Show off your Large Format camera!

[shutterbug guy]

Thanks. Mine was shipped early April. Both inside and outside knobs on mine are both circular and in fact, one of my outside knobs won't securely lock after a year of use. Perhaps that's why yours has the cross shape and they made a slight tweak to the design.

Interesting, perhaps a hidden update?

[Roberto Nania]

My new camera, superbly built and constructed, very impressive. I almost hate to use it as it's so beautiful, to my eyes anyway :-).

I got the same model. It's a joy to use (and to watch).

[Corran]

Interesting, perhaps a hidden update?

Intrepid seem to like doing that.

PS: Enjoy your Chamonix but I personally say keep the Intrepid too...I bought mine despite having a Chamonix, Linhof MT, etc. etc. - it's a good camera.

[AlanGibson]

I got an Intrepid for my newest project but then needed a projector for the presentation. According to the company, they are aiming both to those new to large format, and to those who have been shooting for a longer time but wanting a lighter and more compact camera. I know that while many dismiss these cameras as “toys” or sneer at their plywood construction, the cameras are very much worth a look. I'm very excited about it. And I also got a projector from https://www.ontourevents.co.uk/projector-hire-london and it's working great.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

New camera I've built, a 5x7", the NSD 57 FTS.

NOW WITH PHOTOS!!!!

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[Nana Sousa Dias]

The two cameras buit by me, at left, the NSD 57 FTS, at right, the NSD 45 PS.

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[Duolab123]

The two cameras buit by me, at left, the NSD 57 FTS, at right, the NSD 45 PS.

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Outstanding work. So many talents :)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Outstanding work. So many talents :)

Thanks

[Fr. Mark]

These are very elegant!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

These are very elegant!


Thanks

[Daniel Unkefer]

Plaubel Peco Profia 5x7, Toyo 45A II, Cambo SCX 4x5.

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That 5x7 Peco Profia is cool. I have two of the same vintage 4x5's myself. Built like brick solid houses. You will hurt yourself if you run into it in the dark

[Serge S]

Impressive work!

[MauroScacco]

ICA Jul 400 Year: c.1915
Horizontally-styled folding bed camera for 13x18cm (also for stereo use), triple extension.

In beautifully, near mint condition, Goertz Doppel-Anastigmat Serie III Dagor 6.8/180mm in Compound shutter, with a double film holder
(Ica Jul seems the short version of Juwel, the famous Ansel Adam's camera)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51232418304_43a3e4029c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m4ex3Y)Ica Jul (https://flic.kr/p/2m4ex3Y) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51247427231_2b975f1786_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m5ysFz)Ica Jul con finder leica ed impugnatura (https://flic.kr/p/2m5ysFz) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr
Ica Jul 13x18 with vintage finder leica and grip

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51246709232_7ba3843965_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m5uMfh)Ica Jul con finder leica ed impugnatura (https://flic.kr/p/2m5uMfh) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

[MauroScacco]

Contessa Nettel Deckrullo 10x15 c.1920
lens Nettel Anastigmat 165mm f6,8
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51233475530_767f8404d5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m4jXk1)deckrullo (https://flic.kr/p/2m4jXk1) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51233194834_78403cff55_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m4ivTq)deckrullo2 (https://flic.kr/p/2m4ivTq) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

[otto.f]

And does it work?

[MauroScacco]

Declared working by seller, i will try and after will post pictures, thx :-)

[otto.f]

Nice, I’m curious

[Tin Can]

Whole Plate kit, everything except the lens

ANBA IKEDA which I think is a KODAK copy

6 very usable Book Style holders for plate with film sheaths

I holder will become wet plate after some Poly

Included sealed box J Lane whole plate NOS in date
20 blacked aluminum plates

I just ordered Delta 100 Whole plate at discount from B&H

Was missing one 2.5mm metric screw, I found 4

Very lightweight!

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?8232-Anba-Ikeda-value



https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51236822463_53aaf6ef09_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m4C7fK)IKEDA (https://flic.kr/p/2m4C7fK) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51236822543_2059dcd4e0_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m4C7h8)ANBA (https://flic.kr/p/2m4C7h8) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Fr. Mark]

[QUOTE=Tin Can;1602993]Whole Plate kit, everything except the lens

ANBA IKEDA which I think is a KODAK copy

6 very usable Book Style holders for plate with film sheaths

I holder will become wet plate after some Poly

Included sealed box J Lane whole plate NOS in date
20 blacked aluminum plates

I just ordered Delta 100 Whole plate at discount from B&H

Was missing one 2.5mm metric screw, I found 4

Very lightweight!

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That looks like a great bunch of gear. I think if I could only have one camera I might want it to be whole plate, assuming I was making my own films, which I want to do.
An inexpensive lens might be a 4 diopter or a 1 + 2 diopter meniscus lenses (close up filters). glue them to a board with a hole, make Waterhouse stops out of something and maybe magnet them onto the inside of the lens board or use gaff tape, make a simple lens cap or use a hat or a metal jar lid and a magnet or two. Those close up "filters" should cover way more than whole plate. But now that I typed that it looks like you have a lens. I'm sure you'll have fun.

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Contessa Nettel Deckrullo 10x15 c.1920
lens Nettel Anastigmat 165mm f6,8
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51233475530_767f8404d5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m4jXk1)deckrullo (https://flic.kr/p/2m4jXk1) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51233194834_78403cff55_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m4ivTq)deckrullo2 (https://flic.kr/p/2m4ivTq) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

They are very nice in handling especially the 10x15, once you get the shutter restored. Most of them have broken shutter cloth or it will break soon if you try the shutter at the highest speeds....Hope you got one with the matching plateholders, since they are very hard to find.
I've restored 3 now with new shutter cloth; And I could once buy a complete kit with single and double plateholders (Tessar f4,5 180mm):

https://live.staticflickr.com/1799/42844258815_848fafa055_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28h12tv)
Contessa-Nettel Deck-Rullo 10x15 (https://flic.kr/p/28h12tv) by Ron (Netherlands) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zorki_2007/), on Flickr

[MauroScacco]

They are very nice in handling especially the 10x15, once you get the shutter restored. Most of them have broken shutter cloth or it will break soon if you try the shutter at the highest speeds....Hope you got one with the matching plateholders, since they are very hard to find.
I've restored 3 now with new shutter cloth; And I could once buy a complete kit with single and double plateholders (Tessar f4,5 180mm):

https://live.staticflickr.com/1799/42844258815_848fafa055_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/28h12tv)
Contessa-Nettel Deck-Rullo 10x15 (https://flic.kr/p/28h12tv) by Ron (Netherlands) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/zorki_2007/), on Flickr

Very fine set :-)
I have found in Italy this material, with 6 film holder, hoping the size be the right one ( the seller knew nothing about :-)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51248235755_dae24abf7e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m5CB2D)contessa deck (https://flic.kr/p/2m5CB2D) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

[jamgolf]

A few weeks ago:
Stenopeika Leonardo
https://jawad.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2637775936-5.jpg

[MauroScacco]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51249098266_945c76f722_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m5H2qw)DSC02269 (https://flic.kr/p/2m5H2qw) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr
Luckily, they are 10x15 but in any case 10x12.7 sheets must be used so that there is a lot of empty space in the film holder...

[Brad Cloven]

Calumet Wood-Field 4x5, most likely a rebadged Nagaoka Seisakusho, probably in Mahogany. Same design seen in a 1984 Calumet catalog, though offered in cherry wood then.

Lens is a Rodenstock Sironar-N 150mm f5.6. Also have the 210 Sironar-N, 90mm Grandagon-N 6.8 and Nikon-M 300mm f/9.

Tripod is a National Cine Equipment wooden (also probably mahogany) that I picked up this week for $36, much like this one currently available on auction, which is not mine. :-) https://www.ebay.com/itm/164883993433?hash=item2663da1359:g:4msAAOSwfA5gtUuX

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[David Lindquist]

Calumet Wood-Field 4x5, most likely a rebadged Nagaoka Seisakusho, probably in Mahogany. Same design seen in a 1984 Calumet catalog, though offered in cherry wood then.

Lens is a Rodenstock Sironar-N 150mm f5.6. Also have the 210 Sironar-N, 90mm Grandagon-N 6.8 and Nikon-M 300mm f/9.

Tripod is a National Cine Equipment wooden (also probably mahogany) that I picked up this week for $36, much like this one currently available on auction, which is not mine. :-) https://www.ebay.com/itm/164883993433?hash=item2663da1359:g:4msAAOSwfA5gtUuX

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Nice outfit!. I'd say that tripod is more than up to its assigned task.

David

[Michael Kadillak]

Nice outfit!. I'd say that tripod is more than up to its assigned task.

David

Absolutely. I could mount my 34# 1940 Marine Deardorff V11 on that tripod and fear not.

[Pdkaufman]

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Waiting for paper to try some paper negatives.

[cgratham]

Some really beautiful gear gang. Here's a couple shots of my Zone VI 4x5.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50869463876_f831c7ab3e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kvaim1)
_D718287.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kvaim1) by cgratham (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cgratham/), on Flickr

Or, if you prefer it in colour:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51664169932_5bd2184ce3_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mHonLy)
_D717985.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mHonLy) by cgratham (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cgratham/), on Flickr

I have a new (to me) 8x10 on the way, but no pics of that one yet.

Cheers, Chris

[Ulophot]

Love the suitcase, Chris. Nice setting. Of course, the camera is more useful.

