Show off your Large Format camera! [Archive] - Page 3

boris

2-Jul-2009, 13:59

A nice setup but I would worry about such a heavy camera and lens on this tiny ball head. I use a Ries A 100 for a similar setup. The 5x7" Technika listed DM 8600 the last year it was made (1986) so the digital shooters do make nice things affordable.

the head is tiny and compact. you need a turn of 20° to tighten it. levelling the camera even with the 600mm is safe! the only complaint is the quick release, but i am spoild by the linhof quick release.
boris

lindsey21

7-Jul-2009, 11:37

after 25 years i got my dream together.
linhof technika 5x7 with a nikkor 600mm
thanks to the digital mainstream this kind of gear become affordable.
the joy to use it, is beyond words!

congratulations. im thankful for you

Daniel_Buck

7-Jul-2009, 12:12

me and my speed, taking a break in the shade :D

http://www.buckshotsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/HSC_me_001.jpg

Philippe Grunchec

8-Jul-2009, 02:05

In Brittany with my first view camera, a Crown Graphic Special with 4.7/135 Xenar.

Ash

8-Jul-2009, 11:15

Philippe, I like that you tilt your head with the horizon :)

Chris C

8-Jul-2009, 19:33

Here's my Shen Hao blending into it's surroundings, and the shot that came from it.
http://i26.tinypic.com/sazlea.jpg http://i30.tinypic.com/nzvgg.jpg

Allen in Montreal

8-Jul-2009, 20:04

Will, wow, that is really sweet! Does it get any better?
Boris, nice! Looks like a great rig!
Daniel, that speed is a perfect fit for Nascar!
JP, Ya, it is is super pretty.
Philippe et Chris, :--)

Sinar F2 in the studio playing around testing a new front standard and a 6x9 roll back I have not used in a long while.
22 inches of draw, three standards, std bellows and bag bellows. Magic arm, from rail to Gitzo as stabilizing clamp. Yes, I was bored and fed up and neglecting duty to get away for a little bit. :-)

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3203/sinarinstudio0694x.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/sinarinstudio0694x.jpg/)

I love my pair of old Photogenic Studio Modeling Lite, 1500 watts of really nice light. Not sure what I will do when I run out of lamps for them, convert it and hang it like a chandelier over the kitchen table maybe? :)

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/2728/photogenic0662x.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/i/photogenic0662x.jpg/)

Gary L. Quay

13-Jul-2009, 02:50

My newest Aquisition:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/3707682419_4a08f99cf9.jpg

Purchased from Blue Moon Camera and Machine in St Johns, Oregon. It is from Akroyd Studio on Yeon Ave. I aslo have their Deardorff.

--Gary

matthew blais

13-Jul-2009, 05:50

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

Jim Fitzgerald

13-Jul-2009, 08:38

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

Wow, Matt! I need one of those. Can you send it over or maybe I should come over to your place so I can take it for a test ride!!!!!

Jim

Paul O

13-Jul-2009, 11:33

My latest ... a Walker Titan 5x7 XL Wide

Pete Roody

13-Jul-2009, 21:07

I just picked up my latest (and biggest) camera from Richard Ritter last Friday. Richard mated 14x20 and 8x20 Deardorff backs to his ULF camera. 14x20 isn't standard but I like the proportion (same as 5x7). The camera is surprisingly easy to setup and use. I starting using it that afternoon. Great image on the big gg. Camera weighs about 14-lbs. Total weight with tripod, head and lens is about 28-lbs. That is about the same weight of a Deardorff ULF camera alone.

soeren

13-Jul-2009, 22:38

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

Is that some kind of bulb trigger mechanism? And is that a backup bulb in the back :)
Best regards

gevalia

14-Jul-2009, 04:52

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

Where's the camera? Oh, there it is.

MenacingTourist

14-Jul-2009, 07:38

boris

14-Jul-2009, 14:40

Turner Reich

14-Jul-2009, 14:53

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

Matt, how about a full length picture so we can see the legs? :D

Pete Roody

14-Jul-2009, 15:00

what lens are you using with your camera?
boris

19" Dagor

soeren

14-Jul-2009, 22:16

Matt, how about a full length picture so we can see the legs? :D

Of the tripod offcource :p
Best regards

Samuel Burns Landsacape P

14-Jul-2009, 23:29

Loving some of those ULF cameras, hoping to try my luck at building a 16x20 for running paper negs through sometime in the not too distant... Thanks for the inspiration.

Cheers
Sam.

http://www.samburns.com.au

SamReeves

15-Jul-2009, 15:38

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

Wha? She forgot her darkcloth. What a shame. :D

Ben Syverson

17-Aug-2009, 13:11

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2532/3830586667_725a667a4d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensyverson/3830586667/)

Century 10A with Semi-Centennial stand, all thanks to eddie!

Philippe Grunchec

20-Aug-2009, 10:18

In Brittany, two weeks ago, with my 8x10 Tachi + Commercial Ektar 14"

William McEwen

20-Aug-2009, 12:26

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

Where'd you get that? I think we could all use one. Photographer's Formulary? B&H? :)

Daniel_Buck

20-Aug-2009, 13:11

Where'd you get that? I think we could all use one. Photographer's Formulary? B&H? :)

might be able to find one at some of the Russian camera stores :D

Mark Sawyer

20-Aug-2009, 15:54

My EBONY and the expensive shutter trip mechanism

And just when I was getting over my Gear Acquisition Syndrome...

babavaga

23-Aug-2009, 09:03

13x18 camera I've restoried and sold a half a year ago.

http://b0.imgsrc.ru/b/babavaga/0/11586200Edf.jpg

No I own Wisner Technical Field 5x7...

Daniel Grenier

23-Aug-2009, 12:48

My 7x17 Wisner.

Great camera which has held up far better than its manufacturer, unfortunately.

Miguel Coquis

23-Aug-2009, 13:02

Daniel, this looks really fantastic !!!
What lens does cover this huge format ?
Thanks

Darren H

23-Aug-2009, 14:11

Arca-Swiss Discovery with an old B+L Rapid Reticular that a buddy of mine found. Shutter works but aperture does not, so it is wide open at 1/25 of a second (or B).

Removed front element to double focal length which means I had to get both the 30cm folding rail (main one) and 30cm regular rail and mount both. Does this quite well and I was able to get the shot.

Daniel Grenier

24-Aug-2009, 08:45

Daniel, this looks really fantastic !!!
What lens does cover this huge format ?
Thanks

Thanks, Miguel. I use a 355 G-Claron and a 480 ApoRonar on the 7x17 and I have even used my 165 SA on it a few times (w/vignetting). A 600 or longer would be welcome too.

Cheers - Daniel

SamReeves

24-Aug-2009, 09:22

13x18 camera I've restoried and sold a half a year ago.

http://b0.imgsrc.ru/b/babavaga/0/11586200Edf.jpg

No I own Wisner Technical Field 5x7...

That's a purty setup. :D

jvuokko

24-Aug-2009, 15:45

Not very good portraits of my camera (about my monorail camera I have any photos).

The Hasemi Field Technical 4x5 camera.. Doing some fine tuning for my focusing scales at the cafe on Enoshima island, Japan.
http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/2009-04b-0030-kissaten-enoshima.jpg

The same camera on action at the light of the rising sun on Finland couple of days ago.
http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/f1956480-hasemi-morning.jpg

Miguel Coquis

30-Aug-2009, 07:24

RB auto graflex converted 4x5"
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/RB%20converted/002.jpg
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/RB%20converted/005.jpg
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/RB%20converted/009.jpg

More here:
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/sequence/RB%20converted/
Have a great Sun day fellows !!!

