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Thanks Vincent. That is very useful, and I will use it when I measure on Saturday.

Okay. This weekend I'll measure everything. My plan to get needed flange size is to measure diameter with calipers, then to determine the thread of the lens with a thread gauge, and subtract twice...

Okay, but after this odyssey, I demand pictures of the children of this union (when available).

Congrats to all!

I have a few old flanges laying around that fit nothing, and a (good) few lenses lacking flanges; and my guess is that quite a few members could say the same. It would be great if we could set up an...

Thanks Mark. That's very helpful. In the end I'm not sure I will be able to part with it. Stephen, thank you as well. Mine is in very good condition, although the varnish is more or less gone from...

There seem so many versions of the Dallmeyer 3B. Are you able to clarify the value by model? For example, the one I have is brass, in good condition and with flange, with rear soft focus adjustment...

One product I miss new is the Paterson Orbital. I contacted the company once suggesting they do another run and they wrote back saying they no longer had the tooling. Not much more than a black...

Right now I am using taking lenses on both the 4x5 and 5x7. On the 5x7 I use a Fujinon 250mm, as I have one mounted on the correct board. I have not done anything larger than 8x10 using the...

Yes, that's probably where I got the original idea. It works fine for the 4x5.

Sure they are! All you need is a closet...

While this may not be the ideal solution, it is a solution within the reach of anyone with a camera and basic woodworking skills. Here is one more image:

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Here are a few more views. I didn't have any diffusion glass, and have not found any locally yet, so I used a piece of white acrylic. If I find some glass I can replace the acrylic.

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Since this worked so well, and since I don't have an enlarger for my 5x7, I decided to make one. Here is the enlarger completed. The camera is mounted on a board, which has shelf supports attached to...

I have a Graflarger, and when I burned up the power supply for the coldlight I replaced it with a CFL in a box, reusing the base of the Graflarger that attaches to the camera and holds the diffusion...

Take it diving! But you will need a big housing...

Looks lovely.

Tim

Sweet!

I tend to use the levels on my tripod head or, since I was a carpenter back in the day, just eyeball it.

Yes, that is the rub. If I take the barrel off their is nothing to apply extreme torque to. Oh well. I'll save this problem for another thread and another day. After work today my next task is to get...

Thanks Garrett. Its oddly unknown, and I think must be a very late example of a lens made for the local trade [I]after[I] the rest of the world had moved on from large format soft focus. I assume the...

Damn, if only I could read that. I need one of them thar slim belly patches...

Thanks Stephen. This is a fascinating lens. You can search all over the internet, and there is almost no information for this model, and no pictures. The cool think is that for soft focus there are...

Ha! Got it apart. Cut the diameter of one part in a 1x4, split it, then clamped it round the lens to hold that part, then did the same in a longer piece of wood to make a wrench to turn it. Funny, or...

Sounds like a plan!

Here is another, shot in a hurry a few days ago. Shot at f4.5. Mother and daughter were seated on a bench at a 45 degree angle to the camera, so I used swing to try to get the depth of field needed;...

Here is my main squeeze, shot with a Dallmeyer 3B in available light on 4x5, f11 and one second (black hat shutter). The blur evident in the earring is probably movement rather than softness from the...

Yes, he is on my ignore list, and the only time I see anything he writes is when it is quoted in someones post.

JR, I think what you need is a small meniscus lens wide open. A meniscus (i.e. simple) lens can give a sharp image in the center area, with sharpness falling off rapidly away from that (see some...

They are all good lenses that will cover 4x5. The Optar is an old lens make for a Speed or Crown Graphic. Modern lenses are better, but the Optar is lighter and still a good performer. Most people...

Here is mine, from the Frankenpetzval on 5x7.

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I've an old petzval that was missing an element. I took one out of a overhead projector and popped it in there and that big honking petzval gives me a completely circular image on 5x7. I'll post an...

Yes, it is compelling. To start I would go with Ilford FP4 or similar. Don't worry to much about color to begin. Development of B&W is easy and very forgiving.

Sure it will fit in a backpack, no problem. You will not burn through film with this. Its much more about "making" a photograph rather than "taking" one. If you are shooting black and white take a...

I would use the lens that is on it to start. It is likely to be either 127mm or 135mm, which is a normal lens on 4x5 (about like a 50 on 35mm).

A lens board is a board on which the lens is...

Actually, I just signed up this morning. I was hoping to be number 1000, and win a prize. Did I?

Does this camera have a lens board or just a hole for the Augulon?

Really good to see younger people involved. When this thread started the youngsters were 50!

Jim, sorry for associating you with swirly bokeh, but I think Eddie did if first! I like all your work, but to me personally "Galli style" will always conjure elegant and expressive classic car...

Hmm... Its clear not all pictorialism is soft focus, but can we say all soft focus is pictorialism (except 'Galli Style' swirl, which I think wasn't invented until the 21st century).

It looks in focus. Are you focusing with a ground glass, or using the rangefinder on your Polaroid? The light is a bit hot. Try shooting in open shade to eliminate the blown highlights. Depth of...

One second exposure and f4.7 is the cause of unsharpness. Just shoot a still life and then you will know for sure.

A second cause of unusual unsharpness is encountered with some old lenses, which...

I would think the Meridien would be perfect for your neds as a knockabout but capable 4x5.

I could shoot like George if I had his models! (At least I would have fun trying...)