[cgratham]

Thanks Philip. The suitcase has been in my wife's family for a few generations now, and she stores some of her watercolour paper and other art supplies there. So she would claim that it's much more useful to her ;-)
Chris

[trog]

Something I hobbled together....


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[Tin Can]

Wonderfull!


Something I hobbled together....


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[Roger Thoms]

Something I hobbled together....


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You're quite the hobbler, looks great!

Roger

[Renato Tonelli]

Something I hobbled together....

Looks well-though-out and beautifully done. (No hobbling whatsoever). :)

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[robertraymer]

My Newest:

Linhof Super Technika III v5

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[cgratham]

^ Beautiful shot Robert. Sneaky self portrait lens reflection too!

[T.Chabry]

My 4x5 Golf Montauk by G. Gennert shot with a no name 5x7 camera from the same era and my first try with paper negative
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51272564619_b97f936a67_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m7Mi9P)
4x5 paper negative (https://flic.kr/p/2m7Mi9P) by T. Chabry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191014911@N03/), on Flickr

Another shot with X-ray film :
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51289486402_a47463fcc3_z.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/2m9h2pG)Vintage cameras and watch (https://flic.kr/p/2m9h2pG) by T. Chabry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191014911@N03/), on Flickr

[cgratham]

^ very nice T.Chabry. Very ethereal feel with the paper neg. shot.

[T.Chabry]

Thank you. The Kodak photo paper used expired in the 1950's and was very fogged. That's what give it this look and it was not planed. :D

[otto.f]

Something I hobbled together....


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Very nice! What do you need more for landscape and group portraits!

[MikeCoke]

Me setting up to take some photos at a convention with an 8x10 Kodak D2. Some time is the 1980s.

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[Kyle M.]

My new to me Wista 45D and Caltar II-N 150mm F=5.6

https://i.ibb.co/2kfd5C7/IMG-1095.jpg (https://ibb.co/9rCWG19)

[Tin Can]

Thanks Kyle M and Mike Coke for reviving this thread

I will be posting soon

[Timothy Blomquist]

Ever realize you have the wrong equipment for location work? Such has been my large format life......

In the San Juan Mission Cemetery, Farmington, New Mexico. Sinar P 8x10 (heavy duty rear standard). That day I was using my Nikkor 150mm SW f/8. Heavy camera, heavy lens and heavy Gitzo tripod. Shot this in 2020 during the COVID pandemic. Most of those graves are from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, killing many Navajo Indians.

https://i.imgur.com/dgGACpLh.jpg

[Daniel Unkefer]

I just bought this second 8x10 Norma Rear Standard for 200 British Pounds, from a very nice Guy in France. And another 8x10 original Norma Tapered Bellows, for another twenty British Pounds. So Keith at Custom Bellows gets some more of my money in exchange for a new Norma Bellows. Have numerous front standards and parts, so this complete camera comes from repurposed parts. Wanted a dedicated 8x10 Norma to put on a lightweight tripod like the original Leitz Tiltall or possibly some carbon fiber legs.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51909609498_b27e55c72c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n65jpd)New to Me 8x10 18x24cm Sinar Norma (https://flic.kr/p/2n65jpd) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Have to reinstall strips of 3mm foam light trapping and She's done. 18x24cm Mammo have 500 sheets. 8x10 HRU have 500 sheets. Also many flavors of older B&W 8x10 emulsions some fresh some expired. Shanghai, ERA, Ilford, FOMA

That's the 165mm F8 Sinar Norma Compur Special Shutter Mickey Mouse Automation. A Friend says he is willing to sell me his 210mm F8 Norma Super Angulon. We will see

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51907630789_082669c762_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n5Ubcx)4x5 Norma Handy with Wedding Flash 100WS (https://flic.kr/p/2n5Ubcx) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

[Ulophot]

I recognize the 3040 tripod, Daniel. It was my first LF tripod, for the Omega 45Fm and served me well. I was later persuaded to exchange it for a 3050 with self-leveling legs. Great mechanism, great tripod. But later, after a 13-year hiatus, I tried taking the camera/tripod combo to an area morning LF shoot and breakfast at a state park. While others were hopping gaily about with their CF or other light-weight gear and field cameras, I was realizing that my set-up had no future for me. I couldn't afford CF legs, but a Tachihara 4x5 and Bogen 3221 tripod and lighter-than-3047 head, all bought used at excellent prices, reduced my carry weight from about 26 unwieldy pounds to about 11 compact ones. I'm quite portable now.

[T.Chabry]

A no name half plate Japanese camera :

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51896316266_23b47b39d3_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n4UbMy)
273738666_285877506949646_8370826682973734972_n (https://flic.kr/p/2n4UbMy) by T. Chabry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191014911@N03/), on Flickr

[Duolab123]

I just bought this second 8x10 Norma Rear Standard for 200 British Pounds, from a very nice Guy in France. And another 8x10 original Norma Tapered Bellows, for another twenty British Pounds. So Keith at Custom Bellows gets some more of my money in exchange for a new Norma Bellows. Have numerous front standards and parts, so this complete camera comes from repurposed parts. Wanted a dedicated 8x10 Norma to put on a lightweight tripod like the original Leitz Tiltall or possibly some carbon fiber legs.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51909609498_b27e55c72c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n65jpd)New to Me 8x10 18x24cm Sinar Norma (https://flic.kr/p/2n65jpd) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Have to reinstall strips of 3mm foam light trapping and She's done. 18x24cm Mammo have 500 sheets. 8x10 HRU have 500 sheets. Also many flavors of older B&W 8x10 emulsions some fresh some expired. Shanghai, ERA, Ilford, FOMA

That's the 165mm F8 Sinar Norma Compur Special Shutter Mickey Mouse Automation. A Friend says he is willing to sell me his 210mm F8 Norma Super Angulon. We will see

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51907630789_082669c762_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n5Ubcx)4x5 Norma Handy with Wedding Flash 100WS (https://flic.kr/p/2n5Ubcx) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Those Norma outfits are beautiful. Original Sinar pan tilt head, very nice.

[MauroScacco]

Ica Favorit 425 13x18 with Carl Zeiss Protarlinse 300 mm f 6,3

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51912185610_3f1e9c0d53_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n6iwbW)Favorit 13x18 with Carl Zeiss Jena protorlinse 300 mm f 6,3 (https://flic.kr/p/2n6iwbW) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

[Daniel Unkefer]

Ica Favorit 425 13x18 with Carl Zeiss Protarlinse 300 mm f 6,3

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51912185610_3f1e9c0d53_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n6iwbW)Favorit 13x18 with Carl Zeiss Jena protorlinse 300 mm f 6,3 (https://flic.kr/p/2n6iwbW) by Mauro Scacco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauroscaccophotography/), su Flickr

Mauro That is a beautiful Ica! :) Beautiful Protarlinse also 13x18 makes great contact prints

[Neal Chaves]

Here is a TRF Crown Graphic, cam-coupled to lenses from 58mm to 360mm telephoto. Shown here set up for "Big Shot" and two full frame 4X5s. Amanda with her horse Bullet, 210mm Nikkor W and Maria with her dog Honeybear, 150mm Fujinon W. Both filled with flash from 285 Vivitar with bounce card. I am now fitting Graphics with a properly centered Lomograflok back for Instax Wide. Can be seen in The Lounge, Big Shots coming from these soon. Also shown are the matching Big Shot cams I cut for them. These are both accurate to infinity.

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[Tin Can]

9 years ago to this day I posted these pics of a 8X10 with 7X11 backs, it also came in the OE suitcase, with more

William Whitaker sold me very nice 7X11 holders some years ago

Never shot it

Soon I will, Will

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51911057792_bc56530f4c_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/mpjsUJ)DSC-3060 (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/mpjsUJ) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51912323079_da9e306dbe_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/5GZ1tN)DSC-3065 (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/5GZ1tN) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51911037077_6dce353897_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/D2Zpm3)DSC-3042 (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/D2Zpm3) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51911037077_6dce353897_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/D2Zpm3)DSC-3042 (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/D2Zpm3) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Daniel Unkefer]

Those Norma outfits are beautiful. Original Sinar pan tilt head, very nice.

Thanks Duolab123 I started with modern Sinar and gravitated back gradually to the older stuff

[Duolab123]

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New shelf today for my c.1917 F&S 11x14 I bought 40 years ago :D

[David Lindquist]

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New shelf today for my c.1917 F&S 11x14 I bought 40 years ago :D

Nice.
Looks like a lens in a relatively late (circa 1970's) No. 5 Ilex Universal.

David

[Nana Sousa Dias]

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Home made 5x7" camera

[Tin Can]

Nice, I use those same brackets with long screws


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New shelf today for my c.1917 F&S 11x14 I bought 40 years ago :D

[Neal Chaves]

Here's a vintage Toyo field camera that I like a lot now after a few mods. In that era, Toyo wisely chose to use the Pacemaker Graphic lens board, but I did not like the mechanics of the 4X5 revolving back. Its bail operation does not permit the use of later, improved viewing aids, like the excellent monocular viewer I favor. I don't use the revolving feature of most backs except to switch from horizontal to vertical, and these backs add extra extension I can do without. Here I fit a late production focusing back from a revolver in place of the old factory back. It does not revolve, but now I can use my favorite viewers, and it has reduced extension so that the 47mm XL SA easily focuses to infinity. This old Toyo was a time traveler, and its leather bellows is still in excellent condition.