Brian Bullen

30-Aug-2009, 18:51

Miguel,
Very nice looking setup you have there. What is that monster lens?

Miguel Coquis

31-Aug-2009, 00:54

Miguel,
Very nice looking setup you have there. What is that monster lens?

This gentle monster is the Aero Ektar.
Very usable for portrait distances. Will show pics later.

Robert Hughes

1-Sep-2009, 11:08

My Busch Pressman 4x5 at Roosevelt Nat'l Park, North Dakota:

Charles Young

18-Sep-2009, 18:31

My Chamonix 45N-1 walnut on location.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9430/p9015720.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/p9015720.jpg/)

Cheers,

Charles
www.paisagembrasileira.com

rdenney

8-Nov-2009, 22:29

Just in case anyone doesn't know what a Sinar F looks like, here's mine. The lens is the 240/6.8 Caltar Type Y--just small enough to fit in a Copal 1. But the lens isn't focused--I ended up putting the standard bellows and a 6" rail extension on the camera to focus it.

I liked the Manfrotto 410, but like all geared heads, it wobbles a bit if I push on it. I'm not experimenting with a Sinar tilt head.

And I've since found an F2 front standard, which is better all the way around than the multipurpose standard used as a lens standard on the F.

The second picture is the whole mess in a "mobile office" that I bought at Staples for $90. It's on wheels, and in it I have the camera with a lens on it, six lenses in the compartment at the front. In the back I have put a Fujiroid holder, Pentax meter, and spare bellows (which clips to use as a compendium shade). The Sinar Vario holder is next to the lens compartment, with the dark cloth in its stuff sack next to it and my Horizon 4x loupe is under that. The front pocket has 6x9 and 6x12 holders, but I'll leave those behind most of the time once I've tested the Vario, making room for more film. The film is in the side pockets--not enough room.

Rick "utilitarian and functional" Denney

Richard Rees

11-Nov-2009, 07:33

My 4x5 Tachihara, taking some pic's yesterday of the Guadalupe River.

venchka

11-Nov-2009, 07:40

Richard,

That's a serious looking lens. We share the same taste in tripods.

It appears that the river isn't too high. Y'all didn't get the rain that we got in NE Texas. The Sabine and Trinity rivers are still out of their banks.

I need to get back to the hill country. Share your photos please.

rezdm

21-Nov-2009, 13:17

Hello, I've just joined LF community. Two years ago I decided to try LF with Bulldog camera, I enjoyed LF, but had no time for LF. And finally, I've got it:

http://www.reznitsky.info/files/LJ/Large-format-arrival/04.jpg
http://www.reznitsky.info/files/LJ/Large-format-arrival/09.jpg
http://www.reznitsky.info/files/LJ/Large-format-arrival/11.jpg

A bit more pictures in my blog http://rezdm.livejournal.com/149782.html (in Russian, but pics are self-explanatory)

J Ney

23-Nov-2009, 12:15

Nasty iPhone picture of my Tachihara 4x5 on a Feisol CT-3442 this past weekend in Ventura County...

Louis Pacilla

26-Nov-2009, 20:22

Oh what the hell. Here's a few.
DSC_0189.jpg (71.0 KB)

Allen in Montreal

27-Nov-2009, 07:28

OMG!
:)

is that an 11x14 in the very back?

Oh what the hell. Here's a few.
DSC_0189.jpg (71.0 KB)

wfwhitaker

27-Nov-2009, 08:27

Louis,

Please introduce us to your family. Who, or what, are they?

johnschlicher

27-Nov-2009, 20:34

Louis,

Very Nice camera's--don't be shy show us the rest of them.

I am very envious of your camera collection--my Friend

Louis Pacilla

28-Nov-2009, 00:20

Hi Allen

Yep,It's a Canham 11x14 I also have the 12x20 conversion. look @ the 2nd century to the right of the Canham , a Semi-Centennial 2a stand( this is the correct stand for the 8a) 8a w/ 11x14 back. Now that's hard to find.That was a good day:D . complete a 16" wolly velo in studio. a 10" conversion to 7" boards dual-piston packard 4 1/2"hole & a film holder light tight even & all in fine condition Hell I don't even have to cover the bellow when I shoot
I bought it from a fellow that liked things from the 20's . The 1920's that is (wont be long before we need to make the distinction). He put the century#2 stand & 8a camera it in his office & admired it.
Peace
Louis P.

Louis Pacilla

28-Nov-2009, 01:54

Hi John

Thanks buddy. You could borrow any & all if ya only lived next door:( .

peace
Louis

GeoffreyO

28-Nov-2009, 04:27

Hi all,

This is my first post on the forums and I thought I'd show everyone my fixer-upper, a Toyo 45G! Currently I think it has the 150mm Schneider lens attached, but there is also a Schneider 210mm on the sidelines. When I found the camera, the GG was cracked and the bellows were in a sorry state. I've since replaced the glass but as you can see the bellows are still looking rather sad (pinholes everywhere!)

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii261/signalbox/toyo45g.jpg

I will be acquiring a Toyo810G before the new year, so I can't wait! It's also a fixer-upper but I rather enjoy the challenge :)

johnschlicher

28-Nov-2009, 13:31

33738

My 8 x 10 burke & james I got from Louis in action today

Michael Wainfeld

29-Nov-2009, 17:47

Toyo 45AII-After a rain a few months ago.

Gudmundur Ingolfsson

30-Nov-2009, 04:08

Since this thread has become a kind of "porn site for camera freaks" I will show you my sexiest setup. I had a hot eye for this for some 35 years till digital photography made all real cameras next to worthless. My Sinar NORMA 8x10" with a 600 mm Fuji, a Sinar Polarizing filter and a compendium.

GuillaumeCo

30-Nov-2009, 14:40

That's right Gudmundur, the 8x10 norma is very sexy ;-)
here the mine, but with a shorter lens, a 240mm g-claron

http://i47.tinypic.com/34o37nk.jpg

MenacingTourist

2-Dec-2009, 14:07

My Wisner 8x10 at the NY/NJ studio workshop.
You can see my home made packard shutter box. The other big brass lenses all have retaining rings and lensboards but I really wanted to see what this lens could do so I did what any creative person worth their weight in gaffers tape would do...

Bosaiya

3-Dec-2009, 18:51

Graflex RB heavily rekajiggered to work in harsh enviornments.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4156183501_a80483be02.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4156945684_21d24055c4.jpg

eddie

12-Dec-2009, 07:35

had the camera and lens for some time. BUT the new part about this my new "studio"....really it is just a re arrangement and some of the cameras slipped into the house!

sad story on the lens. it had the rear elements in wrong....so the exact middle of the lens touched the surface when the lens was stood up. a painful sight for sure! i just made the 1st few portraits today with it....i know it will shoot fine....i will be owning this baby for a long long time. GG looks awesome on tight H&S.

cheers

eddie

ic-racer

12-Dec-2009, 11:20

Shen Hao 8x10 with Fuji 300mm. I got it new from Badger Graphics.

argos33

12-Dec-2009, 12:37

Ken Kapinski

12-Dec-2009, 21:35

Horseman monorail on a trip to Glacier National Park back in 08.

