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Two23, glad to hear that you were fortunate enough to meet someone who respects you. I need to work on that and hope that I can do similarly the next time. Time will tell.

Randy Moe, wow, that...

So here we are over three years later and I have been offline. A lot has happened in those three years: specific to these forums, my wife, in her strange ways, decided to clean a shelf in the garage...

If you are using this for black and white copying then it's not going to make a difference what CRI the light source puts out. For color you need as much as possible. From personal experience...

Daniel, if you want, PM me your snail mail address and I'll send you one, gratis, for testing.

There's a local plastics store that sells online and they have AR coated acrylic that is 1/8" thick. I made a ground glass using this stuff for my Toyo View 45E last weekend but it's a bit too clear...

Okay, I'm late to the discussion and I have not read all 19 pages of this discussion so I don't know if this had been mentioned previously or not (a search didn't turn up anything). Nichia has a pair...

No luck with rim set Compurs, but, I picked up a Copal #1 for $130 shipped. Not a great deal but cheaper than the $200+ that they are normally listed for these days.

The numbers themselves should not be confusing. They measure the focal length of the lens regardless what size film is behind it. The problem is that as the film size increases the apparent angle of...

I just might pursue this. I have a small tabletop lathe in my garage and have made more ambitious things than this.

As for fine focusing, the thought had occurred to me that I can probably make a...

It's a Schneider Kreuznach Symmar 150mm f/5.6 convertible. The threads for the front element and for the rear element are different and quite a bit larger than the threads of the #0 shutter that I...

I was very generously given the lens cells for a 150mm lens recently. All I need to buy to use this lens is a Copal #1 shutter and install the lens elements. Looking on eBay I can buy a complete lens...

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This is a photo that I took from the first roll of 120 film (TMax 400) that I've put through the Toyo View 45E using the Calumet C2 roll film holder and the Schneider Kreuznach Radionar...

Thanks go out to cdholden for the package that he sent to me. You see, I bought his Calumet roll film back and, while discussing it over PMs, we struck a deal where I would buy one of his lenses for...

Okay, that seems like the best way to go. Thanks!

Thanks! That's good to know. Is X-Ray film sensitive to darkroom safe lights! I don't want to be cutting paper completely in the dark as I'm very attached to my fingers.

Thanks!

I exposed my first negatives with this camera today. I still need to get a proper lens, but, I did get a Schneider Kreuznach Radionar 105mm f/4.5 lens from an unsalvageable Franka Rolfix folding...

Would you be able to draw a diagram of this? I'm a simpleton and work best with visuals. Thanks! Yes, I'm tempted to give this a try depending on the cost of materials involved.

I bought my first large format camera less than a month ago before I registered for this page so this discussion mostly applies to me. I bought a Toyo View 45E without lens nor film holders. I still...

So, reading up on the "in "Galli style"" thread it occurred to me that I have two meniscus lenses that I had extracted from a photocopier lens (I used to repair them and, while doing a stint in the...

A photo that I took with my D610 at the ruins of the Sutro Baths in San Francisco.

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While that is true, I just tend to sit down in front of the lathe with an idea of what I want to make (and a few dimensions in my head) and just turn out a part. I don't have a shop foreman wondering...

Anyone with a lathe can make something for you in about an hour or so. Just need to know the thread dimensions.

Thanks!

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Here's a photo I took with my D610. It's a converted tug boat out on the San Francisco Bay now serving duty as a fireboat. The lens used is an AI converted 35mm f/2 that was brand new in...

Okay, one step closer to being able to take photos with this camera: I bought a single film holder. Why only one? Because people say that they are usually around $5 used and I bought one at a local...

This is all great info! Thanks everyone!

Thanks. The 30 day wait is actually a good thing since I now need to find out how badly I'm in trouble with the wife for buying this new toy. LOL!



I believe the recessed lens board is 34.6mm...

I've been into photography since taking photography classes back in high school. That was 1982-ish. I've been shooting 35mm film and always dreamed about moving onto the larger formats, but, the cost...