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    Re: DIY ground glass - How to leave lines.

    I've lightly scribed lines with a tungsten scribe in the past, emphasis on lightly...
  2. Re: Recommend Glue to Reattach Film Magazine Felt Falling-Off

    Having used pliobond in the past, they recently reformulated for low VOC and I'm not impressed, to say the least. I've transitionee to Aileen's and E6000 adhesives, so far successfully. E6000 is...
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    Re: Sinar P vs P2

    And it’s common to find an X rear standard paired with a P2 front standard. A Sinar F allows you to use all your lenses and accessories with a much lighter and more portable camera. While the Sinar P...
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    Re: Konica GRII series coverage

    Actually, waaaay back when, circa 2005 or 6, I measured the coverage of some of the RB lenses, the 90 and up cover 4x5 The 50 and 65 miss by a bit. However they do illuminate sufficiently the...
  5. Re: Focusing loupe - which one do you recommend

    Just a thought, but I find 3.50 diopter reading glasses just about perfect for focusing. Otherwise I use a Hasselblad chimney magnifier and occasionally an actual loupe, though I can't remember who...
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    Re: On The Hunt For Bellows Materials

    I ran across this and am waiting to build bellows for my 5x12 with it. https://www.seattlefabrics.com/60-19-Ounce-Polyurethane-Coated-Black-Out-Nylon-Ripstop-1250-linear-yard_p_1097.html
  7. Re: Troubleshooting an erratic Compur 3 electronic shutter (video)

    For gold plated contacts, I have found that deoxit gold is by far the best solution, both short term as well as long.
  8. Re: Baltic or Finnish Baltic Birch for lens boards?

    Also search for apple ply or euro ply, all very similar, though subtly different
  9. Re: Hensel strobe to Bowens generator conversion - help needed

    If this will help…
  10. Re: Portable Solution to Make Overhead (90°) Photographs

    Every tag sale and thrift store seems to have ankle weights for a quarter to a few dollars. Depending on weight required, might be an inexpensive solution
  11. Re: Welp, I did it, I ordered a lightweight 8x10

    As do many of the older cine tripods with either 75mm or 100mm bowls, I use a Lisand 7jr with a baco tilt head for my Sinar, dug the tripod out of the scrap heap at school and found the tilt head...
  12. Re: Reveni Labs Remote Control Mechanical Shutter Release

    Gee, I wonder if hey can increase the stroke length and turn an adapter to attach to a sinar shutter. Hmmmm
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    Re: Any Lenses for 14 X 36"?

    Randy, take a look at surplusshed.com. They have numerous longer focal length achromats for reasonable money.
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    Re: Large Format in Albany NY?

    Don, if you make it over here to the Berkshires, it would be great to get together with another large format shooter
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    Re: Making Odd Sized Batteries

    and if you really want to, the small rechargeable spotwelders on amazon for ~$50 work far better than they should.
  16. Re: Current state of 8x10 bright screen manufactures ?

    Its been my experience that a clean Sinar ground glass with the OE fresnel is extremely bright with normal to long lenses, with wider lenses it tends to exhibit a bit of directionality. It may be...
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    Re: Cameras with geared swing movement

    Then it starts to get bad….
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    Re: Elinchrom 404, Rebuild

    Bernice, I have several Broncolor packs with Rifa madness, I’m hoping that I’ll have time to replace them this winter.
  19. Re: How to mount a Schneider 180mm f/5.6 - 58 or 59mm threads?

    FWIW, a 180 Componon cells should screw directly into a #1 shutter
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    Re: what grit for ground glass

    Peter,
    Pretty darn well, in my experience. As long as you get an even coat, it works fantastically, if a bit fragile.


    erie
  21. Re: a question for the folks with Century studio cameras

    The term for the masks is “splitter”.
  22. Re: Any Recommendations For Large Format Printers (44"/112cm and up)?

    First rule of owning a wide format printer, if you are not significantly gifted in terms of electronics and mechanics, always have a service contract. Always.
  23. Re: snubby screwdriver made for tripod plate screws?

    Google dzus screwdriver, common as can be if you know what to look for.
  24. Re: What kind of head are you using with your monorail camera?

    I use a Lisand 7jr video tripod with a Baco tilt head. The ball on the tripod let’s you level as desired, and the tilt head allows tilting downward. Both tend to be extremely inexpensive with a...
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    Re: Measuring of Bellows for Exposure

    Visual departures used to make a tool the was in every commercial studio I knew of. The quick stick is basically a half meter ruler with a sliding marker that has bellows correction factors from 30mm...
  26. Re: How to mount fresnel lens on a Sinar 8x10 Norma?

    Greg, from memory as mine is packed away at the moment, the 8x10 fresnel fits just the same way as the 4x5 version. Metal frame and clip to hold it in place.
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    Re: Ideal lens set for a 4x5 field camera

    My typical field outfit is 65/90/150/210/300, they just fit (on sinar boards) in the bottom of a large ammo box type dry box, with the F, bellows, meter and filters on top. Makes for a nice,...
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    Re: Specs for Sinar Pan Tilt Head

    Neil, a 4-40 Allen head screw is the right size for the slots on the Sinar clamp. I'd think a few brews for a local machinist would gain you two easily removed indexing pins in your Ries head. I did...
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    Re: Stiff Calumet revolving back

    The pinned gear's sole purpose is to keep the threaded bolt from rotating.

    (Going from memory...) Unscrewing the locking lever fully and extract the threaded shaft, make note of washers, shims...
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    Re: I need an answer from a Century expert

    I got a pile of odds and ends with my Century no.4, I'll see what I have left and get some pictures of some of the odds and ends. If I'm not mistaken, there's most of a century to 2d type back...
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    Re: Sinar F2, P, C, or Toyo 45G?

    The 405 fits well on a Sinar back. Just press the two silver tabs and slide the ground glass back off then use the Graflok slides to hold it.
  32. Re: Ethics on retouching and other "corrections"

    If one starts with the generally accepted ( in the art world) definition of art as the process of communicating an idea, concept or emotion through manipulation of a medium, then the means to just...
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    Re: "Does not effect image"

    Of course, with efficient shading, most of the negative effects are easily ameliorated.

    I am of the opinion that the quest for perfect glass, the perfect cameras, etc. just takes one farther and...
  34. Re: Are Photographer's Obsessed With Sharpness, but blind to the bigger picture?

    Jac, check your pm's..
  35. Re: Are Photographer's Obsessed With Sharpness, but blind to the bigger picture?

    It's ok Jac, in today's post modern aesthetic, art is whatever you say it is..(add air quotes and a bit of a sarcastic chuckle as needed)

    Erie
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    Re: Laminating images

    There's a name from the past....in a past life I worked as a designer/hand letterer/pinstriper in a sign shop. Pre solvent printers, we often used Krylon on vinyl to paint fades, etc. Butch...
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    Re: Sinar history

    My understanding is that on the F, when each standard is slid past, they can both be swung 90 degrees to be packed flat, with the bellows removed, of course.
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    Re: Coverage of wide lenses

    My 120/8 fujinon works quite well on 8x10, with some movements. I don't shoot chromes but I haven't ever noticed significant falloff in my negatives.
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    Re: Sinar F2 - 8x10?

    When I had my studio, I did have both flavors of F and P cameras. It is possible to use the MB back on a P, in fact my Sinar rep at the time suggested it. It's not uncommon to find either camera with...
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    Re: Sinar F2 - 8x10?

    Within the P system, there are both variants. The difference between the F and the P is the attachment method.
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