What do you all recommending for the Dark cloth to focus with on 4x5?
Also, cleaning the holders. Some say air, others, just a nice brush. I'm reading Ansel Adams book the camera, and he says vacuum. thanks!
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What do you all recommending for the Dark cloth to focus with on 4x5?
Also, cleaning the holders. Some say air, others, just a nice brush. I'm reading Ansel Adams book the camera, and he says vacuum. thanks!
Home made is my preference. Simmons' Using The View Camera has instructions.
Ansel is right---vacume. I have a small dedicated shop vac for photo stuff. They go on sale at the big box places every so often.
Blowing or brushing dosen't get rid of dust, it only stirs it up to someday return and spoil your outing, so suck it up! ;)
John, thanks. The Simmons book is ordered and should come soon.
One friend here uses a 2" camel hair brush, no good?
I have a Belkin mini vak (for I think computer keyboards), that's optimal?
For a hood I used the BTZS hood for decades. http://www.viewcamerastore.com/servl...cts/Categories. They're light, compact, easy to carry and use.
To clean holders I use an anti-static brush. But more important than the cleaning system IMHO is how they're stored and used. I keep holders in a plastic zip-lock bag at all times except when they're actually in the camera or being loaded and unloaded and I think that's why I have very minimal dust issues.
FWIW I used a mini-vac for several years until it finally gave up the ghost, then I replaced it with the shop-vac & micro attachments. Whats really nice about vacumes is that you can suck up stuff out of the loading and dark slide grooves as well as suck out anything thats loose in the light traps. Being velvet, the light traps are magnets for dust.
My favorite focus cloths are double, white side out and black side in. In my Texas summers, i sure don't want my head under a black cloth.
Lo these 55 years ago, when I started at Brooks, I was taught to rap the film holder sharply on the edges and then brush the trash away. Either rap sharply with the edge of the dark slide or the unpainted handle of the brush. Also, never use a brush with synthetic bristles, only natural bristles to prevent static electricity charges. You can tell if the film holder has been cleaned regularly by the dents on the edges.
Lynn
thanks Brian,
John/ Lynn if you have links for the mini vac or cloths, please list. thanks!
Sears has a nice assortment of vacuums in their tool department. That's where I bought mine.
thanks Alan, do have a link? otherwise, I leave with a Hoover.
I got this for my computer keyboard long time ago, micky mouse. I would like a better version of it, if someone has a link thanks
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-MINIVAK.../dp/B00006HTNR