Re: Zero2000 at Calumet

Guy Glorieux wrote:
> Brian Reynolds wrote:
>
> > I was able to resist the Finney camera. The fact that it was $300
> > more than the Calumet rebadged Tachihara (I think they called it
> > the Woodfield, but that may be Horseman's rebadged Tachihara) that
> > sat next to it on the display case more than made up for my lack
> > of sales resistance.
>
> What is the Tachihara or Woodfield or whatever the name is that
> seems to resemble a Finney? (Actually, I thought that Finney had
> stopped making them. Am I wrong?).
>

Tachihara makes wooden flatbed viewcameras (often called field
cameras). These are full view cameras with movements. They are
imported by several different companies under a variety of names. At
one point Calumet, Horseman, Adorama, and a couple of other companies
imported them and sold them under the Tachihara name or rebadged them
with their own name.

At one point Calumet acutally suggested mounting a lens on the Finney
camera because it used the same size lens board as their cameras.
That never made much sense to be since their camera (at least the
rebadged Tahihara, not the Zone VI) was much less expensive than the
Finney (which had limited/no movements).

Finney also made pinhole/zone plate turrets on a four inch square lens
board, but these were also very expensive.

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