Show off your Large Format camera!

[jp]

Attachment 118770

Testing my new camera and X-Ray film

Resulting photo looks nice. Junkyards are fun.
Did you use the pelican case to stand on?

[StoneNYC]

Resulting photo looks nice. Junkyards are fun.
Did you use the pelican case to stand on?

I totally used the pelican case to stand on!! Haha!

The crazy thing was, it wasn't a junkyard, it was just this random corner of a road, it only had the cars you see and that's it, completely open next to the road. Might have been an auto shop of some kind? I dunno.

Thanks.

[johnpipe108]

Here is my recently acquired Kodak Pony Premo No. 4, 4 x 5, manufactured in 1907; got it for $95USD sans lens and shutter, and mounted a 4-3/4" f/6.8 Kodak Anastigmat in Kodex No. 1 shutter (T,B, 1/25 & 1/50) that I originally got as "Large format lens, will cover 4 x 5." Obviously a post-card lens, but will do reasonably until I can get one at 5-1/2" f/8 (the original f/l and speed). I made a mahogany lens board; only I had to make it from the solid, as I haven't any 1/16" cutters to make original style tongue & groove joints!




Here the camera is set up on my balcony to test a 5-3/4" f/8 Rapid Symmetrical Ilex Ingento lens; half the cheap paper iris blades were broken (got it from a $15USD B&J Ingento parts camera) so I installed an internal Waterhouse stop of f/16 in 140lb. Canson Colorline #38 black art paper. The tripod is a new, inexpensive ProMaster 7050; not the most stable, but light and OK for cameras up to about 5lbs. Not too bad with older cameras with actual pneumatic shutter release; unfortunately a spring sprung out of the cheap shutter, so I can only work it on bulb, manually with the shutter release lever, until I can find the old spring or fabricate a new one (music wire; reasonable possibility). The shutter works very well when it works! Lens has a 1/4" band of crescent Canada balsam deterioration, but it does not show in the central view (original format was, IIRC, 3-1/2 x 5). Too bad that the unusual iris is very likely impracticable to duplicate.



Regards, John

[StoneNYC]

Here is my recently acquired Kodak Pony Premo No. 4, 4 x 5, manufactured in 1907; got it for $95USD sans lens and shutter, and mounted a 4-3/4" f/6.8 Kodak Anastigmat in Kodex No. 1 shutter (T,B, 1/25 & 1/50) that I originally got as "Large format lens, will cover 4 x 5." Obviously a post-card lens, but will do reasonably until I can get one at 5-1/2" f/8 (the original f/l and speed). I made a mahogany lens board; only I had to make it from the solid, as I haven't any 1/16" cutters to make original style tongue & groove joints!




Here the camera is set up on my balcony to test a 5-3/4" f/8 Rapid Symmetrical Ilex Ingento lens; half the cheap paper iris blades were broken (got it from a $15USD B&J Ingento parts camera) so I installed an internal Waterhouse stop of f/16 in 140lb. Canson Colorline #38 black art paper. The tripod is a new, inexpensive ProMaster 7050; not the most stable, but light and OK for cameras up to about 5lbs. Not too bad with older cameras with actual pneumatic shutter release; unfortunately a spring sprung out of the cheap shutter, so I can only work it on bulb, manually with the shutter release lever, until I can find the old spring or fabricate a new one (music wire; reasonable possibility). The shutter works very well when it works! Lens has a 1/4" band of crescent Canada balsam deterioration, but it does not show in the central view (original format was, IIRC, 3-1/2 x 5). Too bad that the unusual iris is very likely impracticable to duplicate.



Regards, John

Nice, I just used a premo 5x7 from the same age and it was neat, had a rear storage compartment for two lensboards (glass plate boards) and a dark cloth, it was neat.

The bellows were shot and I mean SHOT haha, nothing but the interior cloth left, no leather left, I wrapped it in duveyteen and took one shot just for fun, it was badly fogged haha but a lot of fun!

[Michael Cienfuegos]

I totally used the pelican case to stand on!! Haha!

The crazy thing was, it wasn't a junkyard, it was just this random corner of a road, it only had the cars you see and that's it, completely open next to the road. Might have been an auto shop of some kind? I dunno.

Thanks.

Just a corner of a road? Not much of a neighborhood, the zoning really must suck!

[Michael Roberts]

Here is my recently acquired Kodak Pony Premo No. 4, 4 x 5, manufactured in 1907; Regards, John

Great looking camera, John!

[Leonard Alecu]

My custom made 8x20 Ebony. I use Dagors and Artars from 24cm f9 Zeiss Dagor to 47 1/2 IN RD Artar. All my lenses were mounted in shutters by S.K. Grimes.

[StoneNYC]

My custom made 8x20 Ebony. I use Dagors and Artars from 24cm f9 Zeiss Dagor to 47 1/2 IN RD Artar. All my lenses were mounted in shutters by S.K. Grimes.

Wow that thing is beautiful, you lucky dog you!

[Kirk Gittings]

My custom made 8x20 Ebony. I use Dagors and Artars from 24cm f9 Zeiss Dagor to 47 1/2 IN RD Artar. All my lenses were mounted in shutters by S.K. Grimes.

a thing of beauty! Must have cost a pretty penny!

[Tin Can]

Looks like camper stabilizer legs under the back bumper. Probably a great idea. I want a roof rack shooting deck also.

Whole rig is very nice!

My custom made 8x20 Ebony. I use Dagors and Artars from 24cm f9 Zeiss Dagor to 47 1/2 IN RD Artar. All my lenses were mounted in shutters by S.K. Grimes.