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[Duolab123]

Nice.
Looks like a lens in a relatively late (circa 1970's) No. 5 Ilex Universal.

David

Yes, original lens board not the original Turner Reich convertible, had an exploded shutter some one had opened before I got it, lens elements had separated. I sold it to a fellow for next to nothing, he was super happy.

[Duolab123]

Nice.
Looks like a lens in a relatively late (circa 1970's) No. 5 Ilex Universal.

David

Yes, original lens board not the original Turner Reich convertible, had an exploded shutter some one had opened before I got it, lens elements had separated. I sold it to a fellow for next to nothing, he was super happy.

[Duolab123]

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Home made 5x7" camera

Beautiful!!!

[Greg]

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Home made 5x7" camera

Nice camera. Has me thinking about constructing a similar camera. Use a 90mm Super-Angulon XL on my whole plate camera. Essentially no movements possible, so spend most of the time setting it up making sure that the lens is spot center in relation to the back.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51915809578_8fb382c861_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n6C6t9)SONY DSC (https://flic.kr/p/2n6C6t9) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr


David Maheu has been painting these canvases for photographers for forty years. This is 8x8 foot "Tim Kelly Beige" which is one of the most requested backgrounds. He is retiring this year so I thought I better get these made up while I can!
This will get a lot of use. I've followed Tim Kelly for thirty years + and I've wanted some cool backgrounds for my work

This is one of my 5x7 Normas and I've left the 500mm Tele-Xenar on it for a while. Looking forward to working with this lens as it warms up around here. If it ever does!

[Fr. Mark]

I'm glad to see some new posts here. One of these days I'll take a picture of the parts I salvaged from a printing shop when, after ~75 years, they went out of business: the bellows and lens from the copy camera. I have a cherry plank I've been saving that might become the standards for it. The bellows has about 4-5 feet of draw and should allow truly ULF work (~24x30").

[Tin Can]

Good to hear from you!


I'm glad to see some new posts here. One of these days I'll take a picture of the parts I salvaged from a printing shop when, after ~75 years, they went out of business: the bellows and lens from the copy camera. I have a cherry plank I've been saving that might become the standards for it. The bellows has about 4-5 feet of draw and should allow truly ULF work (~24x30").

[Tin Can]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51920114620_af385dd648_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n71ad1)As New NFS (https://flic.kr/p/2n71ad1) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[DwarvenChef375]

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Linhof Technika 4

[Mudrunner]

The merging of two technologies....photo of my 4x5 film camera taken with my iPhone.
Toyo Field in the field...or the forest as it were.
I guess this could be considered a self portrait if you look close enough...

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[T.Chabry]

UK made 1/4 plate J. Lizars Challenge & US made 8x10 Kodak Rochester Empire State cameras.
Shot with an US made 4x5 Newton New-View and US made Kodak photographic paper.
Development done with Canadian made Caffenol C-H. ;)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51732945320_e3495541b7_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mPsSi7)
Vintage cameras (https://flic.kr/p/2mPsSi7) by T. Chabry (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191014911@N03/), on Flickr

[lassethomas]

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Just picked up the new member of the family, a 5x7 Kodak 2-D.
My first 5x7 camera.
Came with 8,25 inch Red Dot Artar
Needs and will get a bit of love but is in working condition.
Now I just need a few holders and some film.

[cp_photo]

This is my Argentum Excursor I. 5x7 camera that I received in November 2020. I have been enjoying it a lot. Very basic movements: front rise/fall, front axis tilt, front base tilt and rear base tilt. 380mm bellows extension.

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[neil poulsen]

This is a Hybrid Arca Swiss Camera; it has elements of both the Oschwald era cameras and the later Classic F cameras. It's a combination of elements that I like.

At first glance, it appears to be an Oschwald "A" camera. The "A" signifies axis tilt, which I much prefer. But on closer inspection, the swing only (no tilt) function carriers are black, the front standard is black, and the front standard bears the centimeter shift scale, all of which are characteristically found on Classic F cameras.

The above makes me wonder if this camera may have been manufactured soon after Phillip Vogt acquired the Arca Swiss company in 1984. Thereby, they were still basically manufacturing an Oschwald style camera. But, they were introducing changes that would eventually lead to the Classic F camera. Again, speculation.

One feature that's almost a must for me is geared rise. So, I swapped out the rear Oschwald style standard and replaced it with a modern, Metric standard that has geared rise. Since the Metric and the Oschwald standards require different bellows frames, these have been swapped out as appropriate by S.K. Grimes on both sets of bellows.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Beautiful!!!

Thanks

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nice camera. Has me thinking about constructing a similar camera. Use a 90mm Super-Angulon XL on my whole plate camera. Essentially no movements possible, so spend most of the time setting it up making sure that the lens is spot center in relation to the back.

Thanks

[Roberto Nania]

This is my Argentum Excursor I. 5x7 camera that I received in November 2020. I have been enjoying it a lot. Very basic movements: front rise/fall, front axis tilt, front base tilt and rear base tilt. 380mm bellows extension.



I really like the Argentum approach. Their cameras are very beautiful.
How it is in the use? Is the front standard well rigid?

[cp_photo]

The front standard is very stable using the lenses I have. This 5x7 camera uses Linhof/Technika lens boards.

With this Argentum camera I mostly use a Nikkor W 210 f 5.6 which produces a very bright image on the ground glass.

I also have been using a Schneider G-Claron 150mm f 9 and a Meyer Gorlitz Weitwinkel Aristostigmat 120mm f 6.8 on this 5x7 camera.
I really like the Argentum approach. Their cameras are very beautiful.
How it is in the use? Is the front standard well rigid?

[Timothy Blomquist]

Today north of Farmington, New Mexico, taken by my 23 year-old son. It's one of four 8x10 cameras I have. This is a StenopeiKa Hyper 8x10, with a Schneider G-Claron 305mm. Not a bad plywood camera, but I use it only with smaller sized lenses.
https://i.imgur.com/rkHrEMsl.jpg

[Roberto Nania]

Today north of Farmington, New Mexico, taken by my 23 year-old son. It's one of four 8x10 cameras I have. This is a StenopeiKa Hyper 8x10, with a Schneider G-Claron 305mm. Not a bad plywood camera, but I use it only with smaller sized lenses.


Nice.
I confirm, the Steno Hyper can't handle heavy lenses well.

[cuypers1807]

Chamonix 11x14 + 15" Cooke Portrait Series II (knuckler) on an ANSCO studio stand.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51917464967_4dfee9c91d_c.jpg

[Ashishwakhlu]

My Arca Swiss 4X5 and self converted 8X10226458226459

[Tin Can]

Wow

with no lens support addon

Is that lens brass or aluminum

My 14.5 SF Cooke is very heavy

I had same camera


Chamonix 11x14 + 15" Cooke Portrait Series II (knuckler) on an ANSCO studio stand.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51917464967_4dfee9c91d_c.jpg

[Tin Can]

Maybe the lens support IS there

[cuypers1807]

Wow

with no lens support addon

Is that lens brass or aluminum

My 14.5 SF Cooke is very heavy

I had same camera
Yes. I am using the Chamonix lens support. The brass Cooke is around 10lbs and too heavy to safely use on the Chamonix without it.
That is your camera…. I bought it from you in 2018.

[Tin Can]

Excellent!




Yes. I am using the Chamonix lens support. The brass Cooke is around 10lbs and too heavy to safely use on the Chamonix without it.
That is your camera…. I bought it from you in 2018.

[Deardorffuser]

My modified cambo cx 810 (front standart sinar) and Deardorff 810

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[Ashishwakhlu]

Sinar P 4X5 Converted to 8X10 by self designed film back.

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[Deardorffuser]

my new toy ))

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52029960887_6785308a95_h.jpg

[Sean Mac]

https://i.imgur.com/it9ezqa.jpg

:)

[Ari]

my new toy ))

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52029960887_6785308a95_h.jpg

Congrats! Great camera, especially for those 360mm plasmats.

[Daniel Unkefer]

​https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52046838607_22ba324a51_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nicDQk)SONY DSC (https://flic.kr/p/2nicDQk) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Here I've quickly adapted the Arca Swiss 4x5 Reflex Magnifying Hood to the Automatic Makiflex. Hollywood Gaffer's Tape and razor blade (many layers) makes a semi-permanent installation. I love it! No wonder Geoff Berliner at Penumbra modded his and sent me phone pix. What I like about is that it is uber high-eyepoint, there is a one inch wide black border around the 9x9 framing. All my other finders work better with 6x9cm. Geoff told me I am nuts to shoot 6x9 with this camera, square is it. It's rather unique in that aspect. Anyways I have a another of these finders coming from KEH, with the rubber eyecup For 9x9 shooting the groundglass grain is sharp to my eye and I always compose from the edges and move in. So this finder is wonderful to me and my square uses.

These are my shorter automatic iris lenses. On the camera the 150mm Maki Schneider barrel Symmar auto iris, in the center the 150mm Maki f4.5 Schneider Xenar auto iris. Then on the right, the 180mm Maki f4.5 Schneider Xenar auto iris. I have not used these shorter lenses much and am looking forward to this seasons work​. Plaubel recommended this camera for Fashion and Reportage.

[Tin Can]

Very cool

I hope everybody is using real Gaff Tape

I always have a roll of white and black Gaff Tape in 2"

I also have rolls of other specialty tape

I curse all users of 'Photographer tape' especially heroes of our past

[Daniel Unkefer]

I bought some "Camera Store Tape" recently, a Broncolor Strip Light taped with such, the tape unglued itself, and the front of the striplight fell to the floor. I took the roll of "Camera Store Tape" and threw it in the trash. I buy all my Gaff Tape from B&H. They sell the real deal at a good price.

