Transporting Monorails

Considering buying a Cambo monorail and a couple of lenses, and was just
wondering what sort of bag/case/big cardboard box would be recommended for
transporting such a beast?

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Here lies the late Martin Francis
He couldn't tell you the technical merits of Leitz and Zeiss
But he did take some photographs once.

In article , "Martin Francis"
m wrote:

Considering buying a Cambo monorail and a couple of lenses, and was just
wondering what sort of bag/case/big cardboard box would be recommended for
transporting such a beast?

One simple solution is to collapse the bellows (always store it collapsed)
and slide the camera to the middle of the rail, then hang it upside-down
by the ends of the rail in a case. That leaves good room for holders,
filters, a shade, another lens.

"jjs" wrote in message
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One simple solution is to collapse the bellows (always store it collapsed)
and slide the camera to the middle of the rail, then hang it upside-down
by the ends of the rail in a case. That leaves good room for holders,
filters, a shade, another lens.

Planning doing that anyway- my university is selling off some old Cambos for
near-peanuts, and that's the way they're stored- but I need a suitably large
vessel to transport it in. My 35mm Lowepro bag and 645 CCS bags will be
undoubtedly too small.

--
Here lies the late Martin Francis
He couldn't tell you the technical merits of Leitz and Zeiss
But he did take some photographs once.

I do it this way with an old Omega 4x5 I want to move around with me. I
went to Home Deport, got a Stanley plastic roll around toolbox with wheels
and a suitcase retracting handle, and slightly modified it to produce a box
big enough for the camera and accessories for under $20.00 Not at all
stylish, but cheap and near bulletproof.


"Martin Francis" m wrote in
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"jjs" wrote in message
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One simple solution is to collapse the bellows (always store it
collapsed)
and slide the camera to the middle of the rail, then hang it upside-down
by the ends of the rail in a case. That leaves good room for holders,
filters, a shade, another lens.

Planning doing that anyway- my university is selling off some old Cambos
for
near-peanuts, and that's the way they're stored- but I need a suitably
large
vessel to transport it in. My 35mm Lowepro bag and 645 CCS bags will be
undoubtedly too small.

--
Here lies the late Martin Francis
He couldn't tell you the technical merits of Leitz and Zeiss
But he did take some photographs once.

Martin Francis m wrote:


Planning doing that anyway- my university is selling off some old Cambos for
near-peanuts, and that's the way they're stored- but I need a suitably large
vessel to transport it in. My 35mm Lowepro bag and 645 CCS bags will be
undoubtedly too small.


Where are you taking it and how? The case fits the back of the car just
fine. It's a pain to hike with-) It all depends on how far and how much you
can handle.

Nick

I built a cradle from 1X4 wood to hold the camera. The 8X10 Cambo hangs
upside down from the monorail. I stuff the film holders, light meter,
filters, and miscellany into a big backpack designed for books. A roll-on
suitcase designed to fit as carry-on baggage should also work. The cradle
is still a little clumsy, but it works decently and protects the camera from
jolts and most outside objects.

"Martin Francis" m wrote in
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Considering buying a Cambo monorail and a couple of lenses, and was just
wondering what sort of bag/case/big cardboard box would be recommended for
transporting such a beast?

--
Here lies the late Martin Francis
He couldn't tell you the technical merits of Leitz and Zeiss
But he did take some photographs once.

In article , "Martin Francis"
m wrote:

"jjs" wrote in message
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Planning doing that anyway- my university is selling off some old Cambos for
near-peanuts, [...]

Our view cameras "disappeared", coincidently with the retirement of the
only professor who taught their use. Ticks me off to no end. It is a fight
every year to even sustain the darkroom. But I digress... always do.

If your monorail has standards that can swing 90 degrees, you can 'flatten'
your monorail and put it into a much slimmer case. I bought a Dynalite
briefcase-like soft case for studio lights, put closed cell foam in it and use
a razor blade to custom cut the foam to fit my Horseman LS monorail. Besides
being slim, it has a padded shoulder strap.

--wilton

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Wilt W wrote:
If your monorail has standards that can swing 90 degrees, you can 'flatten'
your monorail and put it into a much slimmer case. I bought a Dynalite
briefcase-like soft case for studio lights, put closed cell foam in it and use
a razor blade to custom cut the foam to fit my Horseman LS monorail. Besides
being slim, it has a padded shoulder strap.

Horseman makes one specifically to fit their L-series cameras. I've
got one which came with my camera, though I don't ever use it - gotta
carry too many bags, because ONLY the camera will fit in the attache
case, and barely both sets of bellows. It takes too long to pull
everything out, halfway dismantle it, and then reassemble it in the
right configuration. I'd rather have everything in one place, ready
to go.

The Calumet trunk works great for my monorail (Horseman LE) - just put
a little wheeled truck underneath it, and you're mobile. Not for
offroading, but then I mostly keep to the pavement.

Will
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"Keep it simple: as simple as possible, but no simpler." -- A. Einstein