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The camera came with the control unit and a cable. I should be able to put it back together in a way that I can get it working again. I suppose some reverse engineering is in order.

So last week I bought a Nikon microscope camera with the intention of getting at the electronic leaf shutter. That was a success and I now have a nice little Copal shutter (Probably size 0) with four...

I calculated yesterday that this campaign alone has resulted in something like over 20,000 sheets of film being preordered. I think the implications of that is what excites me the most.

So I made the worst lensboard ever out of cardboard from a box of tacos to block light and held the lens up by hand to my 8x10. Looks like at "portrait" distances (<10 feet) it may be able to cover...

I'll definitely try to rig something up to use it. It's incredibly heavy and really wide. If my Calumet C1 was in working condition I'd question whether even it could handle it.

Very interesting! If the serial is like other B&L products the C indicates it's a 1949 make. The Z would correspond to something else. (Medical products, perhaps?) Does B&L have a history of having...

So I picked up a lens at auction today that was stuffed in a housing for a General Electric X-ray unit of some sort. Took it home and cracked it open and I can barely make out that it's a Bausch and...

In any case it's in great condition so I'm quite happy, especially with the nearly-nothing I paid. The age is still a mystery to me, though. It seems to be a significantly lower serial number than...

So I picked up a Pentac 8 today from an antique store for a very agreeable price but the markings are a bit different than usual. The front reads exactly: PENTAC 8 INCH f/2.9 No026808 N.O.C
On the...

The printer I'll be using can print about 100 microns high or so, 0.1mm. But the smallest feature it can make with any precision is about 1mm wide. The plastic extruder is too wide to make anything...

Considering how large the acrylic we'll be cutting is, I may be able to do both. It would make Polaroid lens swaps pretty easy..

Perhaps a helicoid would be good to print. The ground glass is a good idea but the acrylic probably isn't flat enough for such a purpose and the laser cutter can't really flatten it. (It either...

The stuff we'll be printing will probably end up being parts that are better off made using a more expensive, complicated process. I went on a tour of a pump shop in February and they used 3D...

Hmmmm I like the sound of that. I hated making boards, but now that I have access to a full machine shop instead of a power drill, vise, hacksaw, and file, that may change.



I feel lens...

So I'm taking a summer program for engineers at the local trade school and we have an assignment to design and make two things. One is to be made of acrylic cut on a laser cutter (12x24 build area),...

As much as I'd like to I have a final in what is possibly my least favourite class ever, Thermodynamics. We'll have to meet sometime this summer, and perhaps then I'll have a photo of myself I can...

Well I'll be damned, it's you! (I'm Eric, one of the guys from that trip to the top of the Bay-Adelaide a few Octobers ago) Finally, someone I know. :D

The C1 is a brute, magnesium or not. A magnesium Eastman Commercial View (Pretty much the Kodak 2D in metal) is much lighter at the cost of most front movements. It also folds up much better.

I have a Belair (Yet to use it...) and indeed everything shutter-related is on the front panel of the body that pops out. Batteries, shutter, meter, everything. It could probably be popped off and...

It's nice to see those of us in Canada will get something extra in the box to compensate for shipping. :D But what will it be... hmm.

Put my order in this morning. Bummed out about missing the early-earylbird special but I'll take a slight discount. $40 for international shipping? Ouch. :(

My credit card awaits... (Unfortunately...)

Ah okay so filter threads are metric. 3.050" corresponds to 77mm so I figured there was a chance. How thick a flange should be enough?

I've looked at that. Not only would it cost some five times what I paid for the lens, it would be wasted on it given the condition. (It's a serious beater) Besides, what fun would that be?

So I found a beat up old Aero Ektar for almost nothing, and I'm trying to figure out how to mount it to a Speed Graphic for some fun. I've read that 82-77mm stepdown rings can be used as flanges......

Well I picked up a Yashica Mat-124 and a Gossen Sixtar for $50 today. Not a total steal but it's a good start to square format. :D

Yep. I started LF a few years ago on a monorail and what really held me back was my unwillingness to take it anywhere. Press cameras offer enough movements for most applications. By the time you get...

So I'll be picking up an Omega 45E, which based on my research seems to be a cheapened Toyo G-series. Seller says the bellows needs replacing, and a brief Google shows it's a simple job with screws,...

Mail it up to Canada and I'll give you $500. ;)

It was a small area (A few square inches at most) on one of the four slides I had done. Unfortunately they're the only local lab that does 8x10 E-6, so I'll stick with them unless it happens again...

So I have a 8x10 E-6 slide that came from the lab with some weird brown-grey streaks on part of it. I put a bit of water and gently rubbed a few of the streaks off, but not before noticing an odd...

I'll be picking one up because with the 30% preorder discount combined with 10% off from the ilovelomo coupon code it works out to less than $200 out of my pocket. Think I'll go for the metal model,...

What do you have to offer for the large format community in particular? Any specific benefits?

Okay so I picked up a pair of beater Linhof Tech IIIs (Version 2 and 5) at scrap prices and now I need to figure out how to get some lenses on it. Of course I didn't know they apparently have boards...

As I thought. We made a prototype of masonite and I think it was actually a bit better. Besides being much easier to make and lighter, the inner side was completely matte after paint. These ones...

So earlier this year I picked up a beat up Eastman Commercial View 8x10. No lens, no boards. No problem, I have a Rodenstock 480mm from the 4x5 kit I bought a few years ago that hasn't been used for...

A bit costly but it's nice to see they're still at it.

"The work should show struggle and hard labor."

Okay next time I'll slit my wrists on the film when I'm loading my negatives suspended 20 feet in the air. That means I'm an artist, right?

Wow that looks great. When will they start to be sold?

Is it from oxidization or something similar that can be mitigated by soaking the film in some sort of clear-coat? (A fixer, of sorts.)