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    Re: Graflex RB Series D Newbie questions

    for rollfilm buy a Mamiya RB
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    Re: Tessars and image circle

    I use a 210 Xenar on 5x7, it will give you plenty of movement on 4x5, the 180 is also usable on 5x7; over the time I collected a 135, 165, 180, 210, 270 and 300, the 165 is a Zeiss, the others are...
  3. Re: Dry Plate s—is there any source for sensatized dry glass plates?

    have a look here, but the shop is placed in germany
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    Re: The Invisible Camera

    It points to 1st of April, a foolish day here in Europe.^^
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    Re: Question about old camera

    made some advance with this project, thanks to the idea of Stevens I made kind of camera plate after some tries with using the original tripod screw. Its much more stable now and I use the original...
  6. Thread: grade

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    Re: grade

    Thank you
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    Re: grade

    Thanks for your answer, I found different suppliers for the liquid emulsion, I will start a try with a yellow filter.
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    grade

    I got a 30x40 camera and want to shoot glass plates.
    For testing the camera I made some shots on paper to check for proper focus and lightleaks etc.
    I used paper graded 3 and together with the...
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    Re: liquid light

    Thank you all, I will start today with some paper in my new camera; got a groundglass made by a local glassworker and attached a big lens to my Sinarshutter and alltogether to the camera. I am kind...
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    liquid light

    as I understand this is similar to emulsions used on paper. If I coat a glassplate this way will it give a negative I can make contact copies from?
    Thanks
    Martin
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    Re: speed of plates

    Denise, I have seen your wonderful lightfarm before, real great stuff. The shown plates were shot in the range of 8 seconds, this is fine for landscape or still, but whats about street scenes, these...
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    Re: speed of plates

    Thanks for your reply,
    I just want to know what kind of coating is used to get the 40 ASA plate.
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    speed of plates

    I just want to start plate photography, reading a lot around I thought that wet plate is rated at about ASA 1.5 and dry plate is much slower. Now I found that link where ASA 40 dry plates are...
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    Re: LF format sizes

    30x40cm (12x16 )
  15. Re: Talk me out of buying a Elinchrom D-Lite Monolight?

    Dont know what you understand under home-brew battery, if you want to fire your flashes portable you will need a battery and a sinus converter and a loading tool. Alltogether the cheapest working...
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    Re: Question about old camera

    http://www.bitterechtfreundlich.info/30x40/_30X40_4.jpghttp://www.bitterechtfreundlich.info/30x40/_30X40_5.jpg

    Need some ideas about the wooden slidings, they are not very smooth, so something is...
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    Re: Question about old camera

    Steven, sorry, I missed this bay- link,
    got the camera now, which is, as you mentioned above, an enlarger,
    I try to include some pics, showing:
    that there is a 3/8 screw in for a tripoid, the...
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    Re: Question about old camera

    Thank you
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    Re: Question about old camera

    My thoughts about the two halfes sliding system have been similar, thanks for pointing me to the Century stand.
    I see the camera like it is shown on pic 3 from that bay description and hope the use...
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    Re: Question about old camera

    Thanks for your explanations,
    the front bellows seems to me to be used for copywork too,
    but without it its a nice camera^^
    My idea is that I can rework the front bellow thing to attach my sinar...
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    Re: Question about old camera

    I just know it from the pics on that auction site, hope to get it soon.
    Because of the very "portable" design I hope it will not need a board/board.
    What I dont see is some gear to focus, hope it...
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    Re: Question about old camera

    Yup,
    first I have to look for a lense,
    what I found a Symmar 360/5.6 will cover and seems to be the cheapest way.
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    Re: Question about old camera

    soon I will know more, got it.
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    Re: Question about old camera

    Thanks for your answer.
    One plate holder lays down there, it can be attached to the back.
    I know this camera only from pics, some pics show the holder attached.
    So you think that black frame can...
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    Question about old camera

    50143
    is this black frame a camera back without GG or just the rear frame of the bellows.
    Thanks and Kind Regards
    Martin
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    Re: sale and exchange 12 x 10 camera

    We just know you are an Englishman^^
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    Re: 5x7 field camera and extreme wide lenses

    for field use its very heavy
  28. Re: 150 Year Old LF Camera in Daily Use in India (Story LA Times)

    maybe 30 years ago I was shot with such an "Instant camera" in Izmir/Turkey.
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    Re: CARBON INFINITY CAMERA 5"X4"

    He owns one, or maybe owned or maybe I am wrong^^
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    Re: Food / product photography

    For food and product work you dont need to get a field camera like Shen Hao, instead look for an old Cambo/Calumet studio camera, price maybee 100 or 200 bucks. For the adapter, buy an broken lens...
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    Re: Old ground glass...how to brighten?

    "...You might also be able to replace the whole back, assuming (dangerously, perhaps) that later Speed Graphics have the same box as earlier ones. If so, put the back from a later Speed junker on...
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    Re: Who's Day Job is Photography?

    I´ve been for 15 years, after that I started producing videos and later on computer animations and 3 years ago the local photographer retired and I bought his "photoshop" and studio.

    Now I do pics...
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    Re: hallo from austria

    Welcome, and,
    dont try to build your own camera, there is a lot of finest stuff around for cheap.
    Regards
    Martin
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    Re: coupled viewfinder on 6x9 cameras?

    question of the year^^
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    Re: 12 x 15 Completed

    Does it include a holder?
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    Re: Advice on scanning negatives

    Go with the Imacon, take some film and invest 1 hour of training and 2 or 3 for scanning.
    Regards
    Martin
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    Re: Wet Plate on Cambo 4x5" view camera

    hope this helps
  38. Re: Why do asymmetric lenses have less DOF in front-forward position?

    We could send a copy of this thread to Stockholm^^
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    Re: New camera project - 8x10 Seneca View

    I have a black Improved View and find it very elegant
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    Re: Any idea what this is?

    The flipping groundglassholder is missing
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