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Hello Everyone

I saw a reasonably nice camera with all sorts of bits and bobs but I am curious to know if they are any good?

It has a badge saying HANZA and it looks like ebony or possibly rose...

Well folks, tomorrow is the big day! We are on the farm where it all happened 110 years ago and tomorrow at 12:00 and 12:05 GMT +2 it all happens.

I have built a complete darkroom in a box with...

Gents, my observations about upping thicknesses etc was purely about ensuring that the camera I plan to build has the necessary strength for it's size.

I definitely do not plan to take an 8x10...

Hello again folks

OK, call me fickle if you like but the plan is now solidly on track...sourcing wood, brass screws etc...

I am upsizing the old quarter plate to 8x10 and I am starting to make...

Thanks Jon

Googled it, saw the price...nearly started crying...LOL

Hello Ian

The bottom tip of Africa is my side of the pond...I would love to know more though...

OK, just to be sure...does the frosted (inside?) surface of the groundglass have to sit on the film plane? I would think it had to...IF I have THAT right it all falls into place nicely from there...

Thanks very much, that looks good...pity my french is next to non-existent but I get the idea.

Do you use a ground glass in this example?

Thanks for all the responses folks.

It will take me a while to get my head around all that...I am new to LF and hearing all those names are utter Greek to me.

In principle I like to buy from...

I imagine my first hurdle would be that of aligning the planes of ground glass with that of the film...any ideas?

I know there is a wealth of information in those links but I sadly do not have the...

Hello Ian and all you other wonderful folks...

I tinkered with the old girl tonight with the aim of studying her to copy and every time I am more amazed at the simplicity of the design.

At...

Hello everyone

I am toying with the idea of building a 8x10 view camera but I would like to put the best possible lens in it for landscape and similar work.

IF various lenses would be an option...

I think for now my plan would be to make an upscaled replica of the Billcliff / J.T. Chapman I just restored and upscale it to 8x10.

I would then do absolutely everything as close as possible to...

Well, I am headed for Lesotho in a week or three with the old camera to go and complete a 110 year circle. We will make a day trip into Lesotho and I will be taking ALL the toys...

Hoping to...

No, Port Elizabeth.

Do you know of any serious film shooters in Bloem?

Jim, I was thinking of doing exactly that with the old Joshua Billcliff I just finished restoring. It is simple, elegant and reasonably easy to copy...but then I thought, ahh hell, why not do 8x10......

Thanks for the responses folks.

Great info to work through...will make some decisions.

Hello all you wonderful LF people

I do not see such a thread recently and I would like to give it a go.

Anyone tried it lately?

Any advice?

Surely it can be done?

Hello everyone

Just curious to know if anyone might have wide angle antique brass barrel lenses they are willing to part with?

The Wray I currently have is ever so slightly wider than 50-60mm...

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This is what she looks like now:cool:

The shutter runs beautifully but it is a tricky little animal to get used to. I will probably be using her in the 1/4 second to 1 second range and...

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Just a quick update...

Yesterday I picked up the shutter at the Post Office, rebuilt by Ian Grant. What a fantastic guy! If ever you can, please support him...his service is...

Hello there Andreas.

Wie geht es Ihnen?

Imagine that, the wonders of modern technology...I am not on here every day but look forward to chatting.

Anton

Well, I never, wonder of any of you Saffa lot are still on here?

Would be interesting to know!

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Here is a 100% crop from the 2400 dpi scan after two adjustment layers and very standard USM applied.

I see the start of a beautiful thing here...:D

Sounds about right Steven! LOL

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Here is the first image worth showing and simply because I am finally getting better exposures. My first two were badly over-exposed and the next two...

I wonder why, though...was it because of Chapman's fame as an "educated man" being a chemist maybe?

Interesting indeed!

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So I built one prototype balsa sheet film holder and it works a treat. I was worried that the film plane would be off but it works very well and I will now build two more on the...

Steven, gotcha, I have a thread in DIY so will carry on there.

What I did up to now was purely a test carrier to see if the film would be on the right plane and I seem to have got that right...

Hello everyone

I started a thread in the DIY section too which, I believe might be the more appropriate section but in case some on here do not know about it, here is a link to my latest blog...

Some great progress I think...

Have a looky here if you like:

http://www.antonroland.com/2013/01/kicking-off-2013-creating-total-chaos-and-the-countdown-to-21-june-2013/

Yep! Ebony inserts a plenty! Both on the camera and on the film casettes

Thanks for all the responses everyone.

I have yet to send by broken shutter to IanG for a repair, hoping to do it next week during a bit of a break.

As soon as it is received back I should have...

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I am just curious to hear from anyone with any personal experience of these shutters...it seems like a rather large bit of mechanics sitting on the front of the lens.

Exactly how...

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Just to let you know that things are coming along nicely. The cracked bit has been glued back into place and the lens is fitted.

Further to that she is getting some regular TLC...

Thanks Steven

Will get a design going as close to this as possible.

I got the (rather slim) screw-on brass hood back today with ding beautifully removed and this is already fitted to the front of the lens again.

I am now talking to this same jeweler about cleaning...

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Here it is, the much discussed lens.

Hello everyone

So by now most of you will know about this lovely old girl I am bringing back to life.

What I need to figure out now is how to work with the film holders. I have one of the three...

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I have a J.T. Chapman quarter plate camera and I would like to start making exposures with her.

I am told that inserts may be available to use in conjunction with modern...

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Just an update or two...

I had a look at the lens yesterday...the ding on the removable screw-on (very small) metal "hood" must still be removed but here we go...

The writing...