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The Kodak 170mm f6.3 Anastigmat is a dialyte formula and can be very sharp like its cousin the 203mm Ektar. I have one of them in an Ilex Universal shutter that is as sharp as any of my more modern...

In this vintage lens, the shutter is enclosed in the housing shown with the black and silver fluted adjustment ring. That is part of the normal configuration around the front group regardless of the...

Yes, the Graphic "C" boards were wood, but you missed the point that these are milled or cast aluminum black painted boards with molded ridges and numbers, etc. There is an outside chance that they...

Yes, I have that adapter board as well, but just trying to figure out the mystery "blackies"!

Time does pass quickly, doesn't it? I've been out of the store for 9 and a half years now. Wow!

Re: Lynn. Sorry to hear that , he was a good friend and a wealth of knowledge. I've always valued your knowledge as well, Bob. Probably 15 or 16 years since I saw you in person in San Antonio.

The Graphic View cameras used a standard 4 X 4 inch metal board labelled 25631 along one back side and one edge bevelled and a raised ridge baffle around the inside back. The Graphic View boards...

You didn't say which Graphic View that you have, I or II? Your 180 symmar convertible converts to 315 with the front group removed. I have one with a GII and full rail extension 17 inches focuses...

Sorry about the B-24 which was a 4-engine aircraft, but that is a B-25 Mitchell. Photos are great, however!

Don't be confused by Lynn Jones. Feel fortunate that he shares his knowledge with you. I have known Lynn as a good friend for almost thirty years and have always relished his knowledge and...

This happens through ignorance or presumed necessity. People modify the board to fit the other camera. This can be done to some extent on the flat boards. On the recessed boards, the Graphic View...

What you may have in the board that has the raised portion 3/16 from the edge is a Graphic View board. Both the early Calumet and the Graphic View used 4 X 4 boards. I have seen them confused many...

I have the same experience with my Linhof select 150/265. It is sharp as a tack at 150 but goes really soft at 265, however my similar 180/315 is very sharp at both focal lengths. I am very pleased...

That would also be a normal focal length for the format.

Collectors Guide to Kodak Cameras states 6 and 3/4 inch focal length as standard for the camera which would round off to 170mm(171.45).

Typical lenses for many of those cameras were more like 170mm. I , myself, have a very good 170mm f6.3 Kodak anastigmat from one of those.

Richard, I don't have a 45 M, I have a 45H before the M, it is a manual crank enlarger with an embossed Beseler cowl over the back of the chassis on an 1 1/2 inch thick hardwood base. It will take...

I bet not many of you have a Beseler 45H like mine! It should be a real classic and I wouldn't trade for anything!

All of you guys need to try a little test that I used to employ on "prima donnas" worried about a few wisps on their lens. This will work on many types of cameras and lenses--while looking through...

Kerry is correct. I have screw-in metal caps for both my Linhof 65mm and 90mm Angulons. The inside screw diameter of the 90mm appears to be app. 26mm and its outer diameter of the outer lip of the...