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I don't crop the negative I crop the finial print. There are times I was glad I had the full negative to work with.
Cost for film is a little more. But if you take the cost of a second or third back...

I found the easiest thing to do is shoot full frame make notes about the image and crop to size with the trimmer this gives more option after printing the image.
When using splitter one has to keep...

The 5 x 7 is a prototype camera. Which has to have more design work done on it before I am happy with it. That said I have not worked on the camera for two years due to the lack of capital to keep...

Try a regular double sided 5 x 7 film holders in the camera they should work.

Well with dial up that makes it very hard to use their products. Down load would take hours maybe days .
At $50 per month that ends up being allot of film that will out last a digital file.

The red bellows is it leather? The red leather bellows on Wisner cameras would leak 4 stops of light in 5 minutes if the dark side is pulled and let the camera stand in sun light. Wisner knew about...

Be very careful where you get the bellows from. Most bellow are to big for Linhofs and will not work. Most are to thick and the camera will not close right and could cause problems down the road. Or...

For those on the east coast there is a Large format class being given at Peters Valley July 5th to the 9th. You don't have to have a camera to attend.

Yes, No, May be. I would test the bellows.
Why.
There are many different types of bellows material to make bellow from and your camera many have a different type of material on it from some one...

For the strongest and best way to mount the tripod would be with a "T" bushing thread from the top side of the tripod block. This would mean sending it to someone with the know-how and equipment to...

Don't worry about it.
If and when it breaks then you fix it.
It will not affect the use of the camera.

The ANSI standard for the "T" dimension of a 11 x 14 film holder is 0.332. Make sure that the ground glass frame is not relieved in the center part of the frame. The frame could of been made to...

Power supply for a Bessler 23c cold light head

8 x 10 bellows focused for a 90mm lens are fully compressed and there is almost no movement . Just a little swing and tilt, no raise or fall, or side to side movement.

Since there were over 4 thousand camera made yours being a collector no. There are a few cameras that would fall into that area. The first two proto types made by Wisner I have one, second one was...

If the camera is level when the back has the film holder inserted from the right and the back is rotated 180 degrees to put the holder in from the left the back will still be level. Parts were made...

Well its like this first the wood has to be of the best quality. Finding the best quality makes a lot of kindling and ups the cost of the holder

Then there is the fact that there are over 150...

Do a little sanding a very fine grit to get rid of the rough edges, get some clear nail polish to apply to the exposed wood and call it a day. You may want to come up with a story of how the back got...

Are the tubes in the clip?

How much pressure are you wanting to put on the ground glass with the focusing loupe? At the point where the plastic or glass is going to flex the camera will be wanting to tip over.

Last time this meter was made was around 1980. The latter model was made to take 3 of the same type of batteries and the photo cell was change to silicone. The photo cell in the Honeywell as it ages...

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None that I know of, there is a workshop at Peters valley in northern New Jersey http://www.petersvalley.org/store/html/category.cfm?id=19

It's not a standard size I had to have custom tapes and dies made to match the thread. I may have a new one on hand.

The Wisner site is no longer on line.

Depend on the camera and age. Some cameras built before the 1930's put the glass with the frosted side facing away from the lens.

Simplest way is to take a 7 x 17 camera and add masks to both side of the back . Or mask off the ground glass and take a 17 inch image it would give you 3 inches of wiggle room when printing.

If it is for the digital meter go to the larger format home page the link at the top of the page and find the article on making your own zone dial.

The bolts are 3/8 x 16 carriage bolts can be bought at any good hard ware store, the knobs are fairly common. If not I have some here. As to the u shaped bracket I do not have that part it was a...

For 4 x 10 images I now use holders that were modified to take 4 x 10 film in the center of the holder. Back has marks to show where the film is in the holder. One less camera bag I have to carry...

Camera breakage in the field. The gut wrenching feeling of when you hear the sound of the camera hitting the ground. I had a friend that was photographing in Scotland and had his camera go over the...

When I started working with an 8 x 10 camera it weighted 15 pounds about the average weight of 8 x 10 cameras. The tripod was bigger and weight more too, by the end of the day I would be tried from...

You can use the tripod with the legs extended. What you have to watch for is that you have the legs angled out at the proper angle to support the weight. this angle is around 20 to 30 degrees. ...

The head will not.
The tripod will hold if the legs are put at the proper angle of use. I have in the past sat on one. Just make sure the legs are not cracked or damaged in any way.

You would be...

0.050 the smallest they make.

Some one may have tried to adjust the meter and turned the voltage pod. Also I would also try another battery from a different store.

Len
They probably reused the numbers in different production runs. I have seen the same number more then once.

No on the drawings. Its just a big puzzle. Just hold the part up to the camera and...

The number were put there in the manufacturing of the parts so the matched sets could be matched back up to each other after they go through all the manufacturing processing.

Bad battery. Get a new one when the meter reads 88.8 it is telling you the battery is almost dead and is time to change it.

I have been to three of the retreats and they are a fun weekend. It's also a great place to go photographing lots of old barns, beaver ponds the list goes on.