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Thanks guys!!! I've got enough now to keep myself informed and interested.

And this afternoon I now own the 210mm f6.3 Yamasaki Congo! Got it for $90 bucks US on Evilbay. I'll use this one on my...

A couple of years ago, I bought a Calumet 4x5 with a couple of lenses, one of which was a tiny Commercial Astragon 180mm f6.3. It was mounted in an equally tiny Seiko shutter. I let it remain in the...

My oldest lens is a Kodak Commercial Ektar of 8 1/2" mounted in an Ilex #3 shutter. I just bought a Rittreck 5x7 field camera, and am going to permanently mate the two. I think it'll be a marriage...

I've used 150mm a lot, but for the past two years I've been using a Nikkor-W 180mm f5.6. I prefer the slightly longer focal lengths. As Doramus Scudder points out above, though, the slightly shorter...

My field combo is a 90mm Schneider, a 180mm Nikkor, and a 240mm Schneider. In spite of the bevy of riches, 90-95% of my outdoor shots are taken with the 180mm, which I prefer over the 135 or 150mm...

I use both medium format (Mamiya C330) and large format (Linhof Kardan Super Color) for portraits. The time you take to set up with a LF camera simply produces a different KIND of portrait, a more...

I'll tell you what I think . . . . I have a Sinar F2 in almost mint condition, and I chose it over the Norma because I wanted a dedicated tabletop yaw free machine. It was fine, but when I got hold...

I have a very nice Linhof 45S, but was having a lot of trouble with occasional light leaks from that poorly designed lack of space between the rail knobs and the loading mechanism if I put the...

I do have a Calumet, Mark. Perhaps putting the Astrogon on this camera might free up the 210mm Schneider that's on it for a 5x7 field camera . . . . . .

Just did an Ebay check of B&J cameras in general . . . you know, a guy could make a pretty good case for a collection of just their cameras! They were a pretty big player in the early to mid part of...

I have a B&J monorail. Big, heavy, clumsy and lovable. The flatbed might be great. Don't have a Crown Graphic, so that's good too. There's a start! I'll keep checking older Japanese knockoffs, too.
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I have a Commercial Astragon 180mm f6.3 in a Seikosha SLV shutter, just repaired by Carol Miller. I know it's basically a copy of a Kodak Commercial Ektar, made in Japan in the 1970's to take up the...

Well, I appreciate knowing that my post might actually not be silly . . . that others have thought of this before as is usual in the LF world. I really think after reading all the comments that the...

Okay - I've been playing around with 5x7 now for 3 weeks, and done perhaps a dozen photographs and the same amount of paper negatives. Verdict? I just LOVE the format. I've done contact print,...

Thanks guys! Got lots to go on now!!!

Alan - found some f6.3s online, but no 6.7. Just wondering.

Looking for a longish (240mm to 300mm) portrait lens on 4x5 that would also effectively cover 8x10 as a landscape lens. The hitch - I don't want a large filter size because I use filters a lot in my...

Thanks, guys! The old toothbrush trick sounds great. Now I'll have to get an old toothbrush! Yes, the Grover was pretty beat up, but it looks nice now. dj, is yours an 8x10? :D Took some work. But...

Well, I sure didn't figure it was original, Mat, but as I stumbled upon it, I thought I'd share it anyway! The Ecclesiastes Principle, it is, it is. "There is nothing new under the sun." Hope...

I know there is nothing new under the sun in the LF world, and the world is inhabited by the most inventive, pragmatic people I've ever met, but I did something I'd not seen talked about before, so I...

That's why I have two. I bought a second that had new bellows for $219.00 I don't think there's a better field camera. Blows my old Toyo 45A out the window in convenience and movements.

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That's Half Plate size- 6 ½" x 4 ¾", or 12 x 16.5cm. I could use some of that, I've got the right holders...





Yay!!! Thanks guys! I'll scout...

Quote Originally Posted by jb7 View Post
That's Half Plate size- 6 ½" x 4 ¾", or 12 x 16.5cm. I could use some of that, I've got the right holders...





Yay!!! Thanks guys! I'll scout...

I wish I had your luck, guys. Here's what I got:

Length:

http://www.pbase.com/moltogordo/image/160804192.jpg


Width:

http://www.pbase.com/moltogordo/image/160804194.jpg

I have 11 filmholders now, and they're all 5x7. Please check out my first picture in this thread. That's a 5x7 piece of Ilfobrom. Look at the negative overlaying that paper. It isn't even close.The...

I still have to look for a better tripod though, Jim. I have a Toyo GX now, and that will be my dedicated tabletop camera. It is a beast, and nothing I have now will be really solid enough for what I...

No, Jim, you will not be castigated at all. As a matter of fact, I couldn't agree with you more. I bought this camera only because it was $75, and it gave me an entry point. Right now, I'm going to...

My Burke&James "Grover" monorail:

http://www.pbase.com/moltogordo/image/160795730.jpg



Okay . . . looks like, from these photos below, the light leak repair I did has done the trick. I...

James - check out the first shot I posted in this thread, where the Shanghai negative is placed over a 5x7" sheet of enlarging paper. That's more than "slightly".

We're talking a quality control...

You guys have hit most of the nails on the head.

I checked the bellows thoroughly. More thoroughly than I've ever done before. I put in FOUR LED flashpanels into the bellows, and closed the back...

I've done the flashlight thing but I'll try a bare bulb. I'm actually suspecting the film holding housing at the upper left corner.

I realize what you are saying about the film, but the box is...

Not new to 4x5 but 5x7 just isn't the same beast. I'm working at solving the problems, but let me enlighten you as to what I'm having trouble with. I have lots of work to do. Suggestions welcome.
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I had only a 45A (older model, with a revolving back) as my only 4x5 for many years. It's a very good camera and in a pinch can do everything.

I cannot think of a better field camera within...

Absolutely, positively and completely. It doesn't take long, and the upsidedown/reversed viewing (and I'd say the same about the reversed image in a TLR) ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY and COMPLETELY will...

We all put limits on our collections or they'll get out of hand. Not interested in Ebony. They're a high-end niche manufacturer with limited production, like Ferrari. Outside of my perimeters.

But...

Some beautiful stuff, Dr T. I see that you've limited your collection, too. I do only SLRs between 1951 and 1984, Japanese and East German. (and now monorails between the same years). Otherwise I'd...

In real terms, I've limited my collection to cameras built between 1951 and 1984 and major manufacturers only. (My birth year and the general year of electronic shutters in SLRs. I'll go a few years...

Well, it looks like the Toyo GX is taken care of! That will give me all next year to play around with getting an 8x10 Cambo and an Arca Swiss. Thanks to Mike on the forum, and a bit of magic...

Rafael Druian was concertmaster of several big orchestras, including the New Philharmonia in England, if memory serves me correctly. He was one of the world's great concertmasters and chamber...

Planning to. Summer is no makey money time for musicians and music teachers, so for the next 2 1/2 months I have to learn to use what I have. But I have a line on an 8x10 Cambo Master, which I hope...