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Thank you for these links Bernice. In the Kodak promo film at 19:15 we get a good look at what must be about the biggest jig bore machine that...

The glass neg carrier (with top glass anti newton, lower glass clear) can be used for 4x5 and medium format negs, for 35mm get the masks. To position...

Carefully made sheet film images will reveal (using a high quality optical microscope, NOT scanner or loupe) Kodak Ektars are equally "sharp" as any...

The De Vere dichroic head fans are usually very noticeable volume-wise unless they've been replaced.

Topic of UV transmission of lenses has been discussed previously on this topic: ...

As it happens Zeiss did not make a 24 cm/ 240 mm Tessar. Based on Hartmut Thiele's Fabrikationsbuch Photooptik II Carl Zeiss Jena the Tessar between...

5) D-2, Lens Board Retainer Sets, 2 in a set D2-LBR $40.00 6) D-2, Flat Lens Board for 50-105 mm lens D2-FLB $50 & $60 7) D-2, Lens Cones, 2.75...

Hard to say. On my ole D2, the extended cone worked fine for even my preferred 180mm lens. But I no longer use that setup.

Fun project. I like the idea of reversing the camera so that one can sit with a stool and stare at the GG without the handles around me to...

Here is another shot made with Sony a7r ll converted to IR 720. It is a totally realistic scene but a rendering you might not recognized even if you...

Linhof Technikardan S45, Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/210, T-Max 100, DD-X. York Minster, Quire & Great East Window by atomstitcher, on...

Used my regular 180/5.6 Rodagon yesterday. I like it for its very even illumination of 4x5 negs or chromes, and was my preferred lens for Ciba...

The fan is turning and rather quiet, no real issues with the color head, except for some dust. The main problem is the Transtab, but that it might be...

John After sleeping on it Not buying and trying the jack My cart second level will solve the problem My design for 14X36" camera is...

What specific camera are you using? Unless your 4X5 is built like a tank, how are you going to even fit and keep steady a 14 in lens in no.4 shutter...

"Ektar" was the name Eastman Kodak gave to their "best" taking lenses; they came in a variety of optical designs. In the reference that Brian cites...

It was nice to reread this thread and refresh my memory on the specs of the 180mm Apo Rodagon that I still have. 2x to 6x optimum range . . . that's...

Oh good!! Then it’s normal. I’ll open up the transtab and give it a good clean. Thank you everyone!

I'll be interested to get some new ideas for mounting large lenses, but also wanted to mention that you should make certain this camera takes...

Thats has a vintage feel to it. I like the depth the soft focus lens gave the image.

Simon, I enjoy the ironies of scale caused by the cloud rendering in the second one. Nice.

Thanks, Peter! And no problem with the story - I love running into interesting people when I'm outside doing things. In much of the western US,...

That spray shot is great. Worth getting wet. Well, for us anyway. ;)

I have one of these lenses, I wanted to use it for 4 x 5 negatives, unfortunately something is amiss and it has a problem with softness on one side ,...

It's dolerite, part of the Whin Sill. Molten rock was injected between layers of sandstone and limestone, and (being very hard and resistant to...

A sad thing about some of these older threads as they sometimes resurface...that the OP's have in the interim sometimes (often?) ceased doing LF and...

Yes...with the "objects are closer than they appear" 40mm, you'd be getting wet for sure! Did you wipe off your gear with a damp cloth soon...

I was also thinking a transmission jack...the mechanical (non hydraulic) scissors jack type like the "basic" model from Harbor Freight. The gear...

I have and really like my BenQ SW240. This is a true, graphics quality monitor having a bit-depth of 10 bits and a 14 bit lookup table. It has a...

No, the Apo Rodagon N series are multi coated your 180 is coated.

No, the V and all Masters used clips so the fresnel is on the top side of the gg. Clips are available from any service center. They also need a...

I've owned a 180mm Apo Rodagon for more than 30 years and it certainly appears to be multi coated.

I have used a 180mm Apo Rodagon lens for more than 30 years. A good friend of mine purchased the 150mm Apo Rodagon lens a few years later. We did...

Out of curiosity, which model BenQ do you have?

the Transtab will always hum, it's not going to be a silent printing session haha. smell could be dust burning off ?