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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 its moderately priced Intrepid 4×5 since 2015, financed by a ''Kickstarter'' campaign, and soon sold out sold in 2016. It then was refined to today's Intrepid 4×5 Mk III. In 2017 the real big large format was added to the company's portfolio - with the Intrepid 8×10 field camera. Since end 2018 the company offers a kit to use the Intrepid 4×5 as enlarger, also made financed through ''Kickstarter''.
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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]
*[https://www.photoscala.de/2018/11/12/intrepid-verwandelt-4x5-kamera-in-vergroesserungsgeraet/ about the enlarger kit] in photoscala [https://www.photoscala.de] (in German)
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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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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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