A "Build-it" Printing Exposure Meter was described in Photography How-To Guide in 1978. it is simple to build, and back then used only $10 in parts. I built one and have used it for a number of...
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A "Build-it" Printing Exposure Meter was described in Photography How-To Guide in 1978. it is simple to build, and back then used only $10 in parts. I built one and have used it for a number of...
About a really cheap viewer for large stereo pairs: I have taken medium format and 35mm stereo pictures using a sliding bar on the tripod. Large format should work the same way. I have enlarged...
The body is 11cm wide plus knobs. 13cm high plus the hood. Total 24cm high.
The lensboard on this antique is not removeable.
The photo is my goodie but oldie 2X3 Graflex from May, 1900.
Jack
I have an Adams Retouching Machine in excellent condition, complete with supplies (knives, leads, holders). The machine holds the negative, and vibrates, thus smoothing out any marks being made.
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My dark cloth is black on one side and white on the other. Using it with the white side out reflects some of the heat.
Kevin,
I have a Grafmatic service manual on a PDF file. It is 3.68 MB. I will be glad to e-mail to you or anyone else.
Contact: jfisher@plateautel.net
Jack
I will turn 75 this week. Began taking pictures at age 7 - ...worked commercial photography and weddings with a 4X5 Speed Graphic and multiple flashbulbs as well as a Rolleiflex in the early 1950s....
50 years ago as a darkroom rat, I used a little Potassium Permanganate to clean developer trays. Just a very small amount of the crystals (a ml or so) in the tray using water to dissolve will absorb...
"FLEX and FLOK" are not swapped, but often confusing.
The GRAFLEX holders are exactly 5 inches wide and have slots down each side. They are labeled GRAFLEX on each holder, and are too wide to fit...
The older Linhof (as in my early Technika III and earlier) cameras were sold with the GRAFLEX type backs. The ground glass and viewing hood would need to be removed in order to install a Graflex...
Scott,
In your shop picture, do I see a guitar mold? I built a classical guitar in 1970. I used Honduras, ribbon-stripe book-matched Mahogany for the body, and Alaskan Spruce for the sound board;...
Having experienced a number of the above goofs, I discovered that there are two important symptoms of advancing age:
1) a distinct memory loss, and
2) uhhh... I can't seem to remember the...
The Busch has a spring back. The Super Graphic has the Graflok style back.
To me, there is a difference between "snapshots" that are beautiful, and photographs that communicate something. They may communicate to me, or to others. The philosophy is personal, and differs...
Nice old Conley. I seem to remember that Waters/Conley built cameras in Rochester a long time ago. ...maybe early in the last century. You may have a collectible museum piece there. I used to work...
To clarify the part, here is what the broken plate looks like.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/437709783_2606eeba7e.jpg
and
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/437713378_1e27a04827.jpg
Any...
When I acquired the Linhof Tech III Model 5, the baseplate was broken. That is the plate that slides on the rails, and mounts the front lens standard. I manufactured one in my hobby shop. It...
John, Does that apply to left-handed/eyed people or right-handed? Sometimes I think I am in my right mind. But still it is upside down.
Jack - the leftie.
One last guess: Is there anything between the ground glass and the lens? (a film holder?) With the lens and lens board removed, you should be able to look through the front of the camera and see...
Rick,
I did not investigate further about adjusting the bearing projection, since I simply replaced that back. It was not a spring (graflok type) back anyway, and resides in the closet. maybe a...
Rick,
I had a back like that on my Tech III, (and replaced it with another back). The bearing is in a housing that screws in from the opposite side. The slider on the other side must be removed...
The windy season is brutal. The car gets sandblasted, and equipment is in peril. I usually wait until later. May is good.
BTW- Thanks, Don for the info.
Jack, in Roswell, NM
I have a 4X5 Linhof Tech III Model 5. The body is similar to the Tech IV, except for the rails. My problem is the back. It has the spring loaded sliders to mount the ground glass, but ordinary,...