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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2011, 08:45:54 AM »
I'm not familiar with this make, but I've handled very similar cameras. like this  http://www.fotomancamera.com/product_list.asp?id=335.  They are nice if you want to get away from movements and bellows. I'd quite like one of these babies: http://www.fotomancamera.com/product_list.asp?id=338

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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2011, 11:11:58 AM »
Yes, I've been looking at the Gaoersi 6x17 for well over a year now and drooling.  The on-line reviews of the G cameras are generally a bit mixed - generally perceived to be not to be quite as good in terms of build quality as the now defunct Fotoman cameras and the add on finders are frequently panned (forgive the intended pun) but as a while with a good lens and cone, still seen as terrific value for money.  Still, in present circumstances, US$ £1,000 from uncertain Ebay sources, and this for just the camera body, is far too much for me to shell out.

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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2011, 03:54:52 PM »
If you want top quality, you have to look for an Alpa
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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2011, 04:26:14 PM »
Funny  - I was always under the impression that if you wanted rust you needed an Alpa :D

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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2011, 04:28:21 PM »
Or was that an Alfa.  Or possibly a Fiat ???

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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2011, 09:15:15 PM »
I loved Fiats!
They have that Italian flare... and many were designed by Pininfarina.
OK on the rust problem... something even worse around here than in the UK...

This is the Alpa I was talking about


And these are rust resistant aircraft grade aluminum. :)
Hand milled. And hand built to your specs.
You can even send them a chunk of wood of your choice for the grips!

You can't get much closer to an Aston in the camera world than this...
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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 11:28:04 PM »
That Aston must be a damn fine camera.  Who makes it: Leica, Zeiss, VC?  Or is it one of those large format thingamies that everyone seems to want to take over to Essex in the New Year? ;)  Mmmm, now I remember, didn't James Bond get to use one in his Sean Connery days?

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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2011, 12:01:35 AM »
François, that is a thing of beauty!

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Re: Goaersi 4x5?
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2011, 03:39:32 PM »
I've been drooling over them for what seems forever...
But since they cost more than what my car is worth... I don't think they'll be in my near future (sigh)
Francois

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