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Hi,

This was my first LF lens, kind offer of Jim Galli, fitted in an optimo no4, shutter. The shutter is useless,
beyond repair. Does anybody know if there is a 'standard' way to fit the cells...

Great!

And great to see another dutchman using a Hermagis Petzval!

regards from the netherlands ;)

I've been looking at the portrait threads weekly, but haven't been posting for a while,
finally had the time to take the agfa ansco 8*10 with a schneider isconar (crazy little cheap lens for the...

Hello,

I have seen several of these fine small camera's, but I'm wondering if normal 4*5 inch cassettes will be usable? Or do they need to be fitted with a new film holder?

any help is welcome...

a portrait is a white background, a person I'm interested in, and the thing that happens between us,

loosely quoting avedon, but this definition got me started in portraits, focussing on the...

Hey Alexei!

Cool!!!

regards

stefan

hermagis petzval wide open,
8*10 inch

wow jim,
that is a very beautiful picture,
love the tonality and calmness

regards

stefan

Hi all,

I would like to get some info on the following lens,
it is a rather massive hermagis, no. 1, extra rapide pour
portraits, V26.098

Does anybody know what the focal length is? Coverage?...

great portrait Donald!
I just keep trying to look around the corner to see the face!

let's see,
I use a petzval that manipulates
the image like crazy, a developer
to push the contrast, and I use
reflectors to guide light in a way
I like it,

Yes, I'm a manipulator!!! ;)
So...

thanks guys,
I have to get used how to work with this lens. I set it to 2,5 diffusion and focussed, but I wonder if it isn't supposed to be the other way round?

regards

stefan

cooke portrait soft focus, first try

Too bad,
I get a error 3 with a beep,
which means there is a problem with the air pump or the
electronics,

The seller is taking the machine back. I hate it when
I assume something works and...

thanks guys, I'll start experimenting and I'll let you know what the outcome is

regards

stefan

Hi Mike,

you're not the mike that just bought a B&L 360mm at hans' store, aren't you?
About the atl, I'm a novice with these machines. What water supplies have to be connected to operate in the...

Hello,

I bought an atl2 plus, and only intend to use it for black and white,
the water temperature is around 16 degrees here,
if I preheat the chemicals in a jobo tbe, and give the water bath...

Hi all,

crazy question, I know,
I have a very old self cocking shutter with an 7.7 anastigmat lens from a
kodak folder. Works fine on 4*5 inch, nice sharp images with enough subtle
gradations,...

thanks pviapiano!

Both taken on board of a large clipper, great ship,
not easy to take pictures with an 8*10 on board of a rocking
boat, including wind force 6, but we managed sort of ;)

regards

stefan

one more hermagis image on 8*10 inch

btw, the print is just unbelievable sharp and creamy!

thanks guys, didnt post for a while, all copyrighted material,
so happy to see the positive reactions!

this is a portrait in downe, kent UK, of the descendants of Charles
Darwin in front of the...

hermagis petzval on 8*10 inch

but what a hell of a picture!!

regards

stefan

Hi,

strange question, I know. But I was wondering if people ever tried this.
I am going to do a photoshoot soon where it would be most usefull to
have a possibility to get as much beside the...

Hi all,

Today I visited the impossible project

http://www.the-impossible-project.com/

As a reporter for dutch public radio I interviewed the project manager,
and I must say, I really hope...

Anybody knows this manyfacturer? Should be at the same time hermagis got into business, never heard of this brand. I spotted a big lens, wondering what this brand means...

regards

stefan

(i...

Stumbled across this thread,
I did buy a mini petzval from Jim, and it turns out to be a great lens,
I cannot shoot at infinity, but till 1 meter approximately,
I bought a t2 canon eos adapter and...

thankx jiri!

no contrast, no sharpness, blurblur, that must be a 'in galli style!' ;)

regards

stefan

one more

dallmeyer petzval, 1863 (and still going strong!)

my second try on a flower,
with the oddest lens I ever used, a kodak anastigmat 170mm from
the twenties, one of the first ever, serial number 805!

Hello,

I have a v700 with a problem, of maybe I have a v700 and my skills are the problem,
I try to scan color negative film (kodak, fuji), and there is just no way to get a relative neutral...

thanks for the info,
I've decided against buying the monster,
just too big, and my cpa should be fine
too,

thanks and regards

stefan

graflex, dallmeyer press

Ok, so I dont develop too much, have an old CPA,
but came across a jobo atl2000 for 400 euro with a
multitank 6. This seems to be a supermachine,
making developing very easy and less time...

Man, what a dissapointment!!
I thought the members of this forum are the LF-hardcore elite, the kind of people setting up the deardorff 8*10 for the occasional birthday shot, experts in...

My daughter:

Dad, damn, when are you ever going to get a normal sharp lens and stop this petzval nonsense!!!!