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Approximate View through new to me 4x5 Arca Swiss Reflex Finder on Auto Makiflex. As you can see there is a nice black border around the 9x9cm full frame glass. Perfect for viewing the entire field without straining

[NormaN]

my new toy ))

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52029960887_6785308a95_h.jpg

Your new Toy(o) 😊

[darr]

https://photohaikus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sinar-norma-sk150-2.jpg

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://i.imgur.com/it9ezqa.jpg

:)

Gosh that's a nice looking Norma. Back in the eighties I paid $1500 for a clean one in the hard case, I had never seen one in the flesh. Now they are going for a lot less. Norma was the choice of a lot of prominent Architectural Photographers of the day. I studied Architectural Design for two years at OSU but ended up changing Majors. An awful lot of B&W and E6 ran through that Norma, which I still have. Back then I used the 115mm f6.8 Grandagon and the 90mm F4.5 Grandagon primarily.

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://photohaikus.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sinar-norma-sk150-2.jpg

Hmm this one looks sorta like mine. Earlier Normas had the locking clamps on the focus knob, later on they eliminated that. The sync cord on the shutter can be troublesome but can easily be rebuilt.

A beauty! :)

[abruzzi]

Hmm this one looks sorta like mine. Earlier Normas had the locking clamps on the focus knob, later on they eliminated that.

I’ve always wondered about that. I have some Norma standards with the focus locks and some without. I like having them there and was wondering if they could be retrofitted to standards without the lock.

A completely left field Norma question—has anyone seen grey Normas? My 5x7 standard and aux standard are grey, not tan.

[rfesk]

My 5x7 Norma was green.

[abruzzi]

My 5x7 Norma was green.


interesting. Most of my pieces are tan (well..I'm very colorblind, so they might be green...) But these two pieces are battleship grey, and smooth, not with the crinkly texture of the other pieces.

[John Layton]

Green like the Toyo VX? That would be cool! Or, more like a British racing green? Love this on something like an old Jag. or MGA, even an older 911 - but on a camera I'm not so sure...hmmm :confused:

[Tin Can]

I now paint for visibility

Not camouflage

[Daniel Unkefer]

I have a few lensboards here and there that are definately flat grey. Original Norma finish is like a "Hammerloid" or wrinkle grey-greenish color. I have found for touching up and patching up nasty holes are tears in boards and around, Latex Benjamin Moore paint, I took a Norma board into the store, and they zapped it. Depending on how you view the equipment this "body work" in entirely acceptable and ugly defects largely disappear.

I bought my first 8x10 Norma from a friend who was the area prominent fashion photographer. After I paid he told me that he completely repainted the Norma Rear Standard, no big deal because he was a professional painter. It must have been completely trashed and ugly but this one looks like new. He went into the store, they zapped something Norma Green, and mixed up oil-based paint, which you can't get anymore around here. He let the oil paint nearly dry, then went over it with a dry brush, and it was convincing.

[abruzzi]

My guess is the grey pieces are special use pieces for some other industrial/scientific use. The pieces came from someone formerly employeed at Sandia National Labratories (the place where they designed and built the rest of the atomic bombs, i.e. the parts without plutonium.) I like the grey, and if I could, I'd love the whole camera to be grey.

[Serge S]

Sounds like you have a few British classics in your garage:)


Green like the Toyo VX? That would be cool! Or, more like a British racing green? Love this on something like an old Jag. or MGA, even an older 911 - but on a camera I'm not so sure...hmmm :confused:

[John Layton]

No...just a German classic (a humble 944) - in a color called "Maraschino Red:"

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[rrunnertexas]

After looking for a few years, I lucked into this beauty - A Blair English Compact in the 8x10 size. Plenty of brass and beautiful mahogany and so light compared with a few other 8x10 models I have shot with.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52281393501_0878b1e84c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nDVNQe)Blair English Compact large format (https://flic.kr/p/2nDVNQe) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52280412032_79a0d4fbcf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nDQM5m)Blair English Compact large format (https://flic.kr/p/2nDQM5m) by rrunnertexas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18736302@N03/), on Flickr

[Roberto Nania]

After looking for a few years, I lucked into this beauty - A Blair English Compact in the 8x10 size. Plenty of brass and beautiful mahogany and so light compared with a few other 8x10 models I have shot with.


It's very beautiful

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52217232332_73e1e3945f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nyfXXb)SONY DSC (https://flic.kr/p/2nyfXXb) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

I built this new to me 8x10 Norma (my second one) which I configured from pieces I recently acquired. An F Front Standard, and a Norma 8x10 Rear Standard. A great location combination. I got this idea when my Wife and I went to the Wexner Center at O.S.U. and see Annie Leibovitz's photos on exhibition. This camera was shown in a photo Annie snapped was a wall-sized B&W, of Richard Avedon's equipment closet. I thought it rather strange at the time, an F attached to a Norma. I think it will make a very good field camera. Shown with the 360mm Schneider Symmar in Norma Iris mount, and the Norma Shutter. So a 60's era speedy location camera. I've tested the camera in the studio and it's a winner.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52222110706_ddb1c49ac5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nyFY85)18x24 Mammo Shortie Sawed Off Norma (https://flic.kr/p/2nyFY85) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr


This is a test shot (my Shorty Norma) French Kodak 18x24cm Mammo Film, processed in D23 1:1. Taking camera is my new Annie/Avedon inspired 8x10 Norma. I applied 30 degrees of front and rear swing, the Norma original recessed lensboard is sharp all the way across the field. I like how the DOF drops off with the 360mm f5.6 Norma Symmar. There appears to be highlight blooming, which I find kind of attractive. Best thing about this film was that it was not at all expensive. And I have a lot of it

My "Shorty Sawed-Off Norma" has a basic rail cut down, to just accomodate a 120mm lens. Here it is shown with the 47mm f8 Super Angulon, which I am looking forward to using a lot with 2x3 and 6x9. This is not a telephoto camera, but I can easily lift and carry it with one hand without strain. The lowly Star-D tripod is sturdy enough with this setup, given proper time to settle down. I cut both ends off a basic Norma rail with my Lil Machine Shop Bandsaw. So it is now simply a hollow tube perfect length for Field and Architecture.

[Salmo22]

My Arca-Swiss F Metric Field w/Micro-Orbix 4x5 in an interesting location.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283074393_5b420cfe3c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qv8)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v1 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qv8) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283074178_42d54f93f0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qrq)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v2 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qrq) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283063156_8f356b59eb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5nao)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v3 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5nao) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283062926_0b664d3c21_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5n6q)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v4 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5n6q) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr
...and the resulting image.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50856167428_485eec568e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ktZ9LU)GILLESPIE DAM, ARIZONA (https://flic.kr/p/2ktZ9LU) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

[Ron (Netherlands)]

My Arca-Swiss F Metric Field w/Micro-Orbix 4x5 in an interesting location.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283074393_5b420cfe3c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qv8)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v1 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qv8) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283074178_42d54f93f0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qrq)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v2 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5qrq) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283063156_8f356b59eb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5nao)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v3 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5nao) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52283062926_0b664d3c21_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5n6q)Arca-Swiss 4x5 v4 (https://flic.kr/p/2nE5n6q) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr
...and the resulting image.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50856167428_485eec568e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ktZ9LU)GILLESPIE DAM, ARIZONA (https://flic.kr/p/2ktZ9LU) by Jeffery Dale Welker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffwelker/), on Flickr

Great outfit and great result ...and the rocket blower fits nicely into the scenery :-)

[Serge S]

At the beach

[GuillaumeZuili]

Super D is the workhorse. Modified RB with Prism and Ektar 8 1/2 is the backup.
And the Crown is another backup, kind of last line of defense...!232760

[Deardorff57]

Deardorff 5x7

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[John Layton]

Beautiful 'Dorff...such a classic! On my bucket list but will likely not be realized. Hope you can post more at some point!

[nitroplait]

My Arca-Swiss F Metric Field w/Micro-Orbix 4x5 in an interesting location.
...

You bring your own sofa on location - cool ;-)

[NormaN]

8x10 Eastman Commercial in magnesium with 14" Ektar from 1940 (about the same year as the Camera).
Max. bellows extension 30".

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[Whir-Click]

8x10 Eastman Commercial in magnesium with 14" Ektar from 1940 (about the same year as the Camera).
Max. bellows extension 30".

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It’s a pleasure to see this excellent camera in excellent condition. I find my own to be a joy to use.

[Tin Can]

Never saw one

I know KODAK also made it in wood

I suppose the Mag version is far lighter

Do you know dating?

I think they are Post WWW II

[Whir-Click]

The Eastman All Metal Commercial View was only made from 1938-1942, discontinued due to the war effort’s need for magnesium. The camera certainly resembles a metal version of the 2D, but it was actually a replacement for Eastman’s earlier, massive wooden Commercial View (http://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/ekc/eastcomm.htm).

The All Metal Commercial View and the wooden 2D were sold simultaneously, but the All Metal camera cost more than twice as much and was pitched as the absolute top of the line for professional users. Weight is actually about the same, but the All Metal offers more movements and is substantially steadier. To me it feels like a precision instrument, the pride of pre-war Rochester, expertly designed and skillfully made.

