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    Re: Micro table saw for making pinhole cameras.

    I think you may be limited in accessories with a small saw. I'd opt for a nice 10" table saw that would incorporate a good fence and accessories like outfeed tables, featherboards, etc. Build some...
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    Re: DIY Open Source Field Camera Design

    ANSI IT3.108 1998 Edition, April 28, 1998
    Photography (Cameras) - Double Film Holders (Lock-Rib Type) - Dimensions

    Here's the page:...
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    Re: DIY Open Source Field Camera Design

    Agreed. Here's some measurements and data I made or gathered from the web for whole-plate holders. They are all over the place.

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    I would strongly recommend obtaining the actual ANSI...
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    Re: DIY Open Source Field Camera Design

    It's probably obvious to most, but scaling down or up between different formats is not going to be equal in all three dimensions. Thickness and weight are going to be factors with the materials to...
  5. Re: DIY: tape measure for easy bellows extension calculations

    I use one of the loose rubber-coated fabric rulers found in such fabric stores. They are large enough to not get lost easily but easy to stuff in a pocket and carry about. (A small Velcro square...
  6. Re: I need N+2 in the shadows and N-2 in the highlights

    Someone already mentioned David Kachel's SLIMT method. Here's a link:http://www.davidkachel.com/assets/cont_pt3.htm
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    Re: Looking for thin black plastic

    Evergreen black styrene sheets are sold at many hobby shops and online. Model makers use the stuff and I've used it to make plate holder inserts for wetplate.
  8. Re: New Catagory for Alternative Printmaking via various digital means

    I very much agree with Jim and think any discussion or gallery about digital printing, alternative process or not, should be separate from discussion/exhibition of handmade prints using in-camera...
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    Re: Found Photographs

    Marvelous photograph Jonathon. I'm constantly amazed at the quality of these old portraits done in times of less-sophisticated equipment. The KISS principle at work. Many, if not most, modern...
  10. Re: Rochester whole plate camera, do I get it?

    I have 3 or 4 Rochester Whole-plate cameras, including one Carleton model which is more sophisticated. All of mine needed a new bellows and were purchased as project cameras. They fold very...
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    Re: MF (6x6,6x7,6x9,6x12) B&W film images sharing

    Beautiful image Peter. What is the process?
  12. Re: DIY bellows - Anyone have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine?

    That would be great! I visited a couple print shops and craft stores today but no one could really answer my questions on the machines. One print shop had a machine/method to do the cutting but the...
  13. Re: DIY bellows - Anyone have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine?

    Not sure what you mean by the "long side." I have used a mat cutter in the past and even bought a small transparent Fiskars paper cutter with a dedicated track cutter to cut the individual...
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    Poll: Re: Member forum browsing practices

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtJPnwXmxs
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    Poll: Re: Member forum browsing practices

    Well that should skew the stats in favor of us dinosaurs...

    FWIW, I do not mark individual forums read but regularly mark all forums read, sometimes several times a day if I'm following certain...
  16. Re: DIY bellows - Anyone have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine?

    Kumar,

    The geometry is explained in the first couple pages of this online pdf file by Doug Bardell:

    http://web.mit.edu/biyeun/Public/How%20to%20make%20Bellows.pdf

    You are correct in assuming...
  17. Re: DIY bellows - Anyone have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine?

    Jac,

    Basically what I do in Photoshop is set the grid to some multiple of the pleat, restrict the rectangular marquee selection tool to the width of the first stiffener and select the entire...
  18. Re: DIY bellows - Anyone have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine?

    Ian,

    Yes. I was in contact with the seller of the kits for awhile but at the time was looking for a bellows kit that exceeded the size he was capable of producing, so that discussion went nowhere...
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    Re: The Salt Print Thread

    Paul,

    The fasteners are fascinating.

    Joe
  20. Re: DIY bellows - Anyone have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine?

    Thanks Ian. I saw Steve's post a couple years ago and that is actually where I got the idea of using one of the scrapbooking machines. I've bookmarked the thread so I won't lose track of it again...
  21. DIY bellows - Anyone have a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine?

