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Hi All,

What about all of us using 10 x 12? It's half again as large as 8 x 10. The film is available from Ilford and as x-ray film. Makes a great contact print on 11 x 14 paper.

Keep Well,...

Hi braxus,

I have an Agfa/Ansco 8x10. There are two variations. If the camera has no front tilt it takes a 7.5 x 7.5 lens board. Cameras with a built in tilt of the lens board, but not the entire...

I bought my Elwood 5 x 7 in 1963 for $25.00 and am still using it. I upgraded it to an 8 x 10 by following the article by Randy Moe in the DIY section here. Still works great and I can still do 5 x...

They can be made into ground glass holders. You would need to shim the glass out the thickness of the old metal film pack, and use something to keep the ground glass in place. This could be very...

Gentlemen,

I believe that all of you have missed the point, that being that the rear frame is unable to slide forward on the feet that it is attached to. This is inherent in the design, and I...

Hi,

I'm in the process of converting my 5 x 7 Elwood to an 8 x 10 using the Artograph. Has anyone had a problem with using a timer to run the Autograph? Does it work correctly with an electric...

Atlanta Terry is correct. I have been developing film since the late 1950s using processing racks for 2 x 3, 3 x 4, 4 x 5, and 5 x 7. I even have racks and tanks for 8 x 10, but usually do that in...

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for posting the pictures of the camera. I wasn't sure how to do that, or whether I could identify the camera by its Ebay account number.

Thanks again,
uncle jim

Hi Ken,

Yes, I have checked that site and also the Google page that shows a number of 2Ds, but again, I have never a 2D that had the tilt arms attached to plates on the side of the rear standard...

Hi All,

While on the 'bay' recently, I noticed a 5 x 7 2D for sale in decent condition and stopped to look at the pictures. I immediately noticed a difference in the camera when I pulled up the...

Randy,

I bought mine in 1964. Paid $25.00 for it. I needed to make new diffusion glasses for it when I got it out of storage in '85 from my folks house when I retired from the Army.
Put a new...

Hi Roger,

Thanks for the pictures. I recently completed a 5 x 7 reducing back for a Whole Plate Vageeswari camera. It isn't difficult to make the plates that go in the three corners. They can be...

Roger,

I also have a 10 x 12 camera that uses book form holders. I would be interested in seeing pictures of your 8 x 10 back for it, as that is what I have been considering making for mine.
I...

Hi All,

It would seem from picture three that you could leave the front extension up if you decided to use shorter lenses. Just a thought.

uncle jim

Hi Jon,

I have reducing backs for most of my cameras. They are the way to go. You can shoot multiple formats on a trip this way, and only have to take the film holders,
the back, and what ever...

Hi Lachlan,

I have been working on it for the last several days. I finished installing it this morning. It was ready last night, but I forgot to get the nuts for the bolts that I bought. Yes, I...

Hi All,

I recently bought a 10 x12. I got 3 film holders with it. One of them came with a set of wooden reducers that fit in the film holder for various sizes of smaller film.
I haven't used it...

Hi Richard,

I have a 8.5 x 15 that I bought from a fellow in India. I have been experimenting with paper negatives in it, but plan on using X-ray film shortly. It will take half of a 14 x 17...

Hi Bob,

Everyone here seems to be in love with the D2. Let me put in a word about the Agfa/Ansco. Yes it has a bigger lens board, but more to the point the extension is built in and slides out...

Scott,

Quite a number of Japanese and Indian cameras have this same feature. There is also a very stiff spring in my 8.5 x 15 at the top to retain the lens board under pressure.

uncle jim

Hi,
Have you ever seen the metal film holders that were used on the old 9 x 12 Plate cameras. They were very thin, but one sided. They were 1/8 or 3/16 inch thick and slid on to the back of the...

Hi,

I made an error in my last post. It's been a year or more since I made a ground glass, and I misquoted the Abrasives. I was using 9 and 5 micron aluminum oxide. Don't use the 30 micron stuff...

Hi Vick,

Sorry to be so long answering, but I've been away. I have been using Aluminum Oxide in grits of
15 and 5 micron. I also have some 30 micron, which is about 600 grit, that I am going to...

Hi Vic,

I've made a number of ground glasses for various cameras. 600 is a little course, and you might want to try refining it with some finer grits, as it can make quite a difference. I still...

Hi All,
Started in photography in the late fifties. Was a photo instructor for a while. Took a 2 year photo/darkroom course in junior colage and worked as a lab tech/printer for a number of...