Pali,
Many thanks, all I need to do now is see a mate who has an engineering factory. I'll bet he has none in stock but at least he'll point me in the right direction.
Pete.
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Pali,
Many thanks, all I need to do now is see a mate who has an engineering factory. I'll bet he has none in stock but at least he'll point me in the right direction.
Pete.
Thanks for all your help up until now.
Pete.
Thanks for the help and advice. Vuescan 'ere we go!
Pete.
I've recently bought an HP Scanjet G4050 and I would like to run it on an old PC with Vista installed. Can anybody point me to the right software to download?
Thanks for looking.
Pete.
I always tell the idiots that I got the camera cheap because some idiot fitted the back upside down. Keeps them happy.
Pete.
Garret, we knew what we were doin' over 'ere ;-))
I did make and use that lacquer formula years ago. The spices are just for colour so I might not have used much saffron (if any at those prices). Heating the brass before applying the lacquer makes...
This might help:-
Hot Lacquer
½ oz of Annatto
½ oz of Saffron
2 oz of Turmeric
6 oz of Seed-Lac / Shellac in coarse powder form
2 Pints of alcohol (metholated spirits)
Before I bought my Sinar and Sinar Copal shutter I used to use step up rings on the front of my barrel lenses and screw my Copal 3 shutter to them. Worked extremely well. Bear in mind that all films...
The brass on your camera would have originally "hot lacquered". The grained or polished brass would have been warmed up and given a coat of shellac based lacquer. Various coloured lacquers were still...
Welcome Simon.
Pete
Photographic items ordered by the British military usually start with 14A then the actual order number.
Pete
Very nice Emil. Is that with your new ink?
Pete.
Welcome Dave. The UK forum is all but dead apart from the sales section.
Pete.
You could try using a 203mm Kodak Ektar. Not too expensive if you don't like it and easy to sell on.
If you can cope without a shutter there are many process lenses that you can try, Escofots come...
Many thanks for all the good advice.
Pete.
Hi,
My 8x10 Norma back is showing its age and whatever material the factory used as a light seal is disintegrating. Has anybody here carried out a replacement job on one of these backs, if so what...
In the 60's & 70's we used a hot solution of ammonia and soft soap to clean up brass and kill verdigrease (green crap, it's to brass what rust is to ferrous metals). With a brushing with pumice...
this morning I've received a PM from this outfit. I find it offensive that a group of people somewhere in California think that I would be stupid enough to give them my "hard earned". No names, no...
Yeah, beware of Mr Cad.
Voice of experience speaking.
Pete.
Tom, it's stunning!
Pete.
f 6.3. try it.
Pete.
I've tried a few and up 'till now it's Fabriano Artistico for me. I think that it's to do with the sizing used.
Pete.
If you're off to Whitby make sure that you visit The Sutcliff Gallery.
It's a great town, lots of hills though.
Pete.
My 1926 5x7 Ansco is OK with modern film holders, no problems. I doubt if the 8x10 would be any different.
Pete.
I have the ability to use 4x5, 5x7 & 8x10. In the past I have also used 11x14 but 5x7 is such a great format that I'm getting a 5x7 back for my Norma. I already have a 5x7 Ansco & a 5x7 B&J but I'm...
Foma 200 @ 200 in D-76H 1-1 alkali, water stop 7 alkali fixer.
Good luck Oren. Don't stand for any crap.
Pete.
Another vote for the Wista DX. I've had mine for years and unlike some other cameras I've still got it.
Pete.
Barry,
Many thanks from me. Silverprint are letting us down in a big way and their prices have shot up.
Pete.
I was always told in my days running swimming pools that if you were in a hard water area a deposit of lime scale was built up in the pipes and this protected the water flowing through the pipes from...
I've gotta say that I bought one of their Sinar / Linhof / Wista adaptors and every thing was brilliant about the transaction. I recommend them.
Pete.
Roll film backs are a cheaper option.
That's what I use.
Pete.
Any chance of it running on Windows 8.1 ?
Pete.
Fantastic Alex!
I like it but I'm in The UK and ordered from Norway. needs a softish developer.
Pete
andreios,
I found mine here in the English Midlands at a Camera Fair last weekend.
You could look out for a Repromaster or Eskophot of something similar. They were cheap a while ago but a nightmare...
Many thanks for that voigt.
Andrew, it's well worth mounting your lens and having a look through it. Mine compares to my Apo Nikkor very well.
Pete.
Ian,
The VM states that PPE lenses are "possibly" Perkin Elmer related.
Pete.
Hi Tony,
My serial number is 0280. I can't see any sign of vignetting but that might be me. I bought mine for a fiver as the bloke thought that it was some sort of weird enlarging lens. I am usually...