Ken

Ken Lee

13-Dec-2009, 07:47

Outstanding !!!

Steve M Hostetter

13-Dec-2009, 09:56

Oh what the hell. Here's a few.
DSC_0189.jpg (71.0 KB)

show off:p :D

gene LaFord

13-Dec-2009, 12:45

Kodak 2D 5x7 at Enfield Lookout, Quabbin Reservoir, Massachusetts.

gene

Rick Tardiff

13-Dec-2009, 15:33

I just got this Ebony RW45, I plan on spending a lot of time with it.

Michael Costolo

13-Dec-2009, 17:39

This is me with my Toyo 4x5 and brand new Gowland 8x10, as well as a friend's Sinar and 5D Mark II.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/3949932859_a0f2bc171b_o.jpg

rphenning

16-Dec-2009, 01:11

Nasty iPhone picture of my Tachihara 4x5 on a Feisol CT-3442 this past weekend in Ventura County...

ha i live right up the road from you!

how'd your photo turn out?

Eirik Berger

16-Dec-2009, 02:59

Havent been around here for a while.
Here is my lightweight and low-cost Toyo 45CF with an APO Sironar N 135mm in front. The camera I use the most because of its size and weight. These images are from Spitsbergen in the high arctic, taken last summer. I enjoy using this setup for longer trips where camera equipment have to compete with food, clothes, tent and other important supplies... :)

Chris C

16-Dec-2009, 04:06

I know I've already posted this camera, but I like this photo more, and this was taken on film, so it's obviously better :cool:

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2689/frame006.jpg

jb7

19-Dec-2009, 15:25

Latest incarnation-

Arca Irish 8x10 with an 11" Voigtlander Portrait Lens-

The 171 Arca allows me to indulge whatever latest faddy lens I like, up to a point...
this has got to be one of the largest,
although there are still a few mm left-

It looks a little giddy up there-
usually it sits on a longer clamp, beefier head, and heavier tripod,
but I thought I'd hot rod it for this picture-

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/4198556774_7d2deda7f6_o.jpg

D. Bryant

19-Dec-2009, 20:03

[QUOTE=BarryS;353508]My Chamonix 45N-1 overlooking the Rio Grande Gorge in New Mexico.

Now did you climb through the hole in the chain linked fence to make this shot? :)

BarryS

19-Dec-2009, 21:25

[QUOTE=BarryS;353508]My Chamonix 45N-1 overlooking the Rio Grande Gorge in New Mexico.

Now did you climb through the hole in the chain linked fence to make this shot? :)

You know, I don't remember a chain link fence where I was shooting, and my girlfriend would have yelled at me--but it could have happened. :)

Jack Dahlgren

20-Dec-2009, 01:32

My 1945 Anniversary Speed Graphic has been with me for about 30 years now. Has a new lens as of November.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/46/129203789_28be35ec71_o.jpg

ndavid813

21-Dec-2009, 07:52

Here's my Nagaoka 4X% with a 210 Wistar lens.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/4071162937_45cb4fac37_m.jpg

Allen in Montreal

21-Dec-2009, 17:13

Latest incarnation-

Arca Irish 8x10 with an 11" Voigtlander Portrait Lens-

Sweet!!

I added a really cool accessory, an exposure data recording device, to my Sinar F2 kit.

:)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5151/sinar9113x.jpg

rdenney

21-Dec-2009, 17:52

I added a really cool accessory, an exposure data recording device, to my Sinar F2 kit.

I had one such device, but it kept wandering away of its own accord when I was contemplating exposures. I gave up on it as being too unreliable.

Rick "whose current exposure data recording device doesn't give me That Look" Denney

Allen in Montreal

21-Dec-2009, 19:01

I had one such device, but it kept wandering away of its own accord when I was contemplating exposures. I gave up on it as being too unreliable.

Rick "whose current exposure data recording device doesn't give me That Look" Denney

Yup, the old,
"but dad....I really promise I can still hear what you are saying while I have my iPod on" look! :--(

Armin Seeholzer

22-Dec-2009, 04:18

You should have focused more on this recording device, I would buy it from you if you don't like it anymore;--))))

Cheers Armin

Bruce A Cahn

22-Dec-2009, 04:58

Ebony SV810UE. How do you add the picture?

kev curry

22-Dec-2009, 05:08

Hit post reply then click the little paper clip symbol to the right of the white smillie face, then click browse to find the image file on your computer, highlight the file then hit upload and you should be done.

Allen in Montreal

22-Dec-2009, 08:13

Ebony SV810UE. How do you add the picture?

Bruce,
First click on the paper clip,
then add images as in picture 2,
they must be sized down rather small.

Allen in Montreal

22-Dec-2009, 08:19

Ebony SV810UE. How do you add the picture?

Or,

Open an imageshack.us account and host them there and clip the url for forums.
The disadvantage to this is that al visitors can see your images too and if you use the house hosting (the paper clip) only registered users see the images.

Allen in Montreal

22-Dec-2009, 08:23

You should have focused more on this recording device, I would buy it from you if you don't like it anymore;--))))

Cheers Armin

She can be a pain, but I'll hang on to her a little longer. :)

Gonzo

26-Dec-2009, 14:34

Time for another cam!

Here's mine. This year was the first white Christmas in Holland since 1981! Time to take out the Burke & James :)

Ken Lee

27-Dec-2009, 05:59

Holiday Shoot with Curvaceous Dutch Model at my exclusive "studio".

5x7 Kodak 2A, masked with blue painters tape.

Tripod legs covered with pipe insulation, fastened with Duct Tape

Black fabric draped over two chairs.

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/IMG_0332a.jpg

argos33

2-Jan-2010, 18:37

Very classy Ken - seems we have similar taste in "exclusive studio" spaces at the moment. It is great though, when you get a wonderful image and no one even suspects it was done with two chairs next to a window with black fabric over them.

Math

3-Jan-2010, 04:01

Time for another cam!

Here's mine. This year was the first white Christmas in Holland since 1981! Time to take out the Burke & James :)
It was great, wasn't it? Haven't seen that much snow in ages over here! I still feel bad for not finding any time to photograph a lot...

hmvmanuk

11-Feb-2010, 10:35

As a LF newbie, I've enjoyed this thread enormously; an amazing variety of beauties (not all of them photographic:))
I've not seen too many Wistas on here though, so here's my lovely DXII in our rather drab-looking garden the other day set up for my first test shots.

PaulRicciardi

15-Feb-2010, 19:20

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4352584856_6e25a06801.jpg

Took the whole plate out the other night for some snow fun
:)

BarryS

15-Feb-2010, 19:24

Took the whole plate out the other night for some snow fun
:)

Great self-portrait! I love your snow-encrusted camera.

evan clarke

16-Feb-2010, 05:21

Here's my newest deviant toy.Photo credit, Frank Pittel..EC

Songyun

16-Feb-2010, 09:28

Here's my newest deviant toy.Photo credit, Frank Pittel..EC
That is quick, I still remember the post in Gear section ask for advices.Very nice camera!

Kevin Thomas

16-Feb-2010, 10:36

My Horseman FA45

http://www.viewfinder.uk.com/PHOTOS/FA45.jpg

and with rear extension bellows with RFH and shot of GG

http://www.viewfinder.uk.com/PHOTOS/Horseman-280408.jpg

PaulRicciardi

16-Feb-2010, 11:20

Great self-portrait! I love your snow-encrusted camera.