[jdurr]

My Special Order HORSEMAN WOODMAN 45

She needs a bit of cleaning up, but I'm anxious to see her arrive today!

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[Lars Holte]

I have a Toyo Field 45A that I really like, but the bellows were not light tight, and my attempts at repairing the bellows with black tape were not successful. I have now replaced the bellows with new bellows, and the results are pretty good.

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[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52629379878_86358f4183_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2obFk4m)SONY DSC (https://flic.kr/p/2obFk4m) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Using Brass Hobby Modeling Screws I bolted a Plaubel 120x120 Adapter Board, to a Sinar Norma Uber Heavy Metal Homemade Machined Norma Board (heavily used) LOL. Always wondered what I would ever do with this thing LOL. So now all my Plaubel Junior mounted boards fit onto the Norma, which I can go up to 8x10, although with these 4x5 will do it nicely. This is the Schneider 135mm F3.8 Schneider Xenar, a not often seen lens, in the F3.8 version. Great to look through on the 4x5 Norma. The tripod is Shulman-inspired Leica Tiltall, modded with aluminum block. This tripod is in Shulman's books on Architecture and Interiors, which I studied intensely back in the Eighties.

[John Layton]

Someday a Norma...they're just so dang beautiful! someday...

[rudyumans]

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Ron Wisner built Zone VI Classic. First and only collaboration between Ron Wisner and Fred Picker. S/n 241 out of 150 made. I have Fred Picker's write up about the design of this camera

[Roberto Nania]

Very beautiful!

[rudyumans]

Very beautiful!

Assuming you replied to my post, Thank you! It is a beautiful camera. Very well made and still in a perfect shape for a 35 year old camera. (The newest camera I have. All my other ones are older)

[Ron (Netherlands)]

8x10 Eastman Commercial in magnesium with 14" Ektar from 1940 (about the same year as the Camera).
Max. bellows extension 30".

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What a lovely piece! and quite rare indeed.

[lassethomas]

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My newly renovated "red" 8x10 Szabad.
Considering a few details it's probably made in the early fifties, but no later than 1953, when Szabad switched to the "black" series.
Here with a 210mm/6.8 Angulon from 1954.
As one can see it's obviously inspired by the Kodak 2-D but with additional movements. Rise/fall, tilt and swing in front and tilt and swing in the back.

Cleaned, waxed, adjusted, new 900 mm bellow (as the original), new custom made handle (as the original design).
Film back was missing when I acquired it, but I found a 8x10 die-cast springback film holder and custom printed a frame to mount it on the camera.

It is a bit on the heavy side. Especially with the metal in the film holder.
But it has a nice feel to it and works like charm.
I might build a new film holder in some lighter material.

And some history on Szabad cameras (https://sites.google.com/site/prittsel/szilardszabad)

[Tin Can]

Very good!

I like have a rectangular filter holder

[MAubrey]

Finally get to take out my new 11x14 out for some shooting this next week.
https://mikeaubreyphotography.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/a7r2-sony-35mm-f1.4-gm-228.jpg

[NormaN]

Finally get to take out my new 11x14 out for some shooting this next week.
https://mikeaubreyphotography.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/a7r2-sony-35mm-f1.4-gm-228.jpg

a nice camera. so minimalist and delicate. is it an in-house construction, a combination of existing Linhof components with new made parts?

[Dugan]

Finally get to take out my new 11x14 out for some shooting this next week.
https://mikeaubreyphotography.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/a7r2-sony-35mm-f1.4-gm-228.jpg

Very beautiful and elegant!

[John Layton]

just stunningly elegant in its simplicity...would love to have you turn this around to show us the back.

also...any issues with vibrations?

[MAubrey]

a nice camera. so minimalist and delicate. is it an in-house construction, a combination of existing Linhof components with new made parts?

Most of the parts are stock pieces by companies like SmallRig designed to film makers building out cinema cameras and then standard Arca Swiss rails for focusing—a 400mm rail and then two 200mm rails attached for a total extension of ~780mm. The middle of the standards are black anodized 2020 t-slot. I simply cut the walnut to the size of a Sinar board and then use a Sinar to Linhof adapter for the majority of my lenses since the Linhof boards are so much smaller.


just stunningly elegant in its simplicity...would love to have you turn this around to show us the back.

also...any issues with vibrations?
Plenty of vibrations on the tripod above which is certainly undersized! I think vibrations won't be a problem, but the field test is on Wednesday (with my sturdier tripod, of course)!

https://mikeaubreyphotography.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/11x14-camera-back-1.jpg

Here's the back. I have the thickest feeler gauge from McMcaster Carr for springs painted black, but I need to replace a couple springs because I bent them in the wrong place initially, but they do work as it. They're just not a pretty.

The whole wood portion of the back comes off from the four thumb screws and can be reattached to the t-slot frame in vertical orientation.

[John Layton]

Back is equally stunning! Wild guess on weight - between 9 and 10lbs?

[MAubrey]

Back is equally stunning! Wild guess on weight - between 9 and 10lbs?

That's pretty close! I came in at 11lbs.

[Roberto Nania]

Very beautiful

[PunkFunkDunk]

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My Tachihara Fiel 45 with Schneider Xenar 15cm f3.5 (1928) in Compur dial set shutter. Recent outing in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia


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[Fr. Mark]

That's a very handsome camera in a nice setting from what I can see in the background. Looks like the camera has a lot of movements and enough metal etc to lock up well. I imagine it is a lot of fun!

[lassethomas]

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Latest acquisition. A Szabad 12x16 (5x7) in the later black series.
Serial #1499. There were only just over 1500 Szabad cameras in all made so this is a very late one. Probably manufactured in Stockholm 1961-1962.
The earlier "red series" was obviously inspired from the Eastman 2D but with a bit more movements. The "black series" is something completely different with a few nice design solutions.
Extension is 600 mm and the extension is internal (no extra extension rails to carry around). The whole back standard and rail slides out backwards when extended.
It´s more like a tailboard camera with the rail bed folding up to the back standard too. I think it's a rather clever design.
The tripod plate can slide under the rails to balance the camera and locks when tightened.
Full movements in front and tilt and swing on the back. It also has a double rise and fall in front.
Filmback can rotate from landscape to portrait.
Very solidly built in aluminum, steel and wood (mahogany?). Weight just over 5 kg. Probably intended for studio use so low weight wasn't an issue one can assume.

Condition is very good except for the bellows that needs to be replaced.
Otherwise just a bit of cleaning, adjusting and waxing is needed.

Very happy, yes!

[Louis Pacilla]

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Latest acquisition. A Szabad 12x16 (5x7) in the later black series.
Serial #1499. There were only just over 1500 Szabad cameras in all made so this is a very late one. Probably manufactured in Stockholm 1961-1962.
The earlier "red series" was obviously inspired from the Eastman 2D but with a bit more movements. The "black series" is something completely different with a few nice design solutions.
Extension is 600 mm and the extension is internal (no extra extension rails to carry around). The whole back standard and rail slides out backwards when extended.
It´s more like a tailboard camera with the rail bed folding up to the back standard too. I think it's a rather clever design.
The tripod plate can slide under the rails to balance the camera and locks when tightened.
Full movements in front and tilt and swing on the back. It also has a double rise and fall in front.
Filmback can rotate from landscape to portrait.
Very solidly built in aluminum, steel and wood (mahogany?). Weight just over 5 kg. Probably intended for studio use so low weight wasn't an issue one can assume.

Condition is very good except for the bellows that needs to be replaced.
Otherwise just a bit of cleaning, adjusting and waxing is needed.

Very happy, yes!

Love it! Have a great time using that beauty.

[Thierry Schreiner]

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Argentum Excursor 5x7 Horizontal only

[Tin Can]

I like!

I want a 5X7 Horizonal only too



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Argentum Excursor 5x7 Horizontal only

[Axelwik]

My newest camera. Intrepid 5x7 with its Fujinon A 180mm lens.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53056362342_4bdeff2c36_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oQpJ4Y)thumbnail_image0 (20) (https://flic.kr/p/2oQpJ4Y) by Marco Wikstrom (https://www.flickr.com/photos/197947664@N05/), on Flickr

[Fungus]

Here's my Sinar F2, recently acquired from an eBay seller in Japan.

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[ethics_gradient]

Spent yesterday amongst the bonsai with my Rittreck and Tachihara:

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[smudge.g]

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Hi all. My first foray into LF photography. A recent purchase of an early 1900s Butcher & sons 1/2 plate view camera "the National" in lovely condition but it was missing its lens. I have paired it up with a 8" F8 Beck lens and made a mahogany lens board, as the original shutter that came with the camera (as shown) wasnt working. I bought a job lot of early TP roller blind shutters in-keeping with the original but these need to go infront of the lens rather than behind. I have yet to try one but my first test in the garden with photo paper negative just blew me away with the detail!! I though 6x6 was good but this is a different level. Its early days but I hope to out around the Highlands in the comig months to capture some stunning scenery. :)

[Dugan]

Welcome, Smudge!

[pchong]

I am relatively new to LF, been shooting MF for decades. Here is my first and only large format camera.

