Beschreibung
My Arca Swiss Model B. I've purchased a Shen Hao and a Toyo so don't really need another monorail.
Pictured with lens but this is not included.
It is a user rather than a looker.
The Arca is (apparently) about the lightest Mono rail and compared to the Toyo its a p&s, its still heavy but I've carried it around all day in my hiking pack and never had a problem. The rest of the required paraphernalia add up to much more weight.
For transport the standards easily remove from the rail and they pack separately simply. Setting up can be a bit of a pain as you have to build the camera up before you can use it but tbh it only takes a few minutes more than setting up a field camera.
The actual rail is quite short, it will only focus up to a 210mm at infinity, because of that the bag bellows are the only ones I use and they're fine from <90mm right up to 210mm.
The original 171mm Arca lens board has been adapted to take the more standard (and much smaller) Linhof lens boards
The lever to adjust the front tilt was broken when I slipped with the camera in the bag and has been properly repaired its probably stronger than original but not terribly pretty.
Light seals around the spring back were all replaced a while back, the camera is fully light tight.
I've bought but never fitted a better, brighter ground glass which I'll sell with the camera (its no use to me)
£120 for the camera on its own, no lens, darkslides etc.