Thanks Barry, that particular camera is 129 years old and worked flawlessly in the rough weather. My digital SLR, on the other hand, was rapidly dying in the snow and cold...plus trying to press all of those fiddly little buttons is nearly impossible in gloves.

Guess they don't make things like they used to!

evan clarke

16-Feb-2010, 13:18

That is quick, I still remember the post in Gear section ask for advices.Very nice camera!

Thanks!! Even after the thread I had no answer to my basic questions and then the first 11x14s actually became available so I just bought it on faith. I make expensive wood products as an occupation and this camera is literally perfect in every aspect. I made a wrap for it of heavy quilted material and strap it to a nice elk hunting pack frame. The whole unit with 2 lenses and two holders is 24 1/2#. I am very happy with it...Evan

Allen in Montreal

18-Feb-2010, 05:19

Here's my newest deviant toy

OMG, that camera looks so nice!

iml

18-Feb-2010, 05:49

Me and my Speed Graphic, in the freezing cold.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4270616057_485e513b5f_d.jpg

Tri Tran

20-Feb-2010, 17:56

Here's mine 11x14 F.S Studio .

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/3046/newtripod.jpg (http://img34.imageshack.us/i/newtripod.jpg/)

wfwhitaker

20-Feb-2010, 19:58

Tri,

Is that Guillaume's old camera, née Alt?

Chris Strobel

20-Feb-2010, 20:34

Ok here is my Like new Calumet C-1.This is the first decent picture of it.

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/122141903/original.jpg

Tri Tran

20-Feb-2010, 20:53

Got me! I got this from a friend of mine Kornelius
http://www.kschorle.com
but don't know where originally came from. Please tell me if you know about this camera . Thanks.

Tri,

Is that Guillaume's old camera, née Alt?

Chris Strobel

20-Feb-2010, 21:05

Got me! I got this from a friend of mine Kornelius
http://www.kschorle.com
but don't know where originally came from. Please tell me if you know about this camera . Thanks.

All I see at that link is a portrait that looks like it has a heavy dose of Topaz adjust applied in photoshop.Do you have a link to the camera?

Frank Petronio

20-Feb-2010, 22:51

Geez Chris that is the nicest C1 I've ever seen. I never imagined that they could look that good! Nice tripod/head too....

Chris Strobel

21-Feb-2010, 15:49

Geez Chris that is the nicest C1 I've ever seen. I never imagined that they could look that good! Nice tripod/head too....

Thanks Frank, yeah it even came with the instruction manual that looks like its never been opened.Now if only I could find a green magnesium C-1 in that condition!

p1ot3

26-Feb-2010, 08:52

hello;

here is my seneca improved/"refurbished" 5x7 :)

p.

jeroldharter

26-Feb-2010, 21:05

Here's my newest deviant toy.Photo credit, Frank Pittel..EC

Evan,

I pictured you with a larger camera. Where is the enlarger?

BTW, I am almost to the point of enlarging 8x10's. Thanks for your help.

Jamie

eric142

28-Feb-2010, 06:54

I didn`t see this one yet.
Linhof kardan standard 8x10http://i882.photobucket.com/albums/ac26/eric142/linhofkardanstandard8x10052.jpg

Frank Petronio

28-Feb-2010, 14:19

I like those Linhofs, very simple and well made. How much did you pay for yours? That one is quite rare in the USA.

eric142

28-Feb-2010, 18:42

About $800 Frank, I never regretted it. It is also rare in Europe.
Eric

djmoonlight

2-Mar-2010, 06:38

It's right..It's not the title, but the format that took the photo.

Steve M Hostetter

4-Mar-2010, 19:24

Don't mess with my Korona

Joppino

6-Mar-2010, 05:34

Me and my Super Technika V, first shot after a looong climb in the snow!

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4410177475_357a0514d0_o.jpg

M.

dave_whatever

6-Mar-2010, 05:39

Nice gaiters.

Darren H

7-Mar-2010, 14:53

In Monument Valley a couple weeks back:

Got snowed on twice there!

See more on my blogs linked below.

sultanofcognac

8-Mar-2010, 03:10

My eyes hurt and I can't seem to pick up my tongue from the floor. I believe this must be the best thread of the forum!

I'm awaiting my Shen-Hao HZX 4X5-IIA from Badger (still cheaper than buying it in the UK!) and I'll post some of it and my Arca and Plaubel when I take the baby out for it's first promenade.

Great fread - er. . . thread. . . sorry, still drooling! :p

the Sultan

veventoangel

8-Mar-2010, 05:10

Nice camera buddy

jesskramer

9-Mar-2010, 13:27

My Ebony 45SU

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii64/jesskramer/R1010778.jpg

Jesse

Uri A

9-Mar-2010, 17:19

Ah, Jess so that's who you abandoned your Tech 2000 for! :)

jesskramer

11-Mar-2010, 14:32

Uri,

guilty as charged

Jesse

SocalAstro

11-Mar-2010, 16:52

I couldn't resist this thread :-) Here's my Toyo 810M Field camera.
This is at the White Crack campground along the White Rim Trail in Canyonlands, Utah.

-Leon

eduardtoader

11-Mar-2010, 19:16

this is he beggining..

sinar F2 with 210mm f 4,5 on COPAL 3

almond tree plantation at 70km from mediteranean coast of Spain.

johnschlicher

12-Mar-2010, 08:10

Century # 5

5 x 7 Studio camera fully restored. I bought this from a forum member here about a year and half ago, it was full of wood putty, holes, and cracks. ( I knew this when I bought it) --But the bellows were Nice

A good friend of mine had it for four days, totally took it apart made a new bottom, sanded, refinished it----It cost me a bottle of crown royal---I think it was worth it

added37874

37875

37876

37877

Century Grand Studio Outfit No. 5

Mfg: Century Camera Company
Location: Rochester, New York
Model: Grand Studio Outfit No. 5
Category: Studio Camera
Production Dates: 1900 - 1907
Film: Glass Plates

Description:

For the photographer who conducts a branch studio at the beach or summer resort, where the work is confined to small prints and post cards, the Century Outfit No 5 is unquestionably the most complete and serviceable equipmetn of its kind that has ever been produced. The Outfit consists of camera with sliding back, lens, stand and double plate holder.

Space is a valuable consideration in such galleries, and the outfit by its very simplicity will handle the crowd with great rapidity and accuracy. The outfit is neatly finished in hard wood.
.

THE CAMERA. - A 5x7 portrait camera, having 14 inch bellows, swing back, sliding plate holder, carrier and new micrometer focusing device is supplied wiht the N0. 5 outfit. Teh camera back is reversible, and accomodates regular 5x7 double plates holders. An automatic locking arrangement secures the back in three positions, permitting on, two, or four exposures on a 5x7 plate. Size of the lens board is 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.

THE LENS. - The lens is a Bausch & Lomb portrait lens , working at F:5, and equipped with iris diaphram; it has a focal length of 10 in. and produces portraits of remarkable brilliancy.

CAMERA STAND. — The stand is substanially made of hard wood, richly finished, and equipped with a raising and lowering device, which is positive in its action, and automatically locks the stand at any desired elevation. A new gravity tilting device is an exclusive feature of this stand.

