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While I can agree with David's points above, I voted Yes,. I think we have to remember that this isn't an image led website, it's a discussion group and as such images form a very small part of the...

Thanks Dan, I think it takes time and a few people chippingt in to put dates on the evolution / choice of lenses Kodak used not helped by Eastman Kodak and Kodak Ltd often differing. It really needs...

I checked some BJP Almanacs and I found Kodak advertising 3a Autographic Kodaks Specials with Kodak Anastigmat lenses and Velosto shutter in the 1921 copy, which would have been published late in...

It's a site I use frequently, and I contact the site owner from time to time.

There's a lot of gaps in knowledge, not a complaint, mainly because there's so many variations, and this site is...

Dan, as you pointed out to me a few monthas ago my 170mm f6.3 Kodak Anastigmat, in a W&Co, Rochester, Velosto shutter is in fact a dialyte, it's marked Made by Eastman Kodak, Rochester, USA. The...

Without going into names I bought two sets of lens cells earlier this year from a member here who also posts on APUG. I was wary and hesitant because of comments from others but in fact the...

One problem is that Kodak often sub-contracted, Eastman Kodak for instance were the US importers for TTH Cooke for a few years while Kodak Ltd (UK) were distributors for Ross lenses. In the UK Kodak...

I've no recollection of anyone disproving these where made of cherry wood although it's possible these later weren't. The earlier Ansco & Agfa Ansco view cameras were made of cherry wood with a...

The problem with my TP Focal plane shutter is the Snapshot type mechanism has no T setting, although you could half cock the shutter so that it's open but you'd have to do this visually. I've just...

Thanks Thomas, actually I want to convert a high speed focal plane TP shutter in to a more practical 1/15th to 1/90th range, that probably means a slit width slightly over 12cm the current slit is...

Did you mean skimping ? Extra thickness would be just the opposite.

Your point about carefull design helps give improved strength to a lighter weight camera is the key to why many of the modern...

Like Nathan I use the Crinkle finish in some restorations, I'd suggest an undercoat of primer followed by satin black first - that helps eliminate differances bewteen types of wood or metal.
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I don't think I've processed much film in a darkoom since about 1986, (except tray development of 10x8) I load the tanks in a darkroom if handy or a bathroom, toilet, cellar, a cupboard, where...

I think there's a guide for making them on Graflex.org. I know I have a pattern I downloaded somewhere.

Ian

Anton, I would think 14mm is over kill for the box part, the thickest wood I'm using is 9mm. You'll gain a lot of strength from the inner piec that the bellows will glue to.

Bellows are easy to...

If you're lucky the 150mm should cover 10x8. I use Thornton Pickard shutters with lenses like this.

Ian

Might have been made for Kodak by Bausch & Lomb however I doubt it would fit a Compur if it was, more likely it's a Ross made Tessar 1c.

Ian

Actually Hypo Clearing agent doesn't affect the stain. I use an Ilford Toner IT-8 which is a Pyrocatechin re-developing toner and try as I might the stain is unaffected by acid fixers and HCA, on...

Yes you mix just what you need before use with Pyrocat.

Ian

Luis, there's a lot of rubbish written about these issues and saying don't use Photoflow and re-using the developer as an after bath after fixing are some of them. Others are saying don't use a stop...

The 159mm Wollensak is definitely small, I've yet to use mine but if it performs well it's a fraction of the size and weight of my 165mm Super Angulon and ill be useful. I bought it to use the...

Well this company is still advertising them in the UK online and in a current magazine.

Ian

I have one or two (20++) TP shutters but need some help/info.

First does anyone have one of the small high speed front (lens) mounted roller blind shutters ? If so what size and what's the...

Making a back with a focus screen that's in register with the film holder isn't difficult. I've made adapters to use Graflex RH10 6x7 rollfilm back for a quarter plate camera and an adapter to use...

I have some early British field cameras (quarter plate, half plate & whole plate) and I'm constantly surprised by the simple, light weight but rugged construction. If I was building a 10x8 I'd copy...

My experience is that some of the more expensive cable releases are the least reliable, particularly the plactic covered ones.

A tip for repairing them is to use the heat shrink rubber wire wrap...

I'm about to embark on making a couple of cameras, thanks to Miguel in Paris - I bought a box of Graflex parts from him. I'm using the focus rails/track from a Graflex with a Super Graphic front...

You need a flash meter.

However all flash units have a scale/guide, and data (manuals) are available online. Ironically I bought a big Metz hesterday, in it's box new batteries. original 1995...

When I started to take photography seriously in the late 60's as a teenager I used to buy ex-Government (UK) surplus bulk Ilford film from suppliers around London, most had a common partner. Later I...

My experience is made up in deionised water Pyrocat HD last 18 months even in a part filled bottle as long as the bottles are glass or high density plastic and the metabisulphite is reasonably fresh....

Dan, why would you put a cine lens in such a large barrel and it's a 63mm WA lens which makes it unlikely to be a cine lens, it's more likely from a military high speed camera, as in frames per...

The lens itself isn't special, it's just the use, probably military and may well be aerial use, a large focussing helical and aperture scale maybe to allow easy use in difficult conditions.

The...

Ideally we'd to know the exact lenses referred to as they do differ. Linhof used the CZJ Tessars and then switched to Opton Tessars, the 150mm Xenar was made as an f4.5 (in a Compur #1 and f4.7 in a...

For the Brass and other unshuttered lenses I'd suggest looking for Thornton Pickard shutters, or similar, I have an arsenal of them in various sizes, and also a TP focal planee back for a half plate...

That internal shutter is rather interesting, and I think that maybe a bellows lens hood/shade ran on those rails at the front. It looks like it was well designed and those features are original, I...

The postal services use similar scanners to airport carry on scanners so films are safe to be posted internationally, but don't place in a lead lined bag, if they can't see what's in it they may...

We did in my youth but not any more as no one knows who he was any longer.

Ian

It's very similar to a quote I've seen somewhere before that Colour is too close to reality, I think it went on that B&W was more artistic, now I need to think where I saw it.

Those are my...

Both spellings are in use in the US according to dictionaries, although the word is supposedly Kludge, we tend to say bodge or fudge here in the UK instead.

Ian

You can use Hypam or Ilford/Kodak Rapid fixer (no hardener) with Pyrocat negatives, there's no difference compared to a neutral or barely alkaine fixer.

It's worth pointing out that you need to...