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[Ron (Netherlands)]

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Hi all. My first foray into LF photography. A recent purchase of an early 1900s Butcher & sons 1/2 plate view camera "the National" in lovely condition but it was missing its lens. I have paired it up with a 8" F8 Beck lens and made a mahogany lens board, as the original shutter that came with the camera (as shown) wasnt working. I bought a job lot of early TP roller blind shutters in-keeping with the original but these need to go infront of the lens rather than behind. I have yet to try one but my first test in the garden with photo paper negative just blew me away with the detail!! I though 6x6 was good but this is a different level. Its early days but I hope to out around the Highlands in the comig months to capture some stunning scenery. :)

Welcome with this very nice 'find'. Have a rebatched one, albeit full plate. I'm still a bit puzzled about the front of this camera, more specific its horizontal shift feature: there seems no thumbscrew to fasten the lensboard when shifting horizontally; although admittedly there is not much room for horizontal shift because of the two thumbscrews for vertical shift.


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[Ulophot]

Ron, quite the collection, and some fine work, on your site.

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Ron, quite the collection, and some fine work, on your site.

Many thanks Philip for visiting the site, glad you liked it!

[Mark J]

This is my 5x7" Gandolfi.
I don't know if they had any different models and how they were named, so if anyone has any more info on this camera, let me know.
It doesn't have front swing, it just has generous slotted tabs on each corner of the rear standard which allow about 25mm+ of movement.
Focus range is quite good, it has the rear and front focusing, which allow a range from around 105mm to 420mm.
Lens here is the 150mm Schneider Super Symmar HM.

https://i.ibb.co/r7hCd9K/IMG-8744.jpg (https://ibb.co/w0q9ctZ)

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[Conrad . Marvin]

I have one of these from the 1990s that I bought new. It has served me well and I have made some modifications (my camera is pictured in this same thread under the Bail back section). The bellows were originally made by the Custom Bellows folks and they have the original measurements if you ever need to get them changed, but mine have held up fine.

[Conrad . Marvin]

When I ordered this camera, I was able to customize it some an I ordered it with front swings and shift and it will work with a 19” lens. I do think that the S and S mechanism causes a bit of instability in the front standard, but I do use it.
I also fit an adapter in the front vertical sliders for a Technica board which gives me lots of flexibility with lenses.
There’s other stuff too…..

[Mark J]

Aha, so the camera is a fairly late model, then ?
Interesting what you could ask for from new.
I customised the ground glass with a fresnel from Knight Optical, cut in our glass shops - it has made the composition easier with the 150.
The only fault of this camera is that the rear standard is stabilised square by a rather short length & a pin that fits in the slot on the RHS of the baseboard ( the pin is about 2" in front of the focusing knob on the short trunnion ). The pin has worn over time and could do with replacing. I will use the camera (more) this Winter and Spring, but might ask someone local to have a look at refurbishing that pin based on the exact slot width.

Ps. I have a 4x5" reducing back, and have just bought 2x boxes of Rollei IR film before it becomes totally unavailable !

[pgk]

This is my 5x7" Gandolfi.
I don't know if they had any different models and how they were named, so if anyone has any more info on this camera, let me know.

Hi Mark

Yours is a 'Precision' which Gandolfi supplied in mahogony with brass fittings or black painted mahogany with dull chromed fittings from at least the 1940s until they finished production. They supplied them to many working photographers and even photographic colleges in the 1960s and then production probably (there seem to be few definitive records) slowly tailed off. In their heyday I have read it suggested that procution may have been in the very low three figures per year and it probably reduced over time. Many Gandolfi cameras were built to order and finished to the customer's requirements so many are non-standard although yours appears to be very much as 'standard' as they were built (no additional frills). I have the 10" x 8" version which is simply a scaled up copy of yours. I think that you will find that yours is the same as the half-plate version which would have been supplied with a different back. Spare backs are very rare indeed.

[Tin Can]

Try to find the DVD about them
Some here bought the family history like i did


Aha, so the camera is a fairly late model, then ?
Interesting what you could ask for from new.
I customised the ground glass with a fresnel from Knight Optical, cut in our glass shops - it has made the composition easier with the 150.
The only fault of this camera is that the rear standard is stabilised square by a rather short length & a pin that fits in the slot on the RHS of the baseboard ( the pin is about 2" in front of the focusing knob on the short trunnion ). The pin has worn over time and could do with replacing. I will use the camera (more) this Winter and Spring, but might ask someone local to have a look at refurbishing that pin based on the exact slot width.

Ps. I have a 4x5" reducing back, and have just bought 2x boxes of Rollei IR film before it becomes totally unavailable !

[pgk]

Try to find the DVD about them
Unfortunately, fascinating as it is, the DVD doesn't really help with models and suchlike.

I have several Gandolfis and have owned others. These range from early tailboards in mahogany and teak (the latter is un-named but almost identical to a 'signed' one) to Precisions, along with a variety of others some which might have been one-offs. They made the Prison Cameras and all sorts of variations on the themes of all these. And then many were adjusted or modified to their customer's wishes. I have yet to find anything absolutely definitive although the article in Photographica World 142 2012/14 is pretty close and covers many models (especially the variety of earlier ones and some specials).

[Conrad . Marvin]

I also needed to rebuild the rear stabilization system (pandemic project). It was necessary to add an additional bed lock on the right side. The knurling was lucky an the knob looks original.

[Mark J]

Thanks Paul, fascinating info. I'll look out for the DVD , Tin Can.
Do you have a copy, Paul ?

[Mark J]

I also needed to rebuild the rear stabilization system (pandemic project). It was necessary to add an additional bed lock on the right side. The knurling was lucky an the knob looks original.
Can you take a piccie of that, it sounds interesting ?

[pgk]

Thanks Paul, fascinating info. I'll look out for the DVD , Tin Can.
Do you have a copy, Paul ?

Yes, its called "Gandolfi Family Business" and you can get copies on Amazon, Ebay, etc.

[Conrad . Marvin]

Can you take a piccie of that, it sounds interesting ?

Hi Mark, I will send you five photos of some of the things that I have changed over the years.( I could not show the reworked locking and stability adjustments without taking the camera apart.) Including the sliding clips to hold the two backs (4x5 and 5x7) I haven’t even finished filling the holes yet. The front lens board adapter also allows me to use a 75mm lens and can be changed out to the original board holder if I needed to.
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[Mark J]

Oh my god , that front swing mechanism is almost infinitely cool.

I can see what you've done with the extra locking knob on the RH rear trunnion, that must help stabilise the rear standard. Good work.

[Mark J]

I have two front intermediate panels ( the ones that slide up & down ) , that I had modified in ~2002 to allow 70mm rear lens barrels to go through. I will post pictures of those in due course, they are nicely done on a milling machine.

[Mal Paso]

Here is my Cambo 45SF at 600mm. It goes from 65mm to 1200mm and just over 40" long. A little on the heavy side for a field camera but much more stable than my Cambo SC. The bellows connector was a custom conversion.

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[Dan Fromm]

Here is my Cambo 45SF at 600mm. It goes from 65mm to 1200mm and just over 40" long. A little on the heavy side for a field camera but much more stable than my Cambo SC. The bellows connector was a custom conversion.

Thanks for showing us your camera. The bellows connector is interesting. Cambo made one for 4x5 SCs, I'm surprised they didn't for the SF.

[Mal Paso]

Thanks for showing us your camera. The bellows connector is interesting. Cambo made one for 4x5 SCs, I'm surprised they didn't for the SF.

Thank you. The bellows connector was converted from SC. It allows me to use common 22" bellows. It was the first project on my mini mill. The SF base was carved from a block of aluminum. I milled the slot in the lensboard for the locating pin on the #3 shutter as well. I also have 2 stabilizing arms under way to tie the ends of the monorail to the tripod legs for telephoto shots in wind. The 1200 is f18 wide open and I have a few photos planned looking down the Big Sur coast.

I started large format in the 1970s with a Cambo SC and a 210mm convertible Symmar.

[Mark Sampson]

Sounds interesting- please show us when you have some results!

[notorius]

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13x18, uknown (for me) model/maker. Does anyone know anything about it?
Book type double sided glass holders, works well with sheet film metal septums. I made some plywood lensboards and plan to install adapter for Linhof boards.

[Nat.Images]

Here is my Linhof Super Technika V


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Good light everyone

[jhon]

very impressive！

[mamba34a]

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[Sean Mac]

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My 5x7 norma :)

[Beevo]

Nagaoka 4x5, the early model:

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I had to make lens boards and the 3D printer came to the rescue:

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[Tin Can]

Nagaoka 4x5, the early model:

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I had to make lens boards and the 3D printer came to the rescue:

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How do we know the difference?

I have one, Silver paint with Fresnel bought from Japan via Kumar a seller here

[Beevo]

How do we know the difference?

I have one, Silver paint with Fresnel bought from Japan via Kumar a seller here

Mine is serial # 512 or some such. Early models did not have swings. Mine was imported through an outfit in Hawaii.

I added the Fresnel and lined the glass plate. My previous camera, 15 years back was Zone VI. This one is almost an inch thinner and close to 4 pounds lighter, one of the reasons I selected it. I got around the lack of front swing by turning it on its side and using the front tilt.

[Tin Can]

Mine is early then

Mint

came with OE lensboard


Mine is serial # 512 or some such. Early models did not have swings. Mine was imported through an outfit in Hawaii.

I added the Fresnel and lined the glass plate. My previous camera, 15 years back was Zone VI. This one is almost an inch thinner and close to 4 pounds lighter, one of the reasons I selected it. I got around the lack of front swing by turning it on its side and using the front tilt.

[Bob Kerner]

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Intrepid 4x5 on an unnecessarily large and heavy tripod.

[Beevo]

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[Fr. Mark]

Intrepid 4x5 on an unnecessarily large and heavy tripod.[/QUOTE]

that's funny! My first thought was "that looks like more than enough tripod!" That wagon/trailer looks pretty stout, too.

