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Take that same wooden spring type clothe pin and screw a small pointed screw into one side of the tip of it. The tip of the screw should protrude shightly. This will be similar to the store-bought...

Fill and drain from the bottom spout only. Use the spout that's on the lid as the vent only. Remove the cap on this vent when filling and draining for air passage. This way you will never have to...

I have the Caltar 90mm 6.8 (is the Rodenstock) and although the lever goes past 6.8, it is the widest aperture marking and the iris only starts to open at 6.8. Sounds like you have a different...

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Jennifer,

I backpacked with my Arca-Swiss Discovery to the Philippines in January along with other cameras. The way I packed mine was to separate the standards from the carrier and leaving the...

My local Calumet (San Francisco) sells their 4 ply "Crescent" brand slightly cheaper than Light Impressions' "Westminster" brand. I suspect they're made by the same company. Although I think they...

Michael,

Mine does the same and has always done so. It seems to be working fine so I wouldn't be too concerned.

The Caltar II 150mm f5.6 Standard-Symmetrical is the exact same lens as the Rodenstock APO-Sironar-N. My Caltar came in a Rodenstock box. Between the other lenses I own, (a Caltar II 90mm f6.8...

The ground glass assembly can be pulled back (under spring tension) and a typical holder can be slid in like normal. You can also remove the ground glass assembly completely and that will expose ...

A clothes iron will probably work but will eventually gum up with adhesive and you will have to dedicate it as tacking iron.

Unless you have an Arca head that mates with the mounting block, you will find that the threaded screw will never tighten down completely on a plain flat mounting plate, no matter how tight you...

David,

I have the f6.8 and I works fine. Mine came in a Rodenstock box BTW. Some say that a center filter may be needed to correct for light falloff in the corners but I have never found the...

reset your focus 1/3 the distance from the front mark.

try this

1/16" or 2mm = f5.6, 1/8" or 2.8mm = f8, 5/32" or 4mm = f11, 1/4" or 5.6mm = f16, 5/16 or 8mm = f22, 7/16" or 11mm = f32, 5/8" or 16mm = f45, 7/8" or 22mm = f64, 1 1/4" or 32mm = f90, 1...

After reading Phil's article on soft focus lenses where perforated disks are ins erted between the lens elements (specifically Rodenstock Imagon,) I noticed that the manual that came with my Fuji f/9...

Mario,

I have the Discovery and have had it for about a month now. I am very happy with it. I too am quite new to large format but learning quickly. Yes, there are other cameras out there that...

Donald,

I just got a Discovery a couple of days ago and had the same problem. Mine came with the longer adjustable block that slides up and down the rail. It would twist when I would open the...