Photographer Ben Horne received an Intrepid 8x10 camera as payment for a video segment he did for Intrepid Camera. Earlier this year, he took the camera out backpacking to get a feel for the machine. He discusses some of the peculiarities of this camera and some of the benefits that it brings to the table.
First off, the camera is about 5 lbs, quite light for an 8x10, yet is fairly sturdy and does provide for front standard movements and some rear standard movements. Even so, it folds flat to a compact format for storage. Ben likes the ground glass, even though he has an Arca Swiss camera, and finds the Intrepid ground glass nice to use.
One of things peculiar to this camera are that the ground glass must be in the vertical orientation before collapsing the camera, which is fairly easy given that the back has magnets that help center and hold the back before screwing it down. The reviewer also found that since the movements are not geared, that trickier movements using both front and rear standards may be hard to get right.
Check out the full review on Youtube:
