New toy.. gulp!

[wfwhitaker]

Looks nice! Ya even got the box. Congrats!

[gr82bart]

Oh oh, another one with GAS?

Art.

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I was watching that camera on Ebay. My gosh, it was a beauty! You are really going to love it.

I better get that extra 50 bucks sent over to you so you can afford to eat this month! haha!

[TheFlyingCamera]

Well, the big beast arrived today. Wow - sweet camera. It looks like it may have been used at most a dozen times. There aren't even any scratches on the tripod socket. It IS the Zone VI Ultralight version. Now I need to find a backpack or other carrying case to haul it around with. I think this will work well on my chinese Bogen copy tripod with the 3039 head (or is it 3046?).

[BradS]

That's a beauty. Congrats.

[wilsonneal]

Congrats. I am sure you'll be happy.

Just curious. With what you paid for that you could have had a very nice (okay probably not quite as clean) Deardorff V8. I've seen some nice Deardorff's going for $1000 recently. What made you go for the Zone VI?

Neal

[TheFlyingCamera]

three major factors - 38" of bellows, more front movements, and lighter weight- this one is the Zone VI Ultralight model, which weighs in at under 10 lbs.

[Jeremy]

three major factors - 38" of bellows, more front movements, and lighter weight- this one is the Zone VI Ultralight model, which weighs in at under 10 lbs.

I measured my V8 at 36" of extension, it only lacks front shift which I can fake with both swings, and weighs in at about 12 pounds. IMHO, I don't think the camera weight is the big factor, the film holders are.