Flutterby™! :

On my recent trip to Yosemite I rented a camera that has a 4x5" image area. Normal cameras which use 35mm film create a 24x36mm image area, and APS cameras are even smaller. But the cool thing about the big cameras is that you can also alter perspective, play with the geometry, have both near and far things in focus by tilting the lens. And taking pictures like this, where each picture costs dollars rather than sense, is a slow, contemplative process. So I've looked around at a few cameras which interest me: Bender Photographic makes a kiln-dried cherry wood kit camera that's lighter and folds up smaller than many commercial field cameras. The Canham seems like the cadillack of lightweight field cameras.