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    Re: Jacques Henri Lartigue and his camera

    In the end the spectators were kept well away from the race cars on the beach. Over 100 metres away. Oh well, there'll be other opportunities maybe. :eek:
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    Re: Jacques Henri Lartigue and his camera

    I'm hoping some car practice, that is, pre-1949 cars with visible wheels, will be possible next week on a local speed-run beach.

    All good points, but my Soho runs well and exposes well, at least...
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    Re: Jacques Henri Lartigue and his camera

    Sure, it's just that the speeds are marked as such. I'm working on a Zeiss Miroflex at the mo' marked with a top speed of /2000 ... but it's just that it's a very narrow slit. Naturally you'll see...
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    Re: Jacques Henri Lartigue and his camera

    Always good to return to an old thread, innit. :)

    The Photo Icons book by Koetzle mentioned earlier, seems quite certain that the lens Lartigue used was a 150mm. He also seems to suggest that...
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    Re: Ten years of shooting film in Wales

    Now remodelled on the website so it's easier to read for phones, tablets and the like: http://www.sandehalynch.com/books/100bw/index.html
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    Ten years of shooting film in Wales

    Here is a link to a new online book on my website: Everything Belongs Here

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/ebh/covershotlarge.jpg

    Everything Belongs Here: A Sketchbook of Wales...
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    Re: Show off your camera!

    Here's the latest kitten out of my stable ...

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/neretta%20rail/IMGP4718a.jpg
    ...
  8. Re: Using old lenses - guidance from 100 years ago

    Read it with a slightly modern 'voice' and it could be anyguy's blog from yesterday. ;)
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    Re: Show us your home made camera...

    They are fairly generic, I think. This one is marked Taron and came with some misty auxiliary lenses.
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    Re: Show us your home made camera...

    Two I made over Xmas ...

    Both are a conglom of old parts, details on the first one here ...
    http://sandehalynch.wordpress.com/2011/12/

    It looks like ... ...
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    Re: Show off your camera!

    Two I made over Xmas ...

    Both are a conglom of old parts, details on the first one here ...
    http://sandehalynch.wordpress.com/2011/12/

    It looks like ... ...
  12. Thread: Self Portraits

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    Re: Self Portraits

    5x7 Wephota NP22 a couple months ago ...

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/self_portraits/110306_np22_01.jpg

    Just testing. ;)
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    Re: Source for Eastman Kodak 2D Bellows?

    My own price for 8x10 is a little cheaper, though I would need the original to make a copy.

    http://www.sandehalynch.com/isolette.htm
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    Re: Built my own ~2lb folding 4x5!

    That shows fine thinking.
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    Re: Carl Zeiss Tessar 135mm f.4.5 questions

    I have one from about 1925, speed settings on a dial rather than on the rim. Image quality on 4x5 is excellent.
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    Re: Adox NP-27: Anyone use it?

    That must be the same as the Wephota NP27 ISO400 that I've used. In Ilford DDX it's supposed to be the same time as for HP5+, but I only used it with Rodinal, and that was at 1+50 for 16 minutes. ...
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    Re: Bellows from ecbuyonline2008???

    Best thing is you contact me directly at sandehalynch AT yahoo DOT com. I have general prices but there's a huge variety of draw, tapers and so on that I can only confirm a price if you give me the...
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    Re: Help to get Whole Plate working

    Andrew, if I remember aright, a fresh order for whole plate film was expected in September. I gather that orders are made only several times a year. You can email them to check dates.

    At one...
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    Re: Help to get Whole Plate working

    There ain't nothing to stop you ... You might find some useful suggestions here ...

    http://www.sandehalynch.com/restoration.htm

    You can get whole plate sheet film here ...
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  20. Thread: England

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    Re: England

    May/June or September. Once upon a time we had drought conditions in August, but the past few years August has been like a monsoon season.

    And you're right, where doesn't really matter.
  21. Re: What kind of fool would buy a half-plate camera?

