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Thanks for all the recommendations. I think I'm going to try the Caswell nickel plating kit.

Looking for opinions/experiences with restoring hardware on an old view camera.
I'm in the process of restoring an 8x10 Burke and James. It had lots of rust on the hardware, but with Scotchbrite...

I know a photographer in my hometown that has a Beseler 57MB that was used in his professional photo studio for years. It's been sitting for years and he asked me to make an offer on it.
With 4x5...

My plan was to remove the original diffuser and put a new one directly above the negative carrier. It looks like I'll be able to get the Aristo head closer to the negative carrier than I originally...

Thanks Andrew.
What enlarger are you using?

I'm in the process of converting either an 8x10 enlarging camera or a 5x7 Elwood into a 5x7 cold light enlarger.
My question is: how close does the light source need to be to the negative?
I know...

I recently picked up a super clean B&J Ingento enlarging/reducing camera and an Aristo 12"x12" cold light head with the intention of building a horizontal 5x7 enlarger.
Before I launch into the...

I got it with an enlarging camera

It has what looks like a Chinese character next to the ivory dot with what appears to be a "1" on it.
On the end, there's a number 3, and a number 21 under the dark slide.

Thanks for the help...it's definitely the prettiest, most overengineered holder I've ever seen

the darkslide is also hinged in 2 places, which i've never seen before in a holder

the glass in it is 11 3/4" x 9 3/4"

last photos, showing the one marking on it

Seems to be some kind of contact printing frame or plate holder, but I'm not sure how it's used. Fancier than any I've ever seen...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31191274@N04/sets/72157629302643394/

I'm looking at buying it based on the photos, but i'm not sure if it would be useable.
Seems to be a lot of extra parts...not...

Looks like it might work?
https://www.getflexseal.com/

The Nikon 35mm sn 530047 and the 50mm Summicron turned up.
Luckily, he was insured...saddest part is that the thieves got all of his computers and all of his photo back-up drives.

Hello all,
I know it's not LF, but a friend of mine in Nashville had most of his camera gear stolen from his house yesterday. I don't know if it helps to get serial numbers out there, but here's...

I'm kind of new to the the actual mechanics of optics, so here it goes...
If i wanted to mount a barrel lens in a shutter, how would i calculate where the aperture blades would be placed?
thanks in...

Is it possible to use a Zone VI cold light stabilizer with an Omegalite D2?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Thanks for all of the info.
It doesn't appear to be coated, and cosmetically, it's probably user grade (brassing, filter thread ding, etc.), but the glass is great.
I milled a lensboard so that...

I'm new to large format and just bought a 4x5 Cambo SC.
With the purchase, the original owner threw in a Cooke Triple Convertible 12.25" in a Betax No.5 shutter. The lens is in really good shape and...