Reference for: 1902

Century Studio Outfit No. 5, including Century 5x7 Portrait Camera, and Universal Holder, No. 5

5 x 7 Century Camera Stand - $40.00

Any body have that stand for sell
http://www.historiccamera.com/cgi-bin/librarium/pm.cgi?action=display&login=century_5

Robert Hughes

12-Mar-2010, 08:37

Here's my homemade 8x10 out in the field - still trying to get a grip on that blasted X-Ray film!!! :mad:

Louis Pacilla

12-Mar-2010, 13:31

Simply beautiful John. Like new!

Jack Dahlgren

15-Mar-2010, 18:10

New to me Ebony (on the right...)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4437066312_00feaac785_b.jpg

goamules

15-Mar-2010, 18:39

One Century Grand deserves another. I had to buy this red bellows one to get the lens. But I'm starting to like the camera....anyone want to buy my old Century No. 2?

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4436369659_0c35f337a4_o.jpg

ic-racer

15-Mar-2010, 19:10

Here is my restored Century 8x10 with an Anthony landscape lens. I put this combo together last fall but have yet to try it out.

jack_hui

18-Mar-2010, 02:11

My 8x10 Tachihara with Aero 12in ....

http://www.pbase.com/jack_hui/image/122819015.jpg

GuillaumeCo

18-Mar-2010, 07:08

the beast with "bubble" 300mm

http://i43.tinypic.com/1zzq4bt.jpg

Keith Pitman

18-Mar-2010, 07:12

the beast with "bubble" 300mm

http://i43.tinypic.com/1zzq4bt.jpg

That Arca Swiss looks familiar!

Daniel_Buck

18-Mar-2010, 10:11

My 8x10 Tachihara with Aero 12in ....

I'd love to see some photos taken with the Aero 12" on 8x10! Do you have any scanned?

eric142

18-Mar-2010, 12:57

[QUOTE=jack_hui;570943]My 8x10 Tachihara with Aero 12in ...

That looks very nice...
How did you fix this lens on the camera?

Eric

Miguel Coquis

18-Mar-2010, 18:48

My 8x10 Tachihara with Aero 12in ....

http://www.pbase.com/jack_hui/image/122819015.jpg

Great job Jack, congratulations !!!

Daniel Unkefer

18-Mar-2010, 18:57

Sinar Norma setup for tele shooting, with the 760mm F11 Rodenstock Apo Ronar. Sinar Norma Shutter, Sinarsix Meter in the 5x7 back, two auxiliary standards, two tripods and pantilt heads. Obviously more extension than I need, but I was just fitting parts together to see how they fit and work together.

jack_hui

19-Mar-2010, 01:27

That looks very nice...
How did you fix this lens on the camera?

Eric

I got this len from Miguel, he already coverted and mounted the Aero len onto the aluminum barrel (great job!). The front aluminum barrel is about 140mm Dia. which is the same as my Sinar len board. So I drill four holes and attached four little copper pin, just to leave a gap between them. i.e. the len board can be mounted onto the camera.

http://upload.pbase.com/image/122842496.jpg

I am still looking for a better way to attach the focal plane shutter in front of this animal. May be I can try with my black hat first??

Jack

CarstenW

19-Mar-2010, 02:27

That Arca Swiss looks familiar!

Is it a B1?

eric142

19-Mar-2010, 03:18

[QUOTE=jack_hui;571295]

Wow,thanks, great job!
Eric

GuillaumeCo

19-Mar-2010, 04:13

That Arca Swiss looks familiar!

:) :) :)

evan clarke

19-Mar-2010, 04:52

That Arca Swiss looks familiar!

It's a Linhof...EC

GuillaumeCo

19-Mar-2010, 06:04

It's a Linhof...EC

the camera is a linhof.
the keith's word is for his former arca swiss ball head.

GuillaumeCo

19-Mar-2010, 06:08

Is it a B1?

yes it is

8x20_Pano_Shooter

19-Mar-2010, 07:28

Jim Fitzgerald

19-Mar-2010, 07:56

Here's my vertical 8x20 that JB built for me. If you want to see the complete project here's the link. http://www.jbhphoto.com/vcam/vcams.htm
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=38253&stc=1&d=1269008789

Susan, I've read the article and visited the website many times. I used my Zone VI 4x5 and JB's pic's to guide me in the construction of my walnut 11x14. Your work and the work of JB has been very inspirational. Thank you very much.

Jim

Steve M Hostetter

19-Mar-2010, 08:53

Miguel Coquis

20-Mar-2010, 08:04

Ready to play high keys !

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/matos/aero-300.jpg
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/matos/aero-300-sh.jpg
Plaubel Peco Provia 5x7"
Kodak 300 mm f:2,5
Graflex front shutter

jack_hui

20-Mar-2010, 09:04

Miguel,

Great!!!! You got a easier life with your 6" len board! ha!!

Jack

Miguel Coquis

20-Mar-2010, 09:38

Miguel,

Great!!!! You got a easier life with your 6" len board! ha!!

Jack

Your Taichi/Aero looks great too !!!
Any pics yet ?

Ramiro Elena

20-Mar-2010, 13:16

Great idea for a shutter Miguel, is it from a "for parts" 4x5 Speed Graphic? or did you get the camera already with it?

Miguel Coquis

21-Mar-2010, 03:32

Great idea for a shutter Miguel, is it from a "for parts" 4x5 Speed Graphic? or did you get the camera already with it?

Yes, shutter comes from 4x5 speed graphic, camera was "scarified" and shutter adapted for barrel lenses.

Allen in Montreal

21-Mar-2010, 11:05

Very cool setup!

Ready to play high keys !

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/matos/aero-300-sh.jpg
Plaubel Peco Provia 5x7"
Kodak 300 mm f:2,5
Graflex front shutter

Andrea Gazzoni

22-Mar-2010, 15:57

Tachihara triple extension.
I never find myself ready to sell it...

Diane Maher

23-Mar-2010, 20:41

Here is my Century No.7 with a Voigtlander 7 lens plus one of the Waterhouse stops artfully arranged.

Photo was taken with a Century whole plate with red bellows. :)

evan clarke

24-Mar-2010, 06:33

the camera is a linhof.
the keith's word is for his former arca swiss ball head.

Sorry, I have 5 Arca Cameras and when somebody says " that Arca Swiss" I skip right to camera...EC

rguinter

24-Mar-2010, 09:47

My custom 617.

Please excuse the image quality. Like me, it's better in behind the camera, rather than being it!

Absolutely beautiful. And 6x17 my preferred format. Pardon my ignorance but do you mind me asking who makes this model? And does it use roll or sheet film?

Thanks. Bob G.

William McEwen

24-Mar-2010, 12:27

Photo was taken with a Century whole plate with red bellows. :)

:)

Lachlan 717

24-Mar-2010, 12:48

Absolutely beautiful. And 6x17 my preferred format. Pardon my ignorance but do you mind me asking who makes this model? And does it use roll or sheet film?

Thanks. Bob G.

Thanks, Bob.

For those who don't have access to the email that is now in your Inbox, it's the first Shen Hao 617.

Non-folding (they now offer this model and a folding one). I prefer this design as it is simpler and quicker to zero (i.e. Zero), although a touch heavier. I don't think it's much bigger, either, as I can leave a lens (in my case, a 90mm f5.6) on it.

sensy

25-Mar-2010, 14:41

My beginners setup, a Super Speed Graphic:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4463285342_ff0195091b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/4463285342)

Taking this photo:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4462683153_88ffea4761.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sensy/4462683153)

Rory_5244

25-Mar-2010, 15:53

Arca Swiss F-Metric 8x10

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss20/Snoflo/film1.jpg

Allen in Montreal

25-Mar-2010, 17:15

Note to moderators:
Living proof this forum needs a "Green with Envy" smiley.
:-)

Arca Swiss F-Metric 8x10

http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss20/Snoflo/film1.jpg

Rory_5244

25-Mar-2010, 18:38

Whoa, and here I was ogling other people's cameras. :o

Michael Nagl

26-Mar-2010, 06:58

8x10" Linhof Bi-Kardan with 150mm SSXL, and how I haul it.

