How much does your view/field camera weigh?

[Surly]

I am thinking about making some mods to my Calumet C401 to make it a bit more portable. I have not weighed it yet but I am looking for a reasonable target to shoot for, if I can even pull this off. Thanks.

[Nick Zentena]

The 401 doesn't have a weight problem so much it has a length problem. If I intended to take it for a walk I'd do one thing

Remove the rail. Pack the rail with the tripod while the standards are packed on their own. But my memory tells me it's not that easy to remove the rail.

Sure it's not a light camera but I can't see making it a light one. But if you can pack the rail on it's own then it would be a much easier to haul camera. If you don't need the 26" rail then get yourself a shorter rail for the field.

[JG Motamedi]

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...a-weights.html

[Ian Grant]

That list's quite poor as no Wista's, MPP's, 5x4 Speed or Crown Graphics, so many popular cameras are missing

Ian

http://www.largeformatphotography.in...a-weights.html

[ReallyBigCameras]

That list's quite poor as no Wista's, MPP's, 5x4 Speed or Crown Graphics, so many popular cameras are missing

Ian

That list wasn't meant to be comprehensive. It was compiled from a thread I started comparing advertised weights to actual weights for many common LF cameras.

Please feel free to click on the link and add the weights for any cameras you own. The more people who do so, the better the list will become.

Kerry

[Surly]

I have a plan to make a multi-piece rail that can be broken down for portability. With my design, you could have several different length sections and use the shortest one for the application. It's still in the design stages, but I think it will work. This would facilitate putting the camera in a backpack. Which brings me to making it lighter. I'm not a weight fanatic, so I thought I'd start with a weight comparison of other cameras and if it was immensley heavier then try to shave a little off. Perhaps I should have said all this in my first post. Sorry.

[Roger Hicks]

I am thinking about making some mods to my Calumet C401 to make it a bit more portable. I have not weighed it yet but I am looking for a reasonable target to shoot for, if I can even pull this off. Thanks.

About 3 lb/1.4Kg for my Toho 4x5 including lens, no holders or case; 65 lb/30Kg for my 12x15 inch Gandolfi with 3 holders and case...

Cheers,

R.

[Nick Zentena]

I'm not a weight fanatic, so I thought I'd start with a weight comparison of other cameras and if it was immensley heavier then try to shave a little off. Perhaps I should have said all this in my first post. Sorry.

Okay you've lost me. Are you asking if the 401 is heavier then the average 4x5? Then yes. It's not much different then some light weight 8x10s. It's heavier then my 5x7.

[Ian Grant]

Point taken Kerry

I'd gladly add a few weights, it wasn't meant as a criticism of the compilation merely it appeared to be referred too as more than work in progress.

Could you amend the table for those of us in the rest of the world by adding a metric weight column !!!!!

Ian

[Phillip P. Dimor]

I've a top-rf Crown Graphic with spring back and small 135mm lens. That's the lightest camera I own by far.

The tripod on the other hand..