Comments about Tachihara Tachihara 4x5 Cherrywood Field Camera:

If I knew how easy the 4x5 camera was to use I would have bought one many years ago. The results are amazing for such a simple camera

Comments about Tachihara Tachihara 4x5 Cherrywood Field Camera:

This is my fourth field camera, as it was also my first. After owning the Wista and the Toyo field cameras, each with its own advantages, I came back eventually to the Tachihara as the best all-around combination of features. Its "packability", as well as its fit and finish, is the best. It takes a light touch on the movements and practice to get things right with ease, but it becomes second-nature, The movements are more than adequate for almost any need. For packing, a 135mm or so lens will fit reversed inside the folded camera. Add a QuickLoad holder and a few QL sheets (and a tripod, of course) and you have a rig that weighs no more than an average 35mm or DSLR kit, but gives vastly superior results. I have taken mine on hikes and cross-country skiing trips and found it easy to carry for hours at a time (and I'm past seventy).

Comments about Tachihara Tachihara 4x5 Cherrywood Field Camera:

A very good little 4x5, bright screen, accurate focus. A bit flimsy and has an odd rear swing in which each side moves forward separately with knobs. Kind of ugly but does the job and costs little.

Comments about Tachihara Tachihara 4x5 Cherrywood Field Camera:

I have used two of these over the last 20 years. I have been impressed with the quality of construction and the light weight for a 4x5 camera.

Comments about Tachihara Tachihara 4x5 Cherrywood Field Camera:

I worked for 30+ years as a commercial photographer shooting food, small product and architectural work with the company's monorail view cameras which are less than optimal for location work. I had lusted after a wooden folding field camera and especially the beautiful Tachihara cherry wood 4X5 view [...] After my retirement I started my own architectural photo practise and the first thing I bought was the Tachihara. As expected, the wooden field camera has proven to be an excellent architectural camera. It sets up quickly and is rigid in the right places. I had made an old Crown Graphic due for a while but this was much better. The only draw back I can think of is that its so pretty civilians mistake it for a restored antique and have a hundred questions whenever I set up in a public place.

Comments about Tachihara Tachihara 4x5 Cherrywood Field Camera:

I love that it is lightweight and compact, very easy to travel with. The only problem I have with it is that it is very flashy; the gold knobs and cherrywood make people flock to it. This sometimes makes it tough to get the picture.