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  1. Re: screw driver for Wista Field repair

    Get a Victorinox Cybertool 54. It has a real screwdriver in it with a bit set in handle. The smallest flat works on all my cameras, including my Wista.
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    Re: Words for the Road

    My most inspirational book when I'm deep woods hiking: Kathryn Kane's Swiss Army Knife Handbook: The Official History and Owners Guide. Everytime that I read it, I wanna go mod something and find a...
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    Re: Ancient Ethol LPD

    LPD is my favourite developer! I have a few cans that are many years old and they work just as well, even the ones that are dark brown. I split print with it and a tray of Selectol Soft (I've been...
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    Re: Time Savers in the Field

    Instead of a dark cloth, I carry an XXL black t-shirt with me...roll it up and stuff it into a Tamrac side pouch on my backpack. Smaller, lighter, and a lot easier to work with. I pop the neck hole...
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    Re: GPS for backcountry work

    I have a IPaq attached to my LF Zone VI camera on a swing out bracket...it has a GPS CF card in it and I've written an app that I can catalog shots on. It records temperature (based on a small...
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    Re: bellows replacement

    Check out: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~mkapono/bellows.htm. Mark has a great price...I'm getting ready to have him fold a set for my Zone VI/Wista...
  7. Re: Best Cable Release? (Shutter Vibration)

    My favourite release is a Hasselblad release. They're rare, and extremely hard to find, but their construction and operation is 10 times smoother and stronger than any Gepe, Linhof, or Nikon release...
  8. Re: strange spots on film, and how to avoid them latter

    I had a batch of Efke50 and a batch of J&C Pro100 that had that problem, kinda looked like something "rotted" on the film. It wasn't an air-bell on the film (I use a Jobo). It was bad film. A...
  9. Re: Do you install a UV filter on your LF lenses?

    I am actually the exact opposite...I don't ever use lens caps, but put Heliopan filters on everything and carry a compendum hood. The only thing I wouldn't put a filter on is a Hasselblad 250Sa or...
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    Re: Films tested for airport xray results

    I spent 20 minutes arguing with some idiot TSA moron that said "only one carry-on". Well, I *did* have only one carry-on...the other was my "purse". Hey, if women can carry a purse as well as their...
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    Re: Films tested for airport xray results

    A few years ago, I traveled from Indianapolis to Boston Logan...had all of my film hand inspected except for 10 rolls of PanF that I forgot and left in my camera backpack. They were all fogged and...
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    Linhof/Wista bellows dimensions

    I have a Zone VI/Wista (DX) 4x5, in cherry, and it seems to need a bit of bellows replacing. I have found a cheap source for bellows, and they have a set of bellows for a Linhof Technica 4x5. The...
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