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'''Intrepid''' is a new large format field camera series, made by ''Intrepid Camera'', a start-up founded in 2015 by two young product designers in Brighton, England. It started making the Intrepid 4x5 since 2015, financed by a ''Kickstarter'' campain, and soon sold out sold in 2016. It then was refined to today's Intrepid 4x5 Mk III. In 2017 the real big large format was added with the Intrepid 8x10 field camera.
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The '''Intrepid''' is a range of large format field cameras, made by '''Intrepid Camera''', a start-up founded in 2015 by two young product designers in Brighton, England. It started making its moderately-priced Intrepid 4&times;5 in 2015, financed by a ''Kickstarter'' campaign, and soon sold out. The main elements of the cameras are made either from thick plywood or from 3D printed plastic material, with aluminium and some 3D-printed fittings. The 4x5-inch camera weighs 1.3kg, without lens, filmholder, etc.
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As of 2024, the cameras offered are:
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*Intrepid 4x5 in unstained plywood, or with black 3D-printed panels; currently the 5th model; it closely resembles the 5x7 camera pictured here.
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*Intrepid 8x10, wood or black
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*Intrepid 5x7, wood only - as in the lower photo here.
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The black cameras are supplied with black bellows; natural-colour cameras come with a choice of black, red, green or blue bellows. The bellows can be extended between 75 - 300mm (almost double extension); this is therefore more or less the range of lenses that can be used (a 75mm lens requires a recessed lens-board; a 300mm won't focus much below infinity). Replacement bellows are also offered, and a bag bellows is promised (as of February 2024).
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The first two generations of the camera allowed only front camera movements (though a degree of rear tilt could be achieved by tilting the base and compensating with front movements). Later cameras allow rear tilt. The makers give the following limits:
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Front: 42mm rise, 30mm fall, +/- 45° tilt, +/- 45° swing; Rear: +/- 45° tilt
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From the end of 2018, Intrepid has offered a kit to use the 4x5 camera as an enlarger. This comprises an LED light-panel in place of a traditional lamp-house, plus negative holders etc. Two kits are offered, for 35mm - 120 size, and for 4x5-inch.
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==Links==
 
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*[https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/about about Intrepid Camera]
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*[https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/about About Intrepid Camera]
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*[https://www.photoscala.de/2018/11/12/intrepid-verwandelt-4x5-kamera-in-vergroesserungsgeraet/ About the enlarger kit] in [https://www.photoscala.de photoscala] (in German)
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[[Category:4x5in]]
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[[Category:View cameras]]
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[[Category:Camera makers]]
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[[Category:5x7in]]
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[[Category:Enlargers]]

Latest revision as of 00:31, 22 February 2024

The Intrepid is a range of large format field cameras, made by Intrepid Camera, a start-up founded in 2015 by two young product designers in Brighton, England. It started making its moderately-priced Intrepid 4×5 in 2015, financed by a Kickstarter campaign, and soon sold out. The main elements of the cameras are made either from thick plywood or from 3D printed plastic material, with aluminium and some 3D-printed fittings. The 4x5-inch camera weighs 1.3kg, without lens, filmholder, etc.

As of 2024, the cameras offered are:

  • Intrepid 4x5 in unstained plywood, or with black 3D-printed panels; currently the 5th model; it closely resembles the 5x7 camera pictured here.
  • Intrepid 8x10, wood or black
  • Intrepid 5x7, wood only - as in the lower photo here.

The black cameras are supplied with black bellows; natural-colour cameras come with a choice of black, red, green or blue bellows. The bellows can be extended between 75 - 300mm (almost double extension); this is therefore more or less the range of lenses that can be used (a 75mm lens requires a recessed lens-board; a 300mm won't focus much below infinity). Replacement bellows are also offered, and a bag bellows is promised (as of February 2024).

The first two generations of the camera allowed only front camera movements (though a degree of rear tilt could be achieved by tilting the base and compensating with front movements). Later cameras allow rear tilt. The makers give the following limits: Front: 42mm rise, 30mm fall, +/- 45° tilt, +/- 45° swing; Rear: +/- 45° tilt

From the end of 2018, Intrepid has offered a kit to use the 4x5 camera as an enlarger. This comprises an LED light-panel in place of a traditional lamp-house, plus negative holders etc. Two kits are offered, for 35mm - 120 size, and for 4x5-inch.


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