Toyo makes/made two versions of the sliding back--one that fit only Toyo cameras where the back assembly was swapped for the sliding adapter and another version that fits the international G back...
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Toyo makes/made two versions of the sliding back--one that fit only Toyo cameras where the back assembly was swapped for the sliding adapter and another version that fits the international G back...
I've shot a couple of rolls through the Adapt-A-Roll holder discussed above. This can perhaps best be described as a 6 x 9 version of the Calumet rollholders for 4 x 5. They have a very thin film...
As a followup to this discussion, I've found the information I was looking for. There are several articles in older issues of View Camera:
Jan/Feb 2005 and Mar/Apr 2005 have articles by Gordon...
Sorry, I didn't understand that html was globally disabled on the forum.
Here is the shot of the undercarriage of the Pacemaker front standard.
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After trying unsuccessfully to embed an img src tag in a message, I noticed that in the Posting Rule box near the bottom html was switched off and there is no link to toggle it. I couldn't find any...
archphoto, I had seen an article that described what I wanted to do and it seemed like a reliable procedure. Before attacking my Crown, I wanted to review the details. Last night I had spent a...
I've been searching unsuccessfully for an article I've seen, here or elsewhere, describing a modification that can be made to the clamping pads for the front standard of Pacemaker Graphics that allow...
The 127 Ektar has very limited coverage for 4 x 5, though some of the examples show only some softness of focus, but not falloff of illumination at the limits.
For those shooting rollfilm on their...
Suggested sources for ground glass focusing panel for a Graphic 23. Bright but not obscenely expensive. Fresnel lenses of the same quality.
Another addition:
I recently bought an older 47mm f /8 Super Angulon. While I am futzing around trying to make a recessed lensboard for my Horseman VH, I tried mounting the lens on a Graphic 23. ...
Jeff and Oren,
I think you are both talking about my concerns in attaching focusing panels and rollholders. When I first started using Graphics in the mid-50s, I guess I found it acceptable to...
Here is an image of the Adapt-A-Roll rollholder:
http://www.prairienet.org/b-wallen/BN_Photo/LFN/AAR_rfq1.JPG
Dan, thanks for the tip on the Adapt-A-Roll. I just picked one up on eBay and it looks like it will be a good solution for convenient GG composition with rollfilm with my Horseman VH when I am using...
Brooks,
Many of us have been down this path. It is filled with periods of ignorance and information overload, and often frequent swaps--all part of the fun and adventure.
I've tried to...
Minimum extension for focusing short focus lenses is a primary spec to be concerned with; standards movements based on bellows compression is another concern, particularly when using 4x5 cameras with...
As a followup to Oren's original mention of the Linhof Rapid Rollex, I just note the current price on the B&H site--$1509.95. That is about 75% of the last retail price I saw for the Horseman VH and...
I've got a Horseman VH, which is an affordable compact camera with full movements for someone willing to limit himself to 120 rollfilm. Horseman even provided some attractive accessories that make...
I wonder if anyone has saved a copy of the page that Warren Clark mentions. http://www.horsemanusa.com now seems defunct and I have replicated at least one page of information about Horseman...
Oren Grad recently pointed me to a press release from Komamura, the manufacturer of Horsemans, that they published in 1992 introducing a Horseman Digital VH. This appears to have been a VH 6 x 9...
ic-racer, that is a beautiful VH-R. How about writing a review of this model? Information about lens fitting, cams, VF/RF capabilities and operation are all topics I haven't said anything about,...
Not sure how much Wista VX's changed over their production, but mine has a relatively short two part focusing track that keeps the bed out of the frame with a 65mm lens. Wista suggests a little rise...
The little yellow-circled lever makes this VX a swinger:
http://www.prairienet.org/b-wallen/BN_Photo/LFN/VX_FrontStd1.JPG
Maybe I can intrigue you with some VX accessories that I like:...
Thanks to those of you who shared information about Horseman technicals. On the basis of those sources and information I've harvested from forum posts, I've been able to build a number of pages and...
Incidently, while the idea of mounting a Wista board on a Horseman technical defies one or two physical laws as we know them, going the other way is possible. Horseman made a Horseman 80 => Wista...
I have an older 65mm SA in a #00 shutter and I believe I could make a recessed board for it, possibly with some controls extensions. I'd start with the base unit of my extension tube set which has a...
Just to put some closure on this...I bought an Apo Grandagon 55mm and there is no hope for making a recessed lens board that will enclose the #0 shutter. While it may be possible to laboriously...
I am busy consolidating suggestions for additions to the Horseman Technicals page, particularly the information from the now outdated catalog pages from B & H. I wrote to them asking about the...
David, I think that your long, recent article on lenses would have been considerably less effective without the images. The way you have used them helps organize the text, even when you are not...
QT, glad to hear your comments, since I can see significant administrative overhead to some of these ideas. Funneling pages through one person who insures the health of the site and some uniformity...
Thanks for the information.
I will probably go ahead and get a 55mm Grandagon, since it will work nicely on my Wista VX with the recessed board. It will be easier to come up with a prototype...
Oren,
Thanks for the note. I had wanted to add some of the older models to the page, but didn't know enough to make intelligent entries. I will link to the 985 page and the Butkus manuals, which...
I can think of a couple of Web page strategies to try to provide the kind of support that Dakotah describes. It is possible to develop text only pages and provide branches in the Web page coding...
Paul, thanks for the link. I had seen these available on eBay. Your how-to makes it easy to see how to adapt this to Graphics and probably several others. I've added an entry.
This question prompted a small project; here is the result.
http://www.prairienet.org/b-wallen/BN_Photo/LFN/ReflexFinders1.html
focalplane,
You may find what you are looking for here:
http://www.prairienet.org/b-wallen/BN_Photo/LFN/ReflexFinders1.html
If you discover something new, please share.
I recently was trying to find information on Horseman technicals. Google searches mostly turned up forum threads, but no pages that summarized different models available and their specs and...
SORRY: Thread should be Reflex and Magnifying Viewers Survey
To feed a growing interest in exploring different kinds of alternatives for groundglass viewing I thought I would create a page that...
I've been looking for a place to post this. If you think it fits better somewhere else please feel free to move it.
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I have recently been doing a reorganization of my large format...
It's good when this site goes down occasionally just to cause us to reflect on the impressive uptime that is provided by the site design, the admins and the provider. This kind of service tends to...
Oren,
Thanks, I'll try to contact Bob Eskridge.
Yes Horseman 80mm boards are just too small. I've got an older 65mm SA f/8 on a flat board and its in a #00 shutter. I fantasized about a...