

@@ajaaoka6364 yeah sounds like they have great deals! We're you looking at monorail 4x5 cameras or field 4x5 cameras? I know that field cameras can be significantly more expensive

@@taranspictures I got a 2002 toyo monorail camera with two lens boards for $150, and a mid 1950s field camera with a 105 lens for $160. Not the greatest shape or the newest equipment, but more than enough for shooting casually.

It's the mkV

Yep, it's what I use most