Henk and Rene of Cambo
Our second day at Photokina started off with a long meeting with Henk and Rene of Cambo Photograhic Industries. One of the huge advantages of owning your own company is that you can decide whose products you choose to promote. In my eyes, products are just products and only a small part of the business equation. Some of the most important aspects of my business are never seen by my clients. When I choose a manufacturer to represent, I make sure they are like-minded in areas of customer service and support, that they respond to problems or justified concerns in a timely manner, and that they adhere to my philosophy that “business should be easy.” With this said, I can’t say enough about our Partners at Cambo. We have a complete understanding in business and I am thrilled to promote their products.
We started off the meeting with a prototype of a product that I have been requesting for some time. It does not have a name as of today, but think of it as an RS/DS that has incorporated a sliding back and ground glass. The device supports all the historic lens panels including all the new Tilt/Swing panels as well. This prototype also had a feature that allowed the end user to calibrate click stops to their digital back dimension. This would allow repeatable stitching overlap for the user’s individual digital back.
Cambo Prototype
Now here is the good news. The device you see is not finished nor will it look as above. Cambo expects to make at least 3 design changes and hopes to have it shipping by mid 2011. Lets hope this works out to be true as this is exactly what a few of my customers have been asking for….. and those of you know who you are!
If you are a fan of the Cambo RS 1000 then we have even better news. Cambo introduced a new and improved “limited Edition RS 1000.” This new unit is beautiful. All functionality as before but with new wooden grips and a leather inlay. Check it out!
Cambo Limited Edition RS 1000 with the new Schneider 28mm Lens