[AgNO3]

20"f6.3 & 36"f6.3 into Land Rover Santana Series 2a 109 HT

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These cars were built under incense in Spain at Santana and featured a horizontally split rear door. An invitation to make it a rear standard for heavy aerial lenses which flew in Spitfire and Mosquito planes over my city during WW2. BTW the cars were built from the left over Birmabright aluminium sheets, initially intended to be used for these air craft during the war.

https://up.picr.de/46971214ae.jpg

Set up is made from a few beams of aluminum, some plywood and lathe guides for the rear standard, which features all sorts of movements thanks to a Land Rover 24V alternator mount as a base for the plate holder. Lens is held by its original mount onto a sturdy ball tripod-head and a stand drill base for limitless movements.

(first design stage, lacking a plate holder)
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90cm wide, it fits between the wheel arches, where normally my camping bed frame is placed.
It allows ca 70cm of focus movements on the sturdy and creamy running lathe guides, but can be entirely moved further back for ca another 70cm for close up focus. Shift is about 30cm to each side, raise about 25cm, tilt and swing quasi limitless.

Format usually is MTC5309 & MTC5311, which equals 11x14", but is sold as rear side door windows for Series Land Rovers. So we shoot Land Rovers with a Land Rover on Land Rover glass.

It's a Land Rover thing, you wouldn't understand....

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More conventional use for these lenses: Same aluminium beams as used for the 4x4 camera above can be converted into a monorail camera, while the car still acts as dark room. Just needed to source a bellows, a Packard shutter and cut some plywood into front & rear standards and a plate holder for 11x14", reducible to 8x10" and 5x7" standard ware house picture frame glass sheets.

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'Unfortunately, the 4x4 camera is in need of a new brake line and wheel cylinder ...
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...so the mono rail is mostly used for portraits at home these days.

Anyone else around, who's camera runs on Diesel?

[DannL-USA]

Okuhara (6-1/2 x 8-1/2) from Yamanashi-ken, Japan. Included book-style plate holders with metal film inserts. Added ability to use Graflex lens boards.

[drarmament]

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New to me Scovill 5x8 Dry plate. A beautiful camera that I been learning Dry Plate. I got the Camera from Mark Osterman and been studying MO1880 emulsion. Right next to my Horseman 45FA.


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[DannL-USA]

Conley View Camera (5x7) with the original F8 Three-Focus Rapid Rectilinear in a Wollensak shutter.
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[ic-racer]

Horseman FA and Topcor 150mm from last week.

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[theAngryMarmot]

Here is my Toyo 45G. I bought it new in box the couple months ago, locally on facebook marketplace of all things. I bought a Nikkor 180mmF5.6 lens for it. I shoot 35mm and 120 - and wasn't planning on 4x5 but I couldn't pass it up.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53520612398_aa1b295126_b.jpg

[Mal Paso]

Here is my Toyo 45G. I bought it new in box the couple months ago, locally on facebook marketplace of all things. I bought a Nikkor 180mmF5.6 lens for it. I shoot 35mm and 120 - and wasn't planning on 4x5 but I couldn't pass it up.



It's a slippery slope. Nice Camera!

[David Lindquist]

Here is my Toyo 45G. I bought it new in box the couple months ago, locally on facebook marketplace of all things. I bought a Nikkor 180mmF5.6 lens for it. I shoot 35mm and 120 - and wasn't planning on 4x5 but I couldn't pass it up.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53520612398_aa1b295126_b.jpg

Like that bridge too. Where is it? And what is that structure over to the right?

David

[John Layton]

...interesting looking for location-revealing clues - the landscape and vegetation, graffiti...and that structure in the distance to the right looks like a viaduct (essentially a canal/waterway over land?). Hmmm...somehow an "eastern bloc" feel to this?

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53519682882_dc0491c900_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pxmn89)4x5 Sinar Norma Handy 65mm f8 SA Viv365 C Cell Pack (https://flic.kr/p/2pxmn89) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

This is my Sinar Norma Handy, built by me from Parts Box Vintage original Norma Helical Mount for 65mm F8 Chrome Super Angulon Compur. Vivitar 365 with C Cell Pack fully operating. The camera is complete ready to shoot, I have three left in this 4x5 Graphmatic. The 365 has the power I need for handheld 4x5 Wide Angle Tripod. I will embellish with XTC Mini Inflatable Softbox soon. I have six loaded 4x5 Graphmatics with HP5+ and TMax400, as a side by side test.

[theAngryMarmot]

Like that bridge too. Where is it? And what is that structure over to the right?

David



It is the Gillespie Dam & Bridge just south of Arlington, Arizona. The dam and bridge was constructed in the 1920s. The dam was built by a landowner (7000+ acres) for irrigation and was a flow over type dam. The dam failed in 1993 so there is a section of a little over 100 feet missing. I am going back with the camera probably this week to photo the dam, as the pics I took of it on that trip were not great (the negatives stuck to the holders of my stearman press tank when developing.) You can free roam around the site so I have some ideas for composition. Luckily I was quite happy with the pic I took of the bridge with some Ilford Hp5 since it was the first pic I took with the camera.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53520640943_e0f6fd07ba_b.jpg
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[Ulophot]

Gee, DannL, that looks larger than a 5x7.

[David Lindquist]

It is the Gillespie Dam & Bridge just south of Arlington, Arizona. The dam and bridge was constructed in the 1920s. The dam was built by a landowner (7000+ acres) for irrigation and was a flow over type dam. The dam failed in 1993 so there is a section of a little over 100 feet missing. I am going back with the camera probably this week to photo the dam, as the pics I took of it on that trip were not great (the negatives stuck to the holders of my stearman press tank when developing.) You can free roam around the site so I have some ideas for composition. Luckily I was quite happy with the pic I took of the bridge with some Ilford Hp5 since it was the first pic I took with the camera.

Thank you. I thought that was the American Southwest. I'm partial to subjects like this.

David

[Beevo]

I thought that looked kinda familiar. Thanks for posting the information.

[Beevo]

If you are ever looking for company to go out stomping around with view cameras let me know. I have spent considerable time collecting photons from Southern, Central and Northern AZ over the last 30 years. In addition to landscapes that catch my fancy, I lean towards Indian Ruins and rock formations.

[Mal Paso]

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This is my Sinar Norma Handy, built by me from Parts Box Vintage original Norma Helical Mount for 65mm F8 Chrome Super Angulon Compur. Vivitar 365 with C Cell Pack fully operating. The camera is complete ready to shoot, I have three left in this 4x5 Graphmatic. The 365 has the power I need for handheld 4x5 Wide Angle Tripod. I will embellish with XTC Mini Inflatable Softbox soon. I have six loaded 4x5 Graphmatics with HP5+ and TMax400, as a side by side test.

I've taken a lot of great pictures with that f8 65mm but I jumped ship for the f4 65mm Nikon as soon as I could. It was a bear to focus that f8 on ground glass in dim light. Should be no problem for you with that indexed helical mount and viewfinder. Love the potato masher. I was a Honeywell guy but had Vivitar friends, shoulder pack was 1/3 the size with a 510 volt drycell. Try to find that battery now.

[theAngryMarmot]

If you are ever looking for company to go out stomping around with view cameras let me know. I have spent considerable time collecting photons from Southern, Central and Northern AZ over the last 30 years. In addition to landscapes that catch my fancy, I lean towards Indian Ruins and rock formations.

Thanks, I will keep that in mind!

[Pedro-Pierre]

Intrepid 4x5 MkII, here with a Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 90mm f8. I also have a Nikkor 150mm f5.6.

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[rfesk]

Intrepid 4x5 MkII, here with a Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 90mm f8. I also have a Nikkor 150mm f5.6.

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Nice set up! 99% of my photography could be done with those two lenses.

[Michael Roberts]

Conley View Camera (5x7) with the original F8 Three-Focus Rapid Rectilinear in a Wollensak shutter.
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What a beauty!

[gimenosaiz]

Hi !

Just arrived ;-)
Intrepid 5x7 with Fujinon 250mm f/6.3.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53525771313_a94d93c670_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pxTz16)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53525771318_12a18d2829_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pxTz1b)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53525914804_ac82ce1da9_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pxUiE5)

I'm very happy ;-)

Regards from Spain
Antonio

[Offhand35]

Very nice, Antonio!

[Beevo]

Ooo.... Pretty bellows! Nice looking camera.

[Beevo]

Me, I would have rotated the image showing the ground glass so the tree was upright just to mess with people.

ROFLMAO

[NormaN]

I recently attached the mounting rings for Compound V and Ilex 5 shutters to the Arca Swiss 171 x 171 mm lens boards using POP rivets. The 1.6 Kg Tele Xenar 500 mm is held without any problems.....

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[gimenosaiz]

Hi!!


Very nice, Antonio!


Ooo.... Pretty bellows! Nice looking camera.

Yes, I think so :-)

Thank you !!
Antonio

[dave_whatever]

Quick phone shot of the ‘Dorff set up this morning, photographing a certain 1980s urban climbing training spot on 10x8” with a half darkslide as a 4x10”. Lens is the 110mm SSXL with a 0.45 (1.5 stop) Rodenstock CF which is their equivalent to whatever the correct Schneider filter is (IIIB?). Anyway, trying to shoot this on the top half of the ground glass meant maxing out all the rise possible with the bellows squashed up this tightly. Not pretty but hopefully got the job done.

