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Following up with this thread: The new lens arrived today from an eBay seller in Japan, it looks great and I'm quite excited to use it. The...

I've found fresnels counterproductive and distracting. The right amount of grind on the glass will provide both comfortable viewing as well as allow...

I don’t know if you found a solution for your levelers, but these might have potential....

I have some photos that were sent over. He wrote "Surveying how to dismantle it, there are 5 bolts, a pin, and one Allen key to remove or loosen....

I wish I could go get it....but it's just too far at the moment. If anyone from the Midwest is going to NC and is willing to get it a bit closer,...

Thanks for getting the back on it's way FedEx ground. The bill of shipment says that the box (wood) and packaging, including the back weigh 40 lbs....

Barry Young on this forum makes focusing screens....

Arca Swiss has a really excellent viewfinder experience, where they place the Fresnel lens between the ground glass and the lens. Normally, this...

Thanks for the comments - makes sense now that I think about it. Regards Dave

Wonderful Tuco! Well seen. Great composition, tones, energy. I like it.

Mr. Shiu is correct- you remove the front group of the 150mm Symmar to make it a 265mm lens. Opinions vary on the optical quality of the rear element...

Thanks for the correction, Lou.

I admire the format and would enjoy making whole-plate contact prints. Perhaps someday when the right subject matter appears, I'll give it a try.

B/W photo paper generally develops to completion- camera films do not. That's why paper development times are relatively simple and standardized,...

Hey brother Dan the rear cell shown sitting along side of the shutter in the OP's 4th photo.

Ground glass screens are a compromise. Optical law has not been repealed. The finer the grind the better small details can be focussed. But too...

I followed the recommendations in the boxes of paper until I realized they all say about 1-2 minutes in whatever developer. So now I just develop...

Off topic but nice Focomat.

Um, eh, ah, grover2.img shows a shutter and a lens' front cell. Do you have the rear cell?

Since the front and rear standards are roughly the same dimension, I'd guess 4x5 150mm is a 4x5 lens

Just be sure that if you use an air compressor, it has an oil-less pump, or that the compressed air passes through an oil filter on its way to your...

The lens is really 2 lenses in one. 150mm or 265mm. It is called a convertible lens. With both front and back elements it is 150mm f5.6, with one...

I just ordered one in backorder, of 10 days This one is slightly different from the last that had a larger detachable pouch but I never used it...

I haven't even looked at this thread since I started it... until today. So many great responses. Thanks to all who have contributed! The Gator Case...

Can you measure the wooden size of the back? The one picture with the back looks like it might be a reducing back. You might have a 5x7" camera...