Now you can easily shoot 4x5 sheetfilm with complete freedom and leave your tripod at home.  The new Razzle 900 or 110B style camera fitted with the compact 'Razzlok' full frame back is a very usable lightweight 4x5.

The camera folds up and is very compact and when opened, allows the stunning imagery of large format photography to be realised.  (please note that larger proportioned lenses require the front element be unscrewed to allow closing of the front door, but this is not as critical on the 900).

After seven years of Polaroid conversions, the  2008 Razzles have evolved as very user friendly LF cameras that can be taken anywhere you'd care to go.

I hope you enjoy this website as much as I enjoy making each and every camera shown here........

See what I did with a Red Razzle, some 4x5 sheet film and Soph on a wintery Sunday afternoon recently............ see Soph's page .

Chris Usher covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina using several Razzles.......

Click here to visit Chris Usher's new web site and view his coverage of the heartache and destruction left by Hurricane Katrina.

It's really very gratifying to have Chris Usher  using my cameras in the field,  capturing unforgetable images of New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  Equipped with several 'Razzles' of various lens/body configurations, he now has camera number five.  These images are soon to be released in a book...............

If you don't mind the wait, you can have a Razzle without a lot of hype....but please remember that the demand for my 4x5 hand holdable camera equates to a delay in getting them out there.

If you'd like a choice of lenses,  a choice of colours, a choice of models and don't care to wrestle with BS,  patents, or have constraints placed on your life,  instead get a lifetime* warranty,  I can help.

I treat each camera as a new challenge......it's refreshing to make each one different to the one before, hopefully with innovations and new ideas built in.

If YOU have any new ideas that I might incorporate into a camera specifically for you, then let me know.  I have currently fitted a wireless flashball to the Pink Cadillac with astounding results, just another innovation that you could have for minimum cost.

Large format should be a pleasureable experience with a minimum amount of fuss, weight and most of all, cost........Cheers and thanks for looking in.

This is the next camera for Chris Usher......black Razzle 900 with 150mm f5.6 Sironar in a Copal 0 shutter.  Left hand cable release and Graflok back.

Unfortunately I have had to suspend all new orders until September 1st 2008.......due to the overwhelming popularity of the Razzle 4x5......my apologies for this.

As each of my cameras is individually built by hand (of which I only have two) this suspension is imperative.

As of September 1st a new catalogue will be posted listing options, new models and pricing....in the meantime please browse my site in order to get an idea of what I do after hours!

But here's an idea..... why not use this time to find yourself an ideal lens?  Then, come September you can ship it to me and I could incorporate it into a Hand Held Razzle 4x5 camera of your choice in style and whatever options.....for less than $999US including shipping!

If you would like a 900 then look for a 150mm APO Sironar N or S as 150mm is the only accepted focal length for a 900.  The early Fujinon W is also suitable as it allows easy closure of the front door without the need to unscrew the front element. 

Alternatively the 110B body requires the f6.3 version of the Fujinon W  or a very compact lens like the 150mm f6.3 Geronar if you want to deviate from the excellent original Rodenstock 127mm lens and still close the door.

Please contact me for further advice on other replacement lenses for the Razzle Hand Held 4x5....The 110A/B cameras can also accept a 90mm Angulon for the very wide aspect, but it then becomes a little more involved.

To see the  new YouTube Razzle videos...... click here!

Rest assured this site is both Patent and insanity free.

There's neither false claims nor threats of Littigation.

              Quite simply, WYSIWYG..............