Robert Hall

26-Mar-2010, 08:05

Here is my Cahnam 12x10... and me. :)

http://www.roberthall.com/IMG1.jpg

http://www.roberthall.com/robert57.jpg

Diane Maher

27-Mar-2010, 09:22

12x20, maybe? Nice to see you in person, so to speak, Robert. :D

CarstenW

27-Mar-2010, 23:42

Wow, that Canham is something!

I finally got my Linhof Master Technika, and will try to get a shot up. Unfortunately I am missing a couple of small bits before I can really go shooting, such as a compatible cable release (who knew that the Linhof quick release was not compatible with most cable releases), a dark cloth (t-shirt would do, I suppose), a motor for the development (or use Robert's tip about spinning it in a sink full of water, corked, but I am not sure I have a free sink), and maybe a compendium or lens shade.

Robert Hall

28-Mar-2010, 00:01

12x20, maybe? Nice to see you in person, so to speak, Robert. :D

Uh, sure. or 12x10 and I can take 2 at a time. ;)

Brian Ellis

28-Mar-2010, 10:01

Here is my Cahnam 12x10... and me. :)

http://www.roberthall.com/IMG1.jpg

http://www.roberthall.com/robert57.jpg

Gorgeous camera Robert. Your location looks like Shore Acres, one of my favorite places.

rdenney

29-Mar-2010, 07:20

8x10" Linhof Bi-Kardan with 150mm SSXL, and how I haul it.

Is that a pull-cart for a golf bag? That's a very good idea that requires some thinking on my part. I wonder if my current roll-around "mobile office" could be fitted with golf-cart wheels?

Rick "whose current roller-skate wheels prefer smooth pavement" Denney

Robert Hall

29-Mar-2010, 07:29

Gorgeous camera Robert. Your location looks like Shore Acres, one of my favorite places.

Thanks, it was up in norther California, not quite to the bay but north of santa cruz.

And the Hair is a bit longer now. :)

Michael Nagl

29-Mar-2010, 11:18

Is that a pull-cart for a golf bag? That's a very good idea that requires some thinking on my part. I wonder if my current roll-around "mobile office" could be fitted with golf-cart wheels?

Rick "whose current roller-skate wheels prefer smooth pavement" Denney

Rick, that´s just a shopping cart of the kind old ladies use (with a thermo insulated compartment in the front into which my holders fit precisely!), with the wheels of an old pram.

Deniz Merdanogullari

30-Mar-2010, 11:33

Lately around the studio...

Speed Graphic

rdenney

31-Mar-2010, 09:27

Rick, that´s just a shopping cart of the kind old ladies use (with a thermo insulated compartment in the front into which my holders fit precisely!), with the wheels of an old pram.

Well, nevermind, then. Golf pull carts are manly, but I don't think my tender self-image could take using things appropriated from old ladies and young mothers.

Rick "a manly man" Denney

JPlomley

31-Mar-2010, 09:34

Another Montreal LF photographer. That makes three of us :-)

Robbie Shymanski

31-Mar-2010, 18:40

My KEH beater Toyo 45G with a luxurious Zeiss 75mm f.4.5 Biogon I was recently presented with. It just looked nice in the afternoon light.

Joe Forks

4-Apr-2010, 08:35

My Zone VI got a new dress - wolly series A portrait - thanks Jim!

http://logojoe.com/snakes/P4023520.jpg

My old beater Wista - beeen around the block - take a licking and keeps on ticking
That's Doctor 150 Germinar with the lens cap still on

http://logojoe.com/snakes/P4023516.jpg

And a Fuji GX 617 with 105mm - that's oak pollen all over all my cameras. It's actually all over everything in Texas right now - just ask my allergies.

http://logojoe.com/snakes/P4023515.jpg

Jack Dahlgren

4-Apr-2010, 23:05

Why do those panorama cameras always seem to have a cage around the lens? Protection?

Daniel Stone

6-Apr-2010, 00:13

Here's my lunacy;

Ebony 20 x 24 next to my daughter Counti and son Satchel Cochise.

holy poop!

that things HUGE! what's film run for that thing?

-Dan

Robert Hughes

6-Apr-2010, 12:40

Why do those panorama cameras always seem to have a cage around the lens? Protection?

Sometimes the wide angle lens has glass that protrudes beyond the front of the lens support tube, so that cage protects a lens in case of camera tipping.

sepiareverb

6-Apr-2010, 14:31

My Canham 810 Traditional:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/sepiareverb/L1050033.jpg

Steve M Hostetter

8-Apr-2010, 13:58

Here's my Graflex series B converted to 4x5 and some examples from it,, Oh, and I fixed the light leak but I do need a lens hood or at least remember to shade the lens:D

Steve M Hostetter

10-Apr-2010, 09:22

Here's my Graflex series B converted to 4x5 and some examples from it,, Oh, and I fixed the light leak but I do need a lens hood or at least remember to shade the lens:D

sure would be nice to find a spring back with a GG to fit this.. ! hint,hint:)

Louie Powell

10-Apr-2010, 16:43

Zone VI Lightweight, with Caltar 210mm f5.6 (Rodenstock) lens in working mode at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellfleet, MA.

Steve M Hostetter

10-Apr-2010, 18:34

Graflex RB heavily rekajiggered to work in harsh enviornments.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/4156183501_a80483be02.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4156945684_21d24055c4.jpg

Hey Bosaiya,,

was it difficult for you disassemble and do ya maybe have a diagram you went by that you can share with us..?

Thanks
steve

Monty McCutchen

11-Apr-2010, 07:01

holy poop!

that things HUGE! what's film run for that thing?

-Dan

Dan,

I participate in the Ilford run of film that they run annually. I shoot FP4 for it. It goes about 22 dollars a sheet if my memory/math is right. I only did that equation once in my head and have never gone back to torture myself with such mathmatics again--much too painful.

When I have film I shoot it, when I don't I save up!

Monty

CarstenW

11-Apr-2010, 12:39

Here's my lunacy;

Ebony 20 x 24 next to my daughter Counti and son Satchel Cochise.

Whoa, I went all the way back to page 1 out of curiousity with the cost per sheet comment. Weird, a normal headshot with that camera would be a macro shot with greater than 1:1 :) Do you have any more shots of it?

Deniz Merdanogullari

12-Apr-2010, 04:36

Another Montreal LF photographer. That makes three of us :-)

I know 8 people who shoot LF and ULF already.
You need to be more social! :)

IanG

12-Apr-2010, 05:21

I know 8 people who shoot LF and ULF already.
You need to be more social! :)

In the three and a half years I've lived in Turkey I've yet to see anyone else using an LF camera or even MF, and the only film cameras (all 35mm) have been visiting American tourists.

I return to the UK to be more social :D

Ian

sultanofcognac

12-Apr-2010, 05:44

In the five years that I lived in Turkey the only other LF shooter I met was a Russian. I've yet to meet another LF shooter here in this region of France, or even see one on the street somewhere.

