As far as I know the rails will fit any Sinar (Norma, F, P).
We aren't allowed to discuss prices around here, but the ones I bought cost me a tenth of the amount you mention ... just to give you...
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As far as I know the rails will fit any Sinar (Norma, F, P).
We aren't allowed to discuss prices around here, but the ones I bought cost me a tenth of the amount you mention ... just to give you...
I know Steven Tribe has done a good few (?) of these ... maybe there is something of worth in the thread here: ...
The Diana Bloomfield book creations - really nice stuff. Cyanotypes can be so good when you nail it.
The portfolio stuff is also great - a lot to see and think about in there. I enjoyed the...
Dekel? Isn't that good ol' Friedrich Deckel?
For the 1946 version - could it be that there wasn't much left of the factory, leaving only spare parts to make shutters out of?
I think it is...
Welcome,
the Norma is a fine camera indeed, and may it serve you well.
Here is one idea, for example:
https://fstop138.berrange.com/2016/09/building-a-uv-led-light-box-for-cyanotype-and-lumen-printing/
There are some mentions of the spacing of the LED strips, but...
Just wanted to update this thread, since I personally found the interview very inspiring.
You may read it over here:
https://robertlangham.blogspot.com/2020/09/interview-by-rita-lombardi.html
Welcome to the forum!
Since you are in the UK, ask Mark Voce. -> vocecameras.com
I can recommend his work.
Perhaps it is this one you mean (Manfrotto 359 lens support):
http://collodion-art.blogspot.com/2013/03/great-large-format-camera-support.html
Happened to remember that Alex Timmermans uses...
I am just guessing, but I think the mechanism is very simple, relying on the coil being strong enough to move the black metal piece connected to the aperture ring. Since you release it by pressing...
The "mickey mouse ears" (DB) mounted lenses that I have experienced have been a bit stiff to move in general, which may be because of its construction, or that the aperture on the lens itself is...
Contact the man behind the collection, maybe he has the original advertisment, or a higher quality scan of it.
I have the same Wanderer cloth, very happy with the Lunar surface too.
Perhaps something similar to this?
http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/appareil-2589-Bentzin_.html
Indeed, sir. The thread is worn out, metric or otherwise.
Thanks to everyone that contributed to the thread (pun intended, hah) this far.
I have not been able to recognize the thread gauge, but with the help of some guts, a loupe and a japanese needle...
Theory is one thing, and one can go half-mad with all the perhaps and what-ifs. Try the lens you have in your hands first. See what it really can do. Maybe you find yourself down another road in...
I updated the first post to be a bit clearer - with a photo of the screw and where it is going (swing mechanism of a Sinar Norma). I am putting it here too, in case someone can't be bothered to read...
Thanks Tony,
I took one of the undamaged ones to the local store but no luck there, since they only have standard m5 nuts, which jams almost immediately - "sir, the threads on this screw must be...
Flap folders and archive boxes, similar as shown above, but for example from Secol -> www.secol.co.uk if one is in Europe.
Thanks for your answers - I have been assuming that it has metric threads, but assumptions only go so far ...
I bought some tools to get a more exact measure, since a loupe and a ruler is too...
Thanks Tin Can and Jim,
good to know where to start at least, and that it might be possible to get out of the bad situation. The screw is partly mangled - I guess it was galling. There was a...
I am in a pinch ...
I think I need to replace a shoulder screw. It all looked like the sunny side of the street, that it would be a regular M5 screw. A slotted screw, but still ... no problem....
There is an account of Carleton Watkins doing hour-long exposures in the book "Carleton Watkins - Making the West American" by Tyler Green, though it seems Green got this information from some other...
I measured the other shims.
The shift has two shims, inner diameter 5 mm, outer 12 mm and thickness is 0.08 mm, so I guess one shim with 0.15 mm thickness could also work. The swing has only one...
I measured the diameter with a vernier caliper. I think the outer diameter is of less importance, and my shims anyways fit a bit loose on the rod, so I think you will be fine.
I'll have to check...
I went downstairs and measured the shims. I thought it was only one at first, but it was actually two. The rod itself measures 5 mm in diameter at the ends. The inner diameter of a shim is 7 mm,...
Thanks, NormaN - another rabbithole to fall down into ... :)
I thought about this today too - Microtools perhaps? But I am also looking for thin shims, can't figure out what they might be called in german, have only found thicker stuff.
How strange it is ... I find it contrived and overdone. The photographs are sort of nice in themselves, but the story ... it lessens the possible impact of the photographs.
Maybe it is because I...
If I understand you correctly, I think that you should be able to put shims on the too long one. You should then put the shims closest to the knob, so that the thread does not screw all the way in. I...
Corran,
if you didn't move the camera and tripod ... to me, it really is a prime example of wide angle "distortion" of the near/far relationships when looking at the setup photo. I also wonder -...
I enjoyed it, with its absence of overwhelming technical details. It was paced in such a way that it felt like there was room for my own thoughts.
Thanks Jerry - it is good that the fb group is open without having to log in. That signal-to-noise ratio ... gosh.
Hopefully, once I get my second camera, the "project" Norma into shape, I'll...
The link above in my earlier post contains links to the video -> https://tlrgraphy.com/2012/09/24/the...rma-cla-guide/
I am still hoping there will be a continuation on this topic, too. I started out on the hi-tech lube route, but ended up actually taking apart and cleaning mine out. Started with the second "project"...
Perhaps it is a good idea to set the camera up and try to make at least a few test photos, just to see what is working and not. After doing that, it may be easier to tell us which problems you have...
I can't stress enough the need for some decent tools, as described in the CLA material. The gib screws were the hardest to get out - on my camera they needed acetone (nail polish remover) several...
Welcome NormaN,
Here is a guide to taking care of a Sinar Norma -> https://tlrgraphy.com/2012/09/24/the-sinar-norma-cla-guide/
Have a look, and see if it is anything you feel confident doing....
Good to know, Bob - I'll have to contact them to get some new ones.
I've always wondered if there was an "official" tripod for the Norma, and I have seen FOBAs being mentioned in Ebay listings....