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[jnantz]

I've been using this Delmar since the 1990s. it was made for plate holders but works with modern film holders and polaroid backs. It has a simple Wollaston meniscus lens choked to something like f10 and a I/T shutter. sometimes it photographs the invisible, sometimes the visible.

[Daniel Unkefer]

I recently attached the mounting rings for Compound V and Ilex 5 shutters to the Arca Swiss 171 x 171 mm lens boards using POP rivets. The 1.6 Kg Tele Xenar 500 mm is held without any problems.....

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Very Cool! I need to get out with my 500mm Tele-Xenar. So Nice to look through!

[Beevo]

Quick phone shot of the ‘Dorff set up this morning, photographing a certain 1980s urban climbing training spot on 10x8” with a half darkslide as a 4x10”. Lens is the 110mm SSXL with a 0.45 (1.5 stop) Rodenstock CF which is their equivalent to whatever the correct Schneider filter is (IIIB?). Anyway, trying to shoot this on the top half of the ground glass meant maxing out all the rise possible with the bellows squashed up this tightly. Not pretty but hopefully got the job done.

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[Beevo]

My other 4X5, a Graphic View which is in wonderful condition. The trunk looks like a refugee from both World Wars.

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[dave_whatever]

Pretty camera, love the wooden front rise.

Cheers - yeah it's a handy feature, especially in situations like this where the bellows are backed up to the max. Surprised more cameras don't have it to be honest.

[cuypers1807]

ANSCO 8x10 studio camera and stand. The lens in a 19th C. petzval by Thompson (approx. 300mm f/4)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52663118903_d66b0129aa_c.jpg

[Roger Thoms]

ANSCO 8x10 studio camera and stand. The lens in a 19th C. petzval by Thompson (approx. 300mm f/4)

Wow, that sure a beauty.

Roger

[neil poulsen]

Very Nice!

I have a friend who has this same outfit, but not nearly in as nice condition. What's neat, is that one can use the stand for any flatbed 8x10, or I imagine, any flatbed 11x14. Very cool.

[cuypers1807]

Very Nice!

I have a friend who has this same outfit, but not nearly in as nice condition. What's neat, is that one can use the stand for any flatbed 8x10, or I imagine, any flatbed 11x14. Very cool.

Thanks Neil! I had a tripod mount added so I can also use the stand with my Chamonix 11x14.

[MartyNL]

ANSCO 8x10 studio camera and stand. The lens in a 19th C. petzval by Thompson (approx. 300mm f/4)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52663118903_d66b0129aa_c.jpg

That's pretty!

Don't suppose you happen to have any shots taken with this set-up..?

[paulbarden]

ANSCO 8x10 studio camera and stand. The lens in a 19th C. petzval by Thompson (approx. 300mm f/4)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52663118903_d66b0129aa_c.jpg

It's a handsome thing. Please tell me you USE it, Joseph!

[r.e.]

Hi !

Just arrived ;-)
Intrepid 5x7 with Fujinon 250mm f/6.3.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53525771313_a94d93c670_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pxTz16)

I'm very happy ;-)

Regards from Spain
Antonio

Just had a look at Intrepid's website. Very reasonably priced, and film looks to be fairly readily available. Interesting.

[cuypers1807]

That's pretty!

Don't suppose you happen to have any shots taken with this set-up..?

Here is one with that combo on FP4:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52563623059_6cd39bde82_c.jpg

[cuypers1807]

It's a handsome thing. Please tell me you USE it, Joseph!

I do! It is a fun camera, but the ground glass is a little dim. I choose to mount my Chamonix 11x14 to the stand more often these days.

[MartyNL]

That's a really great picture. Thanks for sharing.

[Offhand35]

My circa 1975 Calumet CC-400 (16" bellows) with Schneider Xenar 210mm F/4.5
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[Offhand35]

My Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5 with recently acquired Wollensak 162mm F4.5
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[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53519682882_dc0491c900_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pxmn89)4x5 Sinar Norma Handy 65mm f8 SA Viv365 C Cell Pack (https://flic.kr/p/2pxmn89) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

This is my Sinar Norma Handy, built by me from Parts Box Vintage original Norma Helical Mount for 65mm F8 Chrome Super Angulon Compur. Vivitar 365 with C Cell Pack fully operating. The camera is complete ready to shoot, I have three left in this 4x5 Graphmatic. The 365 has the power I need for handheld 4x5 Wide Angle Tripod. I will embellish with XTC Mini Inflatable Softbox soon. I have six loaded 4x5 Graphmatics with HP5+ and TMax400, as a side by side test. The View Finder comes from a 43mm Mamiya 7. The Strap Lug come from a Pentax 6x7.

[ic-racer]

Shen Hao 8x10, bag bellows and reproduction 75mm Hypergon:

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[Mal Paso]

Shen Hao 8x10, bag bellows and reproduction 75mm Hypergon:

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That's just cool! I'm guessing the tilt is to get the standards close enough. Looks great!

[Offhand35]

That's just cool! I'm guessing the tilt is to get the standards close enough. Looks great!

Hmm...I thought it was to keep the front of the bed out of the photo.

[Kino]

Finally ready to shoot.

Whole plate Gunlach Korona with a period authentic Wollensak Voltas F-8 convertible lens in a Betax #3 shutter (10.5, 18 and 23.5 inches).

Will start with inexpensive X-Ray film and go from there...

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[Dugan]

That came out beautifully!
Congratulations!

[Offhand35]

My new to me Toyo Field 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 camera with 4x5 back. It uses the Crown Graphic lens boards, so it is plug 'n' play for me. Just have to check it out for bellows leaks.
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[Beevo]

Fill it with water and look for drips?

ROFLMAO

[Kino]

Gunlach Korona 5x7 view camera with new bellows and Velostigmat Wide Angle Series III 121mm lens.

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[Dugan]

That came out beautifully! Congratulations!

[Kino]

Thanks! I really like these Korona cameras. Simple and sturdy; easy to work on...

[Joel Kitchens]

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My new (well, a couple of years ago). It's already been to Santa Fe, NM, and part of the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC.

Joel

[Joel Kitchens]

Awright, where is the edit image command to rotate the image???:confused:

[Bill McMannis]

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My new (well, a couple of years ago). It's already been to Santa Fe, NM, and part of the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC.

Joel

Cool camera. Would love to see your BRP images.

[Bill McMannis]

Here is my recently purchased 1964 Graflex Crown Graphic and a couple sample images.

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[David Lindquist]

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My new (well, a couple of years ago). It's already been to Santa Fe, NM, and part of the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC.

Joel

Oooooh, Technikardan S 45. Nice!

David

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53583417396_6f5c20d45f_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2pCZ2b5)SONY DSC (https://flic.kr/p/2pCZ2b5) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

Here is Automatic Makiflex #3 with Plaubel 150mm F4.5 Auto Iris Xenar. "SUPER BUBBAPACK" new high voltage Power Pack for Vivitar 365, a fairly powerful flash. Plaubel marketed this camera as useable for reportage, the flash sync is 1/15, so not really for flash outside. Interior ambient light should not record, the 365 is automatic out to 75 feet depending. Embellished the Super Bubbapack, adding a Domke Super Gripper Strap, cut the bottom piece off with Japanese fine cutting saw, added some Gaffer Tape to neaten it up. Finally, a rubber pad on bottom of pack, so everything sits down nicely on a flat surface, it's important to be able to set this down without it tipping over! 9x9cm B&W images will be taken on 9x12cm and 4x5" film. Great rig for high fidelity low light reportage.

My Makiflex Bud Geoff Berliner gave me the idea to hack this 4x5 Arca Swiss Stovepipe. The eyepiece swivels 90 degrees and it's super high eyepoint. Can see the whole screen with a nice wide black border all around.

[Sean Mac]

https://i.imgur.com/6KzdilL.jpg

My latest addition to my Sinar system.

:)

[Daniel Unkefer]

https://i.imgur.com/6KzdilL.jpg

My latest addition to my Sinar system.

:)

Excellent Sean! I converted my "AVEDON" field 8x10 Norma to this same exact configuration you have. It's perfect for field. Is that an Apo Ronar? They are all in the Norma catalog :)

[Sean Mac]

Hi Daniel,

the lens is a Russian Industar I 37 300mm f4.5.

I have two of them and a plan to put together a twin lens camera setup inspired by your very cool versions.

They are the only lenses I have that will cover 8x10.

I wasn't really planning to try 8x10 this year but the rear standard and bellows came up on Ebay and I couldn't stop myself. I do have a few film holders, so all I need for now is film.

[Daniel Unkefer]

I've read the Industar draws a very fine image.

Freestyle in Los Angeles has FOMA 8x10 close dated at 1/2 price! I bought some FOMA 400, and also some 8x10 Arista 200, which I think is Foma. With 8x10 I find the faster the film, the better!

So I guess you were able to straighten out the Tilt Rod on the back side? Was it bent?

Good Luck with your projects. Hope you have as much fun as I do :)

[Sean Mac]

Since Christmas I have gone from just a 4x5 Norma. to the 5x7 I had the tilt rod issue with, and now I have the 8x10. Hopefully that's it while my bank balance recovers a little.

There always seems to be more possibilities with the Sinar system.

I only found out about Avedon's Sinar Norma recently and have been looking at 360mm Schneider Symmars on Ebay.:rolleyes:

[Beevo]

I actually started a thread on that subject:

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?176515-Whay-are-some-of-my-images-sideways