    I'm looking for a way to simplify cutting stiffener patterns for DIY camera bellows. I think a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine made for scrapbooking might be the ticket for cutting out the...
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    Re: DIY Open Source Field Camera Design

    Brandon,

    I was not aware of either issue with the Cricut machines. I thought it had a scanning trace function that would allow user designs.

    I thought the drawbacks might be the maximum...
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    Re: DIY Open Source Field Camera Design

    Having made a few bellows, I would suggest that a bellows is a part that could also be sourced if the camera design was standardized. I ordered a synthetic bellows from Custom Bellows for an 11x14...
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    Re: Help with cyanotype paper

    Crane's Kid Finish stationery ecruwhite has been my favorite for a number of alternative processes including cyanotype. I've also made some nice cyanotypes on Bienfang Graphic 360 Art Marker paper...
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    Re: Bumping in the Classifieds

    This annoying thread about bumping is now 12 pages long. Forgive me for bumping it again. The moderators must surely be aware of the various positions now and as the previous 2 deleted posts...
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    Re: Bumping in the Classifieds

    But if items out of a large list sell and the seller wants to update the status, this is in effect a bump for everything else remaining. Or, the seller decides to lower a price on something and thus...
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    Re: Burke and James Commerical View 8x10

    I actually made an extension rail for my 11x14 B&J Commercial View out of an old B&J 5x7 Rembrandt that had a shot bellows. Fit perfectly.

    The 11x14 is a beast so I made a tripod block for it...
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    Re: gold toner turning purple

    For Van Dyke Brownprints, albumen prints, and salted paper prints, I've used borax gold toners as well as Clerc's thiourea gold toner and IMO, Clerc's looks and performs better and has an extended...
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    Re: Can film be used in plate holders?

    Doing OK Louis. I hope the same is true for you. That was a great weekend at Mr. Gunks homestead. Got to meet Petronio there as well. Good times! I miss reading of their escapades here.
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    Re: Can film be used in plate holders?

    A few years ago I started measuring holders I had or taking dimensions from other posts here on the forum. This table is what I have so far for the whole-plate format:

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    I eventually...
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    Re: Can film be used in plate holders?

    Easier said than done for some formats. I like whole-plate 6.5x8.5 and it seems most of the extant holders were originally made for glass plates. The format decreased in popularity in the early...
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    Re: Can film be used in plate holders?

    Jim,

    Are you saying that one needs to correct focus if they use commercially-produced film sheaths like those made by Kodak for their plate holders, or are you just taking about homemade film...
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    Re: Lens for Anscow View to do Tintype

    No, no, no. Where are the antlers Mark?
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    Re: Lens for Anscow View to do Tintype

    When are you available?
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    Re: Lens for Anscow View to do Tintype

    Yes, but you will need to rig a shutter to these older lenses if you are going to use flash. I have front-mounted a synched Packard shutter to a couple of my Petzvals but mounting a Packard or other...
  36. Re: Is it possible to clean off front element haze?

    You might be able to use some whiting in alcohol and a PEC pad to remove haze if you are willing to take a chance. If the haze is impacting your images negatively (sic) I would think it might be...
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    Re: Around the house?

    Wonderful Jonathan.
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    Re: Post Your Waterfalls

    I love the composition here. I look through this image thread occasionally and wonder what drives people to photograph falls that appear in their pictures like so many others. "Seen one, seen them...
  39. Re: APO-Sironar-S 240mm aperture scale question

    Some kind of code to match a scale to shutter? F/6.8 design perhaps? Might there be a pictorial archive of these scales somewhere online? "Enquiring minds want to know."
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    Re: Recirprocity and Bellows factors question

    f/1, f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22, f/32, f/45, f/64, f/90, f/128 apertures are all 1-stop apart and by extension (sic):

    1", 1.4", 2", 2.8", 4", 5.6", 8", 11", 16", 22",...
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