Deniz Merdanogullari

12-Apr-2010, 05:59

In Turkey, you will not see people in the street shooting LF.
The street photography in Turkey allows nothing but Leicas and Nikon Fs.
You will get killed under a darkcloth.

Onthe other hand, all the commercial studios, and all the masters of Turkish photography have LF cameras in their arsenal.

Daniel Stone

12-Apr-2010, 08:00

here's mine,

got her(still need to name her) the other day. Came in *just* over budget :o.

and my ugly mug too :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4513964438_06077388ac.jpg

-Dan

Miguel Coquis

12-Apr-2010, 08:28

here's mine,
got her(still need to name her) the other day. Came in *just* over budget :o.
and my ugly mug too :)
-Dan

Beautiful set !!!
What lens have you mount on the "lady", lens board dimension... ?
thanks

tonkhang

13-Apr-2010, 18:25

My new camera Chamonix 11x14 with his reducing back 8x10.
It's very beautiful.
Thanks Hugo and my friend TranTri

Tri Tran

13-Apr-2010, 19:54

My new camera Chamonix 11x14 with his reducing back 8x10.
It's very beautiful.
Thanks Hugo and my friend TranTri

Very nice Khang, enjoy your new toy. Please post more pictures and I want to see the front standard as well.

Miguel Coquis

14-Apr-2010, 03:43

here's mine,

got her(still need to name her) the other day. Came in *just* over budget :o.

and my ugly mug too :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4513964438_06077388ac.jpg

-Dan

Beautiful set !!!
What lens have you mount on the "lady", lens board dimension... ?
thanks

Lens, lens.... what lens,
thanks !

IanG

14-Apr-2010, 04:22

Lens, lens.... what lens,
thanks !

Looks like a 300mm Symmar convertible in a Compound shutter :D

Ian

Daniel Stone

14-Apr-2010, 20:24

IanG,

you're right, almost ;). Its a Symmar 360/620 convertible.

one heavy lens, to say the least :D! huge filters too...

I'm watching some dagor's and artars as a suitable replacement to this nice lens, so it might be up for sale after the CLA on the shutter is done. Watch the For Sale listings in the next month(or two) or so. Its got something like a 500mm image circle, on the KMV I can do full rise, with full shift left or right, and still have full coverage at f/16.

cheers!

-Dan

FCleroux

15-Apr-2010, 08:41

Here's mine. Fairly new purchase and just learning the ropes.

http://api.ning.com/files/lqpLkvJODfPRjwyxcxj8AHOu5C35vk89jCwBzY6zpXLhfOFDxVeNmbu4NHChOLSyK5yH1gq37Ddlaepj6WliXg2prSslYy--/MLP_CU_400.jpg

Francois

BarryS

15-Apr-2010, 08:55

FCleroux

15-Apr-2010, 09:27

That's funny. The image is a self portrait called "My little planet". It was fun putting together.

Miguel Coquis

15-Apr-2010, 09:54

Looks like a 300mm Symmar convertible in a Compound shutter :D

Ian

Hi Ian,
Yeah, thats what I was thinking (maybe a 360 mm....), this old symmars have a great IC and are going very cheap...
thanks,

Joe O'Hara

17-Apr-2010, 19:15

here's mine,

got her(still need to name her) the other day. Came in *just* over budget :o.

and my ugly mug too :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4513964438_06077388ac.jpg

-Dan

Dan, that's a beautiful camera. I want one. Can you tell us the maker?

Nice quality of light in the picture. Self portrait or helper involved?

Cheers

Chris Strobel

17-Apr-2010, 19:38

Dan, that's a beautiful camera. I want one. Can you tell us the maker?

Cheers

I'm not Dan, but CAN tell you that is a Kodak Master View 8x10 :D

Daniel Stone

17-Apr-2010, 20:52

Dan, that's a beautiful camera. I want one. Can you tell us the maker?

Nice quality of light in the picture. Self portrait or helper involved?

Cheers

Hey Joe,

its a Kodak Master View. Its a self portrait, no one else in my family is interested in photography, sadly :o. I'm 22.

cheers!

-Dan

Chris Strobel

17-Apr-2010, 21:28

Hey Joe,

its a Kodak Master View. Its a self portrait, no one else in my family is interested in photography, sadly :o. I'm 22.

cheers!

-Dan

Very nice looking copy you have there, and your very fortunate, that camera was a pipe dream when I was 22 :)

Joe O'Hara

18-Apr-2010, 17:19

Hey Joe,

its a Kodak Master View. Its a self portrait, no one else in my family is interested in photography, sadly :o. I'm 22.

cheers!

-Dan

Younger than your camera. Nice.

Steve M Hostetter

21-Apr-2010, 16:45

4x5" Chamy, 8-3/4" Wollensak

Steve M Hostetter

21-Apr-2010, 17:04

junk lenses :D 4 stitched images made w/ a 300mm 4.5 Kodak portrait @4.5

ic-racer

21-Apr-2010, 19:58

Nice Kodak Dan!

Hugo Zhang

21-Apr-2010, 20:36

4x5" Chamy, 8-3/4" Wollensak

What a nice of piece of glass! I wish to be able to put one of my soft focus lenses in a shutter like that.

Steve M Hostetter

22-Apr-2010, 07:51

What a nice of piece of glass! I wish to be able to put one of my soft focus lenses in a shutter like that.

Hugo,

That's my pride and joy but a "beast" and the Chamonix holds it like it's not even there. :)
I believe S.K.Grimes put this gem together

Tri Tran

22-Apr-2010, 08:58

Hugo,

That's my pride and joy but a "beast" and the Chamonix holds it like it's not even there. :)
I believe S.K.Grimes put this gem together

I wish I live next to SK Grimes, feel like live next to Santa workshop. Good work!

Steve M Hostetter

22-Apr-2010, 12:12

I got 17" from GG-lens with this Pickard shutter and Emil Busch 13" Rapid Aplanat N#4 on the Chamonix 4x5

I made this fit by glueing three "custom" lens boards together and srewing them to the rim of the shutter.

curtis roberts

25-Apr-2010, 01:40

not much but it works I did make a lens board with a crown graphic front same boards both my cameras the other is a speed

Daniel Stone

26-Apr-2010, 23:14

Younger than your camera. Nice.

I wouldn't have it any other way ;)

cheers!

-Dan

Allen in Montreal

27-Apr-2010, 12:35

not much but it works I did make a lens board with a crown graphic front same boards both my cameras the other is a speed

It is never "not much" as long as you can shoot pictures with it! :)

NicolasArg

6-May-2010, 05:35

I'm using this beat up Toyo 45D now. Nice and bulky camera. I think it was purchased for 100 dollars.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2795/4492030363_3423305557_o.jpg

cdholden

6-May-2010, 05:47

Nicolas,
The Toyo D was my first LF camera. I made the mistake of selling it. Mine came at a cost of $135. I sold it for $200. I thought I was doing good making a profit of $65 until my next camera (a wobbly B&J field camera) taught me that a rock solid light-tight camera is worth every bit of $135. I should have kept it.
Live and learn.
Chris

Miguel Coquis

6-May-2010, 07:53

I'm using this beat up Toyo 45D now. Nice and bulky camera. I think it was purchased for 100 dollars.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2795/4492030363_3423305557_o.jpg

fishing.... ?
great shots !!!:)

NicolasArg

7-May-2010, 05:53

It's a pretty neat camera Chris. It's too big for what I do, but I got used to it, so'll probably buy it.
Miguel> yep... It's not just photography, also a great fishing place (rainbow trout).

