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Yes, it looks identical. Only difference is the two round shaped notches on the border. Don't know if they are just for easy removing or whether there is another reason for it.
Would be great if a...

Surely not for the Epson Scanners. Have a V800 here on my desk. They are almost 1 cm thick so they are very likely supposed to be slided in somewhere in a slot. Therefore yes, Agfa or Microtech could...

Dear all,

I have a bunch of brand new and unused scanning film holders which I would like to sell but I have no idea for what scanner they are.
Can someone please help to identify them?`
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Hi Tim, do you remember which is the right direction for the center element? I have the same problem here. Recently bought a 36cm Heliar from 1946 and the back element was in the opposite direction....

Thanks Steven,
now I understand why I cannot unscrew it further. So I have to send the craftsman the entire lens in order to build the flange.

Hello,

Does anybody know how to open the glass fitting of the two optical elements from a Voigtländer Euryscop IV #5 ? I can easily unscrew the front and rear element from the barrel but need to...

We have now a nice discussion here about subjective aesthetics. Petzval lenses are of course absolutely poorly built by modern standards and photographers in the mid 19th century tried everything to...

Bokeh is a Japanese word, describing the way how nicely a lens renders the out-of-focus sections in the image. Because of its nice, swirly bokeh and its tack sharp center, the Petzval lenses are so...

Hello,

I recently found an interesting and for me unknown lens: C. Reichert Wien - Neu-Solar 400mm f/4.5 which was probably a lantern lens since there is no aperture nor a slot for waterhouse...

What you called the "European Half Plate" looks indeed typical European. The format is slightly larger than the later "Postkartenformat" 10x15 cm used in the beginning 20th century for making postal...

Ian, thanks for the information. Do you have an idea where the other dimensions come from? Other eras with other plates? Just errors?

Regards
Matthias

Hello all!

Can anybody tell me the axact size of the half plate format?

I could find different explanations:

4.5 x 5.5 inches
4.25 x 5.5 inches
4.75 x 6.5 inches
4.25 x 6.5 inches

Thanks Steven,

you are right, the hard paper is a kind of material which nobody can offer you today. I have to find a second Compur # 2 to be used as a spare part donor. Will see.

Best regards...

Hello,

Is there anybody who could help me with a used Compur # 2 shutter? While cleaning one of my shutters I broke one of the iris blades which are made from a specially treated hard paper.
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Hello lrudyk,

Is the Noblux projecter still available? If so, I would be very interested in buying this item!

Best regards
Matthias