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You should have purchased the $50 drum. You can find them used for $5 to $25. I purchased mine for $5 at a local camera shop. You could also consider the Beseler drum. It is a nice product but I...

I experienced this same problem on a light weight Calumet wood 4X5 field camera. I now use a Linhof Technica III for 4X5 and a Calumet C1 for 8X10 and I have no problem. Both are metal cameras and...

I have a 375 Ilex Caltar that is use for 8X10 B&W and it performs very well. In fact I have compared it to a 14" Kodak Commercial Ektar and I can not tell any difference on 8X10 contacts. Maybe...

Just to clear David up, the two Ilex No. 5 Universal Sync shutters I have are both self cocking. Of my two shutters, the oldest one that has not been CLA'd in 10 years works great with my cable...

I also use a B&J Grover 8X10 but to my knowledge the 8X10 Grover never had an extension rail as an option. My rail is a hex rail approximately 20" in length. My bellows will only support the 20" ...

I had a bellows made for my Calumet C1 approximately 6 months ago by Flexable Products in Florida. Cost was $175 and all I had to do was send them my old bellows with the bellows frame on both...

One thing I forgot to mention that may be an important issue. In my older age I'm now wearing Varilux progressive focus glasses. Lining up you glasses on the loop eye-piece for sharpe focus can be...

I currently have two different focusing loops that I use on my 4X5 view camera ( Toyo 4X & Eschenbach 8X). I have recently gotten a Acculight light table and I'm using the same two loops to view...

I currently use an older Technika III and think it is the greatest 4X5 field camera I have ever used. I love the precision. In fact I have sold two different wood field cameras over the years...

150 Schneider Symmar S for 4X5. When I backpack, I end up making as many still life close-up images as I do landscape images. I find the 150 Symmar S to be a very versatile lens.

It has been 5 years since I owned a Wista DX and I have never owned or used a Tachihara. I have compared the two cameras and they will basicly do the same thing. The person under the dark cloth and...

What do you mean you can not afford a Unidrum. The last two I purchased locally cost me $5.00 each (used, but very nice condition). I also purchased a Unicolor motorized base for $15.00. The system...

I have 90 mm Super Angulon in a defective Compur shutter. I also have a spare Co mpur shutter in very nice condition with the same min/max aperture. If I were to exchange shutters, what kind of...

I have an 8X10 bellows made recently by Flexproducts. The company was very customer friendly and it only took 4 weeks to get the bellows back. Quality was okay considering the $160 price, but...

I understand Kodak's serial number code on Commercial Ektar lenses can be used t o determine what year the lens was manufactured. Can anyone share how the serial number code works?

David.... I use a Beseler 8X10 drum and Rodinal 1:25 to process single sheets of HP5+. I have had very good results using 120 ml of developer. I also use a water bath for 30 seconds before the ...

Don't know about the Kodak back but I have seen a Burke & James wood back on a Calumet C1 8X10. If the Kodak back is wood, I'm sure you can make it work with a little machining.

Can anyone tell me the differences between the different "C" series Calumet 8X10 field cameras? In View Camera magizine I have seen advertised models "C", "C1" , "C2". In pictures I have seen...

I once had a 5X7 Elwood that I used for printing 4X5 negatives. Since the carrier is made of wood, it was pretty easy to make a 4X5 carrier in my wood working shop. I sandwiched the negative...

Thanks to all for the comments! The Commerical Ektar has nice glass but has a ding (been dropped) around the filter ring area. The shutter will need to be CLA'd because slow speeds are way off....

I'm looking at two used 14" lens at local shops in my area. I have narrowed my c hoices down to a 14" Commerical Ektar in VG condition for $500 and a 14-3/4" Ile x Calumet Caltar lens in E++...

Send your lens to a shop you trust now before the fungus starts etching into the coating. I once had a 90 f5.6 Super Angulon that had fungus and I sent it to Schneider USA and they were able to...

I once used at Soligor Spot Sensor meter in the late 80's and it was an anlog meter. It is my understanding the Spot Sendor II was a digital meter.

Where can I find front and rear lens for an older Ilex Calumet Caltar 375mm lens ? Why do so many large format lens have no lens caps when they are on the market for sale?

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I have a Linhof 3-way pan/tilt head, model 139. The tilt control arm and the pan control knob has broken. Does amyone know if parts are available for this head and if so, who should I contact? Thanks!

The type of case you use depends on the type of camera you own. If you have a monorail, then buy a case designed for the monorail. If you have a field camera, thee are many backpacks available....

Well here goes another opinion! F.64 make a very affordable high quality backpack called the BPR that holds a 4X5 field camera, 4 lens, dark cloth and 6-8 holders for around $90. I use it to carry...

I am somewhat familar with the Schneider G Claron line of large format lens. Rec ently I saw a 305 mm Repro Claron lens. How do this lens compare with the 305 G Claron lens and will the Repro Claron...

I've been looking at a used (but mint) Rodenstock 360 mm ("N" model) view camera lens (for use on 8X10) at my local photo shop. It's a beautiful lens but the pr ice of $1400 started making me wonder...

I own a Fuji Photo film dark box model FDB12. It is a changing tent/table that folds up like a brief case. I love it! I use it for both 4X5 and 8X10. I have not seen this tent advertised in the...

Todd... I will add another perpective to your tripod head inquiry. I currently use a Schoon ballhead which is very suitable for 8X10. I also use a head call a Giotto MH1001 ball head to support a...

Somewhere in the last 6 months I read that the Wista 8X10 ($2200 new) was manufa cturered by Tachihara and was basicly the same camera as the Tachihara 8X10 ($13 00 new). From personal experience I...

At one time back in the mid 80's I owned and used a Rajah 4X5 which wasa basicly a 5X7 with 4X5 back. From a functional stand-point the camera worked well. The quality of the wood and the...

If I wanted a lens for product shots and could only get one lens, I would choose a 210 mm lens. That said, I enjoy using a 150 mm for landscape images. For this reason I have both lens. If you are...

The Rodenstock Geronar 210 is a very decent lens and should serve you well for general landscape images. I have seen this lens used for $300-$350 but have never seen a clean example for $250....

I'm sure many of you have already been faced with this issue and can help me mak e the right decision. If I want to make 8X10 B&W contact prints and have a fixed dollar amount to spend on an 8X10...

I don't have a darkroom (and my wife won't let me use the bathroom) but I was wo ndering about the possibility of processing 4X5 & 8X10 B&W negatives in an 8X10 color processing drum (like a Beseler...

Over the past 20 years I have owned two Elwood 5X7 enlargers. I like you, were using it to enlarge 4X5 negatives. If I had the budget, I would have purchased an Omega D2. I did not have the budget...

Anthony... I purchased a 1954 Linhof Technika III within the last 6 months for $300. This camera was in nice shape and has to be the best folding 4X5 camera I have ever owned. I have owned 3 of the...

I need some information on a large format lens. The following info is printed on the lens:

G. Leitmeyr Munchen No 88121 - Doppel - Anastigmat Sytar 1:6.3 f-30cm

I know it is a 300 mm lens with...