David Aimone

7-May-2010, 08:57

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/v9/p1065988976-4.jpg

My new Chamonix 045n-2. My first LF camera. Lots to love. I fit everything: camera, 3 lenses, film holders, focusing cloth, meter, etc. in a modest M-Rock Arches bag (except the tripod).

Caivman

7-May-2010, 11:19

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/127/e/e/Speed_Graphic_1_0_by_Caivman.jpg

my newest addition to the family.
appoligies for the noisy pic. Camera on phone isn't all that hot. :mad:

arunrajmohan

9-May-2010, 12:12

Stripped, degutted and stained Crown Graphic.

-Arun

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4590698568_bd1e5d13bb_b.jpg

Steve Gledhill

10-May-2010, 12:15

http://www.virtuallygrey.co.uk/files/9311/201005101490.jpg

And the Camera's pretty tasty too.

Nana Sousa Dias

14-May-2010, 05:34

Great cameras, those Chamonix...maybe someday I will change my Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA for one of those...

CarstenW

14-May-2010, 11:36

Yeah, I am idly toying with the idea of exchanging my Linhof Master Technika for a 45-N2... If there was still walnut available I would be a goner. Teak isn't quite as nice, IMO.

cdholden

14-May-2010, 15:39

Great cameras, those Chamonix...maybe someday I will change my Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA for one of those...

Nana,
Why bother? The photos you post here could be done with even less. Your vision and skill, not the camera, are what make them worth viewing. I look forward to more of your photos in the future.
Chris

Nana Sousa Dias

14-May-2010, 16:20

Nana,
Why bother? The photos you post here could be done with even less. Your vision and skill, not the camera, are what make them worth viewing. I look forward to more of your photos in the future.
Chris

Thanks, Chris.

The camera will not improve my photos, you're right. I must study and practice more to achieve that (I've been trying to do that, continuously).
I think I would never buy an Ebony, for example, because it is extremelly expensive but, what I really like in the Chamonix is the lightweight and performances it can deliver, with a very cheap price.

georg s

14-May-2010, 19:03

Lots of beautiful cameras...
Here's a peek at my recently re-activated Arca-Swiss.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8687/arcawoods.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/i/arcawoods.jpg/)

...shot with M3, Summarit 1.5/50 wide-open, about 1/15sc.

Caivman

17-May-2010, 07:26

fancy tripod there Georg S.

:-)

IanG

17-May-2010, 08:16

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/LFcamera0_sm.jpg

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/LFcamera1_sm.jpg

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/LFcamera2_sm.jpg

Well it's getting there, just needs a front standard, new bellows and a screen :D

Ian

dsim

17-May-2010, 08:19

Looking forward to seeing the fnished product.

Mattk

25-May-2010, 14:43

Century 10A with Pinkham Bi-Quality up front. Packard and flash synch to boot. Can a guy have any more fun? Craigslist can be a wonderful thing.

dlin

25-May-2010, 18:12

Century 10A with Pinkham Bi-Quality up front. Packard and flash synch to boot. Can a guy have any more fun? Craigslist can be a wonderful thing.

Sweet camera, VERY SWEET LENS!

Best,
Daniel

IanG

27-May-2010, 05:50

Looking forward to seeing the fnished product.

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/cam05sm.jpg

Well it's getting there, standard and focus screen made. Just some small brass fittings, a new strap then the bellows to make and ready to go.

Now committed to a 6x7 roll film back which is on it's way from California, this will be more practical than shooting 1/4 plate.

Ian

Nana Sousa Dias

27-May-2010, 05:54

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/cam05sm.jpg

Well it's getting there, standard and focus screen made. Just some small brass fittings, a new strap then the bellows to make and ready to go.

Now committed to a 6x7 roll film back which is on it's way from California, this will be more practical than shooting 1/4 plate.

Ian

Nice...

William McEwen

27-May-2010, 10:49

I thought I was doing good making a profit of $65 until my next camera (a wobbly B&J field camera) taught me that a rock solid light-tight camera is worth every bit of $135. I should have kept it.
Live and learn.
Chris

Chris, my first 8x10 camera was a B&J in mint condition. I still have nightmares about using that wobbly thing...

IanG

30-May-2010, 12:13

Now almost complete, with new bellows:

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/cam06sm.jpg

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/cam08sm.jpg

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/cam07sm.jpg

Total cost of the bellows less than £3/$4.80 :D

Ian

dsim

30-May-2010, 14:55

Wow great job. Looks superb.

Miguel Coquis

31-May-2010, 00:37

Speed Aero Linhof project

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Data/SAL%20001.jpg
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Data/SAL%20002.jpg

I wanted to share this images showing my speed/ektar/linhof project.
The linhof front standard brings fine movements for an extremely subtle image shape correction at f:2,5
I will like to include a nice range finder, I will much appreciate if you have some suggestions.
Hope you enjoy this update.
Kind regards,
Miguel
Photos coming soon !

Steve M Hostetter

31-May-2010, 08:32

Ezzie

31-May-2010, 09:17

My ongoing 4x4/6x12 P+S project.

Helical focusing. Graflok back. Detachable lens box. Fujinon SW90/8
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/4624337333_820ec4e4af_o.jpg

Miguel Coquis

31-May-2010, 09:44

Nice machine Miguel.. fotoman.com has stopped making cameras of sept.09 but still has accessories for sale like,, rangefinders, levels, viewfinders,,etc.

Glad you appreciate this project Steve
Hope there is some available documentation concerning Fotoman Range finders.
Thanks

Steve M Hostetter

31-May-2010, 12:05

[QUOTE=Ezzie;594915]My ongoing 4x4/6x12 P+S project.

Helical focusing. Graflok back. Detachable lens box. Fujinon SW90/8
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/4624337333_820ec4e4af_o.jpg[/QUOT

Hi Ezzie,,

Really nice job.. Can you tell me where you got that handle bracket and those feet (cabinet knobs)..?

steve

Steve M Hostetter

31-May-2010, 14:29

Glad you appreciate this project Steve
Hope there is some available documentation concerning Fotoman Range finders.
Thanks

Miguel,,

I think that the one they sell just tells you the subject distance and If you wanna save some money on a rangefinder that will do the same thing, visit the sporting goods store around deer season and get a rangefinder for about $ 35.00.

Michael Roberts

31-May-2010, 18:54

Ian, great job!
How did you make the new front standard?
How does the front standard fold(?), disassemble to fold?
What keeps the lens board frame in place when you raise/drop it?
Thanks,
Michael

IanG

1-Jun-2010, 02:07

Ian, great job!
How did you make the new front standard?
How does the front standard fold(?), disassemble to fold?
What keeps the lens board frame in place when you raise/drop it?
Thanks,
Michael

Michael, I had a local joiner/cabinet makers fabricate a new frnt standard from oak, the way the standard sits when it's detached governs it's maximum width & height.

The standard attaches to the focus rail with two lugs (modified brass screws_ that fit the keyed slots. It folds into the body by detaching and laying flat with the lug end towards the rear.

I'm still missing some brass parts but someone is making them for me, there's a plate to go on the left of the front standard which is slotted so that a brass knob tightens the lens panel in position for rise & fall. I uses a bit of twig for the photos :D

Ian