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I have a Vageeswari 8 1/2 inches x 12 inches glass dry plate camera with one book form plate holder that holds two plates, so now there are two.

Thank you Leigh, the camera will go to the camera doctor after I've finished evaluating it.
Michael

My Anniversary 4x5 has a Kalart side finder with the hole on top that accepts the Focuspot. I really want one. That hole is the only way I can see through the rangefinder to focus. The rear peep tube...

I also have a lot of the cameras from Alex and am very happy with them. Awesome packing, never broken. I have coated and shot 8 1/2 X 15 glass plates. Photobucket has some online, studiocarter......

I have a 45H and have been getting it ready to use. Just cleaned the glass today. I made an unboxing video that is on my YouTube channel, studiocarter1. A set of filters had to be bought as the size...

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My method of plate coating does not need subbing. Plates are scrubbed with calcium carbonate and grain alcohol. A rinse of hot warmer cleans off the whitening but a spray of the booze and a wipe...

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That sounds like a great job. I'm doing dry plate coating, too. Soon I hope to be making my own emulsion. I shoot on a Vageeswari 8x15 that uses book form plate holders.
Michael

Hello fellow Pittsburgher,
What kind of dry plate did you do? That is my er focus.
Michael

What you need is what you want. Stupid expansive or not I went and bought a 12x15inch 100 year old or so Vageeswari camera from India with accessories. They just do not come up for sale very often....

The camera is made for Dry Plate photography.
http://thelightfarm.com

What a lovely camera. Good for you, and two book form plate holders. Nice. They need a little tlc but what the hey.
I shoot ULF on home made dry glass plates; just the thing for your set. The Light...

http://www.rockaloid.com/products.html
Yea, I have to buy more, too. I don't make emulsion, ... , yet.
And I have to get more Everclear after I buy new tires for my motorcycle so I can enjoy a ride...

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz148/studiocarter/Dry%20Plate%20Photography/034web.jpg

Well, I like them for dry plate use. They don't need to be fixed up much either, unless you like them looking all new.

it is ebay not egay
nuf said

There are pictures on my web site, studiocarter.com and in another thread for pictures in here the 8x15 one shows a photograph taken with one.
alx.pk sells them and photolud fixes them up for more....

Vageeswari Camera Works was in India. It closed. However, cameras in storage in the factory are being sold from. Some are not ULF, but many are; sizes are 8x15, 10x12, and 12x15.

Why not use...

The extra plate holders came with really thin wood inserts to convert them hold 6x15 glass plates. What with the overlap the image area is more like 5 5/8 x 15 shy. I may have some glass cut to fit...

Very basic, Kodak Fixer that's all. 10 minuets. You can see the emulsion become transparent. I use a black tray and watch the white go away then give it a few min more after that. With very thick...

Ha, that is what I paid for mine. It must be a good one. I got the tripod and extra plate holders, too for more.
The glass for the photograph is single strength. The edge strips are double...

The camera is a Vageeswari dry plate from India. One was just for sale on ebay and no one bid on it. I have bought a bunch of them from John Alex and am much pleased to restore and use these fine old...

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz148/studiocarter/Dry%20Plate%20Photography/031pos2.jpg

Liquid Light emulsion on 8x15, or 8 1/2, glass. This is my first ULF image. The day was 280 foot...

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz148/studiocarter/Dry%20Plate%20Photography/FOG.jpg

Formazo is a liquid emulsion that I put onto glass, 4x5, then develop in Dektol 1:2 or 1:3. Instructions on Dektol say the useful range of times are 3/4 to 3 or 4 min.. If development goes too far...

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My 4x5 Primo had enough leather left on it so that I kept it. It was softened with a conditioner bought at a Tandy Leather shop, shoe polished with liquid black, and it looks great. That saved a...

Martin, It may not help much but I am a follower of Denise's work and try myself to shoot dry plates. My early efforts are documented on a blog: http://newlightfarmer.blogspot.com/
I call myself a...

http://newlightfarmer.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html
Scroll down to see a 8x10 glass plate wedge strip test shot on old plate film and processed in Pyro.

It must be the insert side, it is just on one side; it is the side that has a groove for the thumb to pull it out so a holder may be inserted. Therefore it flaps inwards. If a holder were to be...

I have a whole plate sized back with a device like you described on it. It has a date of 1902. No camera, just the back.

It looks similar but nicer than British type Indian cameras. It is a plate camera and requires a book form plate holder. My web site has measurements of plate holders that do not fit any cameras that...

Hello there,

Jim called me last Wednesday? or Tuesday and said it was in the UPS mail. It arrived today, Monday, MLKD. Everything is fine. The bellows is a fine supple thin material that extends...

On Oct 6th I sent my camera and money to Western Bellows. To this day I have not gotten them back, January 11. No calls are answered except by the answering machine. I did talk to the man before I...

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My web site has measurements of a pile of half plate book form holders that do not fit any cameras I have. If you can use one or more let me know. I can take pictures to show the hardware...

Yes, there are folks who mfg. wet plate holders. Not dry plate holders, though. You have the starcameracompany and the blackartwoodcraft company and tystintypes for three of 'em. They want to have...

Hello Scott,
Did you send your complete camera to have the bellows installed or did you install them yourself? Thanks.
Michael

Two other lenses arrived in perfect shape; I think I'll sell the ones that do not function properly instead of trying to fix them myself or send them away.

what's that?

two other similar lenses are on the way

I searched but found 400 for Jim. Do you have a more direct link?

I'd have to buy that lens just to get an iris blade? No way. I'll use this one at one f stop as is if I have to. Surely someone has already gone through this and has all ready accumulated lots of...

http://newlightfarmer.blogspot.com/2009/07/unicum-lens-iris-part-needed.html

That lens is more and more interesting; I just fixed it again, but with pencil lead and super glue. One blade was...

The lens is a Unicum 12 inch f 10. It came with a junker parts folding camera, a Pony Primo No. 6. The camera was a 5x7 and did not have a back. The lens has two pistons and is very nice looking. It...