The newly designed Obsession can be made to suit different formats...

The very first Obsession 617 took me 10 days to design and build.....it proved to be very successful, so I have now built more.  The body parts consist of 3mm aluminium, film advance and film spool spigots are machined from brass with the top and bottom plates fabricated from  6mm aluminium plate.  This provides a very strong and durable body shell.  Lenses are sometimes difficult to find, however the 90mm f5.6 Super Angulon is a very suitable lens that has proven to be an excellent choice for the job.  The first few Obsessions were fixed focus having the lens set to its respective hyperfocal distance.  This proved great for most subjects, especially landscapes, as at f22......... (the Linhof recommended aperture to obtain full coverage at the corners on the 6x17 format), everything will be in focus from around six feet to infinity.   I can hand build these cameras for around $900US, plus lens, (in case you'd like to supply one). I also include a masked finder, double bubble level and cable release.  Building these cameras MUST be an Obsession, otherwise I wouldn't keep doing it, would I?

A recent protest rally attracted many photographers.  We just want to take photos, not be branded as criminals!

Ever popular FP4 film was the order of the day...hand held 1/60th sec @ f16 and developed in lemon juice...White balance was set to cloudy....Love the fact that we attracted the attention of the Victoria Police Response team....

An Obsession 617 seems to attract a little attention!