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    Re: Sinar Norma stabilising rods

    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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    Re: Sinar Norma stabilising rods

    Thanks for all your help up until now.
    Pete.
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    Re: HP Scanjet G4050 and Vista

    Thanks for the help and advice. Vuescan 'ere we go!
    Pete.
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    HP Scanjet G4050 and Vista

    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.
  5. Re: This has got to be the funniest/dumbest question i have every been asked.

    I always tell the idiots that I got the camera cheap because some idiot fitted the back upside down. Keeps them happy.
    Pete.
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    Re: Restoring brass on a Sanderson Tropical

    Garret, we knew what we were doin' over 'ere ;-))
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    Re: Restoring brass on a Sanderson Tropical

    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...
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    Re: Restoring brass on a Sanderson Tropical

    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)
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    Re: Very basic question re barrel lenses

    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...
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    Re: Restoring brass on a Sanderson Tropical

    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...
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    Re: Hello from UK

    Welcome Simon.
    Pete
  12. Re: A mysterious lens - Help need with identification please

    Photographic items ordered by the British military usually start with 14A then the actual order number.
    Pete
  13. Thread: Nude

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    Re: Nude

    Very nice Emil. Is that with your new ink?
    Pete.
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    Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

    Welcome Dave. The UK forum is all but dead apart from the sales section.
    Pete.
  15. Re: One lens - artistic zen or a limiting frustration

    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...
  16. Re: Norma 8x10 back light seal replacement material

    Many thanks for all the good advice.
    Pete.
  17. Norma 8x10 back light seal replacement material

    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...
  18. Re: Need some help blackening brass shim stock for new shutter and iris blades

    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...
  19. Re: Galaxy paper offered for direct positive processing

    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...
  20. Re: "Sinar Schneider 4 shot lens" - what is this thing?

    Yeah, beware of Mr Cad.
    Voice of experience speaking.
    Pete.
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    Re: July 2015 portraits

    Tom, it's stunning!
    Pete.
  22. Thread: F63?

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    Re: F63?

    f 6.3. try it.
    Pete.
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    Re: Help with cyanotype paper

    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.
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    Re: LF Photograhers UK

    If you're off to Whitby make sure that you visit The Sutcliff Gallery.
    It's a great town, lots of hills though.
    Pete.
  25. Re: Modern film holders for old view camera like Korona/Kodak 2D/Ansco?

    My 1926 5x7 Ansco is OK with modern film holders, no problems. I doubt if the 8x10 would be any different.
    Pete.
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    Re: 4x5" to 5x7"... is it worth changing?

    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...
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    Re: Fomapan 100, 200 and 400

    Foma 200 @ 200 in D-76H 1-1 alkali, water stop 7 alkali fixer.
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    Re: New Moderator

    Good luck Oren. Don't stand for any crap.
    Pete.
  29. Re: help with first LF in a while... please and thank you

    Another vote for the Wista DX. I've had mine for years and unlike some other cameras I've still got it.
    Pete.
  30. Re: platinum palladium processing chemistry in europe

    Barry,
    Many thanks from me. Silverprint are letting us down in a big way and their prices have shot up.
    Pete.
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    Re: Lead pipes and processing film/paper

    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...
  32. Re: Review: Chinese lens boards and adapters - eBay sold by JinFinance - Tyger RJ bra

    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.
  33. Re: Colour LF photography in Australia too costly!!

    Roll film backs are a cheaper option.
    That's what I use.
    Pete.
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    Re: will HP G4050 scan 8x10 negs?

    Any chance of it running on Windows 8.1 ?
    Pete.
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    Re: March 2015 portraits

    Fantastic Alex!
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    Re: Is Fomabrom Variant 111 Worth the Price?

    I like it but I'm in The UK and ordered from Norway. needs a softish developer.
    Pete
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    Re: PPE UK Lens

    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...
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    Re: PPE UK Lens

    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.
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    Re: PPE UK Lens

    Ian,
    The VM states that PPE lenses are "possibly" Perkin Elmer related.
    Pete.
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    Re: PPE UK Lens

    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...
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