Shen Hao, I want you.
October 24th, 2005,http://www.badgergraphic.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=120
Price: $595.00
A 4×5 Field View Camera, made of a sturdy construction of teak and brass (!!), the Shen Hao weighes a measly 6 lbs and can fold down to a stunning 17 x 17 x 9.5cm box. An aluminum case is sold as an extra for a mere #30. It's Graflox back accepts widely used back accessories, and of course, the lens boards are compatible with all the lenses out there. Each lens board costs $30, also! Which, while not an impressive price for a piece of honking cardboard, is certainly a great deal less than the hundred bucks you need for a Horseman (Prefers Sacrifice's prefered Large Format camera).
While a field camera, it's range of motion is pretty impressive, although obviously still can't compare to a studio. Still, it's about a third the price of most other view cameras out there, new. The only real competition is the flood of view cameras available on ebay.
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<lj user="infomorph"> has a series of greeting cards from the makers of Beer Money and (by all visual clues) Lunch Money. They were incredibly excellent (my favorite was the one with the caption "I just need some time. And space. And everything you own.") I makes me *really* want to do my own series of greeting cards.
This leads me back to the fact that I have a giant pile of silver emulsion postcards that I've been using for work-prints. I should use them. Mail them places. Or to people, even.
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Also, Sailor Jerry made an appearance on Something Positive today! (check the last panel!)