    Barry, you might well be able to use a bolt-on base with a regular tripod thread - perhaps something that clips to the brass ring or the slots. Quite a good idea, since you still have the metalwork...
  22. Re: What kind of fool would buy a half-plate camera?

    I suspect that Vageeswari copied Houghton for many aspects of structural design and metalwork.

    The focus knobs are very similar to my Houghton whole plate, but the fittings on the front standard...
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    Re: A good introduction to bellows making?

    I used the darkroom cloth from Porter's, but its too thick for comfortable compression ...
    http://www.sandehalynch.com/bellows.htm

    If anybody can source the thin vinyl coated fabric used by...
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    Re: Whole Plate Photography Column Book Project

    I like the idea of the project, but the resurgence of interest in whole plate I would consider a theme in itself. The restoration (and adaptation) that is usually required is a major point for...
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    Re: Must-haves? An Essential Reading List Thread

    They're both doorstoppers with a thousand images in one and five hundred in t'other, but if the house burned down these are the first two I'd replace. ;)

    150 Years of Photo Journalism, Hulton...
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    Re: New Portrait Thread - August 08

    Two from a session last week. Both taken with a Triple Victo Whole Plate cam (1900-ish) on Wephota NP22, dev'd in Rodinal. Softbox with two flashguns and a wireless flash trigger. Fair amount of...
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    Poll: Re: Poll: Longest Focal Length You Own (4x5)

    Damn ... I am so completely negated with numbers I'm surprised I'm still shooting. I voted 360 when my longest is actually 460. Oops.
  28. Re: Below the Lens Filter Holder for 8x10 Enlarging

    Don't know if this helps ...

    http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/lighting/IMGP4205_copy.jpg

    Just a tray on a swivel rod that clips on the lens holder.
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    Re: Four firsts ... in 5x7

    Just being practical ... I couple of years ago I made a 5x7 extension back for my 4x5, but it was seriously limiting because I couldn't get any decent bellows extension for close-ups. So ......
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    Four firsts ... in 5x7

    It's the first time I've used the B&L 12" f7.7 projector lens I got from Jim Galli late last year. And the first time I've used the Packard shutter I got from Matt Blais, oh, so many months ago.
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    Re: A Whole-Plate For Supper! (my Ebony arrived)

    Drool, slobber ...

    Btw, what's the draw on this?
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    Re: Roller developing times, versus inversion?

    I use -15% of time, plus an extra 25% plain water. Works for me, using Rodinal or Ilford DDX.
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    Re: Greetings from Singapore

    Greetings !! Is Cathay Photo still the biggest draw in town? ;)
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    Re: Best way to restore leather bellows?

    The bellows need to be 100% tightproof irrespective of the colour. Indian ink (Rotring, from an arts supplier) is very good. Then a quality liquid leather polish to keep it flexible.
  35. Re: Building a view camera. Which wood you choose? ..

    I bought spirit levels from www.spirit-levels.co.uk, and knobs from www.rosshandling.co.uk ... both were easy to deal with.

    The rest of the metalwork on my field camera was industrial brass stock...
  36. Re: Building a view camera. Which wood you choose? ..

    I've just made a 4x5 point-and-shoot out of cherry that I got from http://www.modellingtimbers.co.uk/4520.html and the quality is pretty good. The last view camera I made (I'm thinking that'd be...
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    Re: Sinar Norma 8x10 Bellows Question.

    If most of the bellows fabric is sound then a few repairs should keep them going for years. CameraBellows are good, but you'd be looking at good film money for sure.

    Depending on the damage, I've...
  38. Re: MORE from the Secret Weapon Lens plus some questions for you...

    I have a suspicion that while our eyes perceive things with all the sharpness of reality, our minds are not always ready or willing to do that. We dream a lot, our minds drift. The softened image...
  39. Re: MORE from the Secret Weapon Lens plus some questions for you...

    Ya got TWO. :D
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    Re: Ramblecrap...does it have a purpose?

    Focus, schmocus ... with the Neretta at f32, I'd pick out even the nits. :p
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