The Intrepid Camera Co.

Welcome to the blog and website for the Intrepid Camera Co.

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Lightweight, Compact, Simple and Affordable

Availble Now at intrepidcamera.co.uk

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Good Morning!

Exciting news, the website is now live and the Intrepid 4x5 Camera is available as part of a limited Pre-Sale at a special price!

Go check it out before they are all gone!

https://intrepidcamera.co.uk/

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Some exciting news for anyone who missed the kickstarter coming next week! #4x5 #intrepidcamera #largeformat

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Stock room continues to grow and grow #4x5 #intrepidcamera #largeformat

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We are working fast but still taking the time to make sure the finish is right, check out yesterday's Kickstarter update if you missed it #largeformat #4x5 #intrepidcamera

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Aluminium problems solved and first few out the door! now onto the rest! #4x5 #intrepidcamera

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All 500 of the ground glass clips and base plates have now been made 🔨#4x5 #Largeformat

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Heading back to Brighton now after what was an unforgettable trip to the Isle of Skye for two days, the camera was put through its paces and came out well, with just one minor change needed (one of the knobs is 1mm too close to the rear of the camera when using a Polaroid 405 holder in landscape) #4x5 #largeformat

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Today we are having a quick test of the camera on the Isle of Skye before we ship the first batch, it's great to get it out in the field and really put it through some tough testing. So far so good! #4x5 #largeformat

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New Kickstarter Update 

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Great trip to beachy head today field testing the camera, before we start the first test production run on Monday #4x5 #largeformat

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Rear assembly of the camera, (all aluminium will be black apart from the name plate which will be silver with black text) We are planning to go into production at the start of next week, making at first a batch of 12 then ramping up to batches of 60 if the first 12 go well! #4x5 #largeformat

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That's 900 grams if you can't quite see, we are adding a slightly more heavy duty knob to hold down the front standard, that plus the bellows should add another 100 grams, bringing the total in at 1kg. we can confidently confirm that we have lived up to the goal of designing a light weight and affordable 4x5 camera :)

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How to take off the focusing screen and use a graflok compatible holder (this one is a graflex 120). Please note the ground glass here is a purchased one and not the one we are supplying #4x5 #largeformat

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Our CNC router can churn out parts at quite a speed! We are currently working on programming the machine to cut 60 cameras per session this uses up 8 4ft by 8ft sheets of high quality birch ply from 6mm to 24mm and takes around 3 days. #4x5 #largeformat

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Hello! Hope everyone had a nice week, it was very busy (as usual) in the workshop, so we didn't get a chance to post a more formal and detailed update on the kick starter page. Sorry about that! Some time has been set aside next Wednesday to do it, so hopefully that's ok with everyone. Il just pop these prototype pictures here in the mean time...

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The aluminium components for the camera, we are torn between black or silver... Sorry there hasn't been any kickstarter updates in a while, we have tended to drip feed info via social media this month but we will do something more formal this week on KS #4x5 #largeformat