----- Original Message ----- From: gfen Subject: Re: Most Used Body Survey Results UPDATE 17
> > Have you ever compared it to a Shen Hao? I was giving thought to both of > them for awhile, and the SHen has better movements, while the Tachihara is > about a pound and a half lighter. The Shen Hao wasn't being made when I bought the Tachihara. From what I was able to glean from the web, it looks like a nice product. When I bought, the choices were pretty much Wista, Wisner, Zone VI, and Tachihara for wood field cameras. The Tachihara gives up a lot of features compared to the 3 cameras mentioned, but it was a lot less expensive. Make sure the wood in the Shen Hao is hardwood (one website mentioned teak, but that was a consumer review, so who knows if it is), and a hardwood suited to camera building. Also, make sure that the wood has been dried naturally, not kiln dried, as it will be more dimensionally stable. I know a guy who bought some sort of made in China view camera some years ago. The thing was made of spruce, and it wasn't dimensionally stable. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
