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womble
Posted 04/11/2008 - 22:18 Link
I thought some of you might be interested in my latest toy. As it isn't Pentax I have posted it here rather than in the kit section... I hope you will all forgive me but Pentax doesn't make this sort of thing. I haven't had a chance to use it in anger yet, but the plan is to use it to photograph church architecture in which I have an interest. For those of you who care about that sort of thing it is manual focus, no built in exposure meter and takes about 2 fph (frames per hour...)

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It is a Horseman LE.

Best wishes, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.

My website
Edited by womble: 04/11/2008 - 22:19
Clarky
Posted 04/11/2008 - 22:32 Link
Wow, very handsome, where do you get film for a camera like that :
Camera:|K-7|
Pentax Lenses:|DA12-24/f4 ED AL|DA35Ltd Macro|FA31Ltd|FA77Ltd|FA50/1.4|F70-210|FA20-35 f4/AL|A*200/f4 Macro ED|A50/1.7|A50 Macro f2.8|1.7xAF adapter|
Voigtlander|125/f2.5SL Macro APO Lanthar|
Sigma Lenses:|EX DG 100-300 f4|2X & 1.4X TC|
Flashes:|AF540FGZx2|RingFlash AF160FC|
womble
Posted 04/11/2008 - 22:56 Link
The bigger Jessops still carry it, and a company called Silverprint specialise in film, developers and traditional paper. The stuff is still around and not too difficult to source, especially online.

Best wishes, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.

My website
f248
Posted 04/11/2008 - 23:08 Link
Nice gimmick.

greetings f248
Pentax K7-Pentax 100-300F, Pentax 35-80F, Pentax 18-50DA, sigma 28-80 2.8 -sigma 135-400 APO.
womble
Posted 04/11/2008 - 23:11 Link
f248 wrote:
Nice gimmick.

greetings f248

Gimmick? Hardly. It is a serious piece of kit!
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.

My website
Critical-i
Posted 04/11/2008 - 23:12 Link
Fantastic bit of kit.

Is it called a Horseman because you need a packhorse to carry one and a man to take the picture?

No problem with tilt and shift perspectives there I would guess. Have fun.
Cheers, Steve
womble
Posted 04/11/2008 - 23:35 Link
Critical-i wrote:
Is it called a Horseman because you need a packhorse to carry one and a man to take the picture?

No problem with tilt and shift perspectives there I would guess. Have fun.

Well my trusty Bandit 1200 will do the carrying. It is the tilt and shift facility that was my rationale for going down this route. I hate converging verticals!

Fun will certainly be had.

Best wishes, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.

My website
alfpics
Posted 05/11/2008 - 00:13 Link
What a great beast - enjoy it!
Andy
Andy
hefty1
Posted 05/11/2008 - 00:55 Link
Guess you can call off the hunt for that 28mm shift now then?

Nice camera anyway - what lens(es) did you get with it?
Joining the Q
Bob and his Pentax
Posted 05/11/2008 - 01:05 Link
Fantastic piece of kit. For serious architecture you need this sort of camera as it not only enables correct verticals but the plane of focus can be adjusted too - all to much greater extents than any tilt shift lens on an SLR can

Good luck
Bob
Good luck

Bob

Pentax user since 1978, Digital since 1997.
Kit includes: K-7, K20D, K10D, *istDS, full set DA* lens, etc
alig
Posted 05/11/2008 - 01:16 Link
2 fph

Nice piece of kit Kris, enjoy it.
Hope you show your results here, not Pentax I know
A mate was looking to buy a big 5x4 to 'slow' him down.

ali
Cheers

Ali

ist* DS & Ricoh GR
terje-l
Posted 05/11/2008 - 09:16 Link
In my former job, where I did some product photography, we sometimes hired a professional photographer from Oslo. He used the Sinar large-format camera, similar to the Horseman.

It never stopped amazing me to watch this guy tilting and shifting the front and back plates to get just the right perspective with perfectly parallel lines. And he managed a lot more than 2 fph.

Brings back happy memories.
Best regards
Terry

K20D, Optio I10, DA 18-55 1:3.5-5.6 AL II, A 1:1.7/50, D FA 1:2.8/100 Macro, Sigma 70-300 1:4-5.6 APO DG Macro, Pentax AF 360FGZ
alfpics
Posted 05/11/2008 - 10:08 Link
You'll get us all wanting one!

Andy
Andy
womble
Posted 05/11/2008 - 10:27 Link
hefty1 wrote:
Guess you can call off the hunt for that 28mm shift now then?

Yup, that lens is now on the back burner.

hefty1 wrote:
Nice camera anyway - what lens(es) did you get with it?

It came with a 210mm lens (equivalent of a c. 90mm on 35mm) which is not really what I need. I am now looking for something in the c. 90mm range and may well sell the 210mm to pay for it. Although as you know, selling lenses is easier to say than to do...

terje-l wrote:

It never stopped amazing me to watch this guy tilting and shifting the front and back plates to get just the right perspective with perfectly parallel lines. And he managed a lot more than 2 fph.

He had the advantage of knowing what he was doing. I am going to be on a steep learning curve. It is a bit difficult to merge into the background with one of these.

alig wrote:
Hope you show your results here, not Pentax I know.

Will do, although it might be a little while before I have something I am happy to post!

Best wishes, Kris.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.

My website
Edited by womble: 05/11/2008 - 10:27
f248
Posted 05/11/2008 - 11:00 Link
womble wrote:
f248 wrote:
Nice gimmick.

greetings f248

Gimmick? Hardly. It is a serious piece of kit!

Kris forgives.
gimmick, (I used a synonym).
machines is similar a ginmick.

Greetings f248
Pentax K7-Pentax 100-300F, Pentax 35-80F, Pentax 18-50DA, sigma 28-80 2.8 -sigma 135-400 APO.

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