Show off your Large Format camera!

[Louis Pacilla]

Here's my Century Multiple Camera (Penny Camera)with a Voightlander 5b.

The only one I have seen with "all" the inserts from factory and to tell you the truth, without the inserts it's nothing but a 5x7 studio camera.

This one may be moving on but then again maybe not.:)

I have owned it for several years now.

[StoneNYC]

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Anthony & Scovill Champion 8x10, Variation No. 3, circa 1907, (modified back). Once advertised as the world's lightest.
R. D. Gray Periscope No. 6 lens
Folmer Graflex tilt
Rochester Optical Co. Carlton's Sliding Tripod

How much does it weigh?

[StoneNYC]

Here's my Century Multiple Camera (Penny Camera)with a Voightlander 5b.

The only one I have seen with "all" the inserts from factory and to tell you the truth, without the inserts it's nothing but a 5x7 studio camera.

This one may be moving on but then again maybe not.:)

I have owned it for several years now.

Love the tassel on the lens cap, classic!

[DannL]

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Anthony & Scovill Champion 8x10, Variation No. 3, circa 1907, (modified back). Once advertised as the world's lightest.
R. D. Gray Periscope No. 6 lens
Folmer Graflex tilt
Rochester Optical Co. Carlton's Sliding Tripod

How much does it weigh?

The camera alone, without a lens, weighs 4 lbs 6 oz. With the addition of the Periscope lens pictured, it weighs in at 5 lbs. For an 8x10 camera, I consider it very portable.

[StoneNYC]

The camera alone, without a lens, weighs 4 lbs 6 oz. With the addition of the Periscope lens pictured, it weighs in at 5 lbs. For an 8x10 camera, I consider it very portable.

That seems impossibly light, even the Chamonix 810 is 8-9lbs

[DannL]

That seems impossibly light, even the Chamonix 810 is 8-9lbs

A loaded plate holder weighs about 2.25 lbs. So as soon as you throw on additional plate holders for the days outing, this weight would become considerable. I suspect they discovered that by minimizing the bells and whistles on the camera to what was just absolutely necessary, it helped considerably in reducing it's overall weight. Something to also consider. In the age of horse and buggy the weight of your camera equipment was a factor in your travels.

[StoneNYC]

A loaded plate holder weighs about 2.25 lbs. So as soon as you throw on additional plate holders for the days outing, this weight would become considerable. I suspect they discovered that by minimizing the bells and whistles on the camera to what was just absolutely necessary, it helped considerably in reducing it's overall weight. Something to also consider. In the age of horse and buggy the weight of your camera equipment was a factor in your travels.

Think the Chamonix has more movements?

[DannL]

Think the Chamonix has more movements?

I believe the camera you have referenced is http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/810.html

Just from what I can deduce in the specifications, the Chamonix has sufficient movements expected in a "modern" camera. The movements require additional parts, thus additional weight. I also noticed the wood is overly thick as compare to my old camera.

The Anthony & Scovill has two movements only. Approximately 2 inches of front rise/fall, and about 10 degrees of rear tilt. And that's it. There is no gearing or metal in the focus train. No swings. No front tilts, etc. The back can be rotated landscape/portrait. And that's about it for features. One aspect beyond it's weight, or lack of, that I really enjoy is that when the camera is closed, it is only 4.25 inches thick. If fits very well into a backpack. The camera is not perfect by any measure, but works fine for normal exposures.

[StoneNYC]

I believe the camera you have referenced is http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/810.html

Just from what I can deduce in the specifications, the Chamonix has sufficient movements expected in a "modern" camera. The movements require additional parts, thus additional weight. I also noticed the wood is overly thick as compare to my old camera.

The Anthony & Scovill has two movements only. Approximately 2 inches of front rise/fall, and about 10 degrees of rear tilt. And that's it. There is no gearing or metal in the focus train. No swings. No front tilts, etc. The back can be rotated landscape/portrait. And that's about it for features. One aspect beyond it's weight, or lack of, that I really enjoy is that when the camera is closed, it is only 4.25 inches thick. If fits very well into a backpack. The camera is not perfect by any measure, but works fine for normal exposures.

Oh! Gotcha! Thanks man, for a second I thought I might be investing in the wrong camera ;)

[DKimg]

Loving the LF experience! :D

[DaveS]

Handsom camera

[RedSun]

At work with my 8x10 Deardorff and 250mm Fujinon lens. Even the model enjoyed looking through the GG.

www.joelbrownphotography.com

I thought a dog was standing with the cemera :cool:

[jesse]

Bought the wide angle bellow from Peter who is the member of this forum.
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[Emil Schildt]

Got a handsome version of a 4x5 gandolfi from Andrew Plume....

Had an ancient Ross Petzval lying around...

Matched those two - just, just able to fit it - and it has to be pulled out to the very maximum in order to make portraits... a little worried whether the glue holds.. But for now it does..

Ugly looking now - but I'll make a real front plate and replace all the duct tape..

[Jac@stafford.net]

Handsom camera

My friend calls beautiful wooden cameras "furniture".

[HoodedOne]

My new toy

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[Steven Tribe]

How about this for a different wood and brass camera from the Victorian era?

A 15x12" simple teak camera made (or sold) by the Glasgow firm of Lizars. I say "sold by" because, although they made cameras, there was an identical 10 x 8" camera originally sold by Middlemiss of Bradford on the bay last night.
Didn't (mine) look very good on the listing (photo 1:detached/badly folded bellows, missing brasswear?). But, once again, condition was far better than the photographs so no more than a few hours work for once (photos 2 and 3). Much lighter than the continental equivalent - the 30 x 40cm reisekamera - but slightly longer to set/dismantle. I can live with that.

[IanG]

Lizars apart from their own stores were also a wholesale manufacturer so cameras may well have been rebadged. I'll check their adverts again when back in the UK.

They didn't rebadge cameras at the time your 15x12 was made that began during or at the end of WWII, they had quite a large factory in Glasgow.

Ian

[ScottPhotoCo]

How about this for a different wood and brass camera from the Victorian era?

A 15x12" simple teak camera made (or sold) by the Glasgow firm of Lizars. I say "sold by" because, although they made cameras, there was an identical 10 x 8" camera originally sold by Middlemiss of Bradford on the bay last night.
Didn't (mine) look very good on the listing (photo 1:detached/badly folded bellows, missing brasswear?). But, once again, condition was far better than the photographs so no more than a few hours work for once (photos 2 and 3). Much lighter than the continental equivalent - the 30 x 40cm reisekamera - but slightly longer to set/dismantle. I can live with that.

I have a 10x12 Carleton that reminds me of that camera. I need to find pictures of it.

Tim

[Andrew Plume]

How about this for a different wood and brass camera from the Victorian era?

A 15x12" simple teak camera made (or sold) by the Glasgow firm of Lizars. I say "sold by" because, although they made cameras, there was an identical 10 x 8" camera originally sold by Middlemiss of Bradford on the bay last night.
Didn't (mine) look very good on the listing (photo 1:detached/badly folded bellows, missing brasswear?). But, once again, condition was far better than the photographs so no more than a few hours work for once (photos 2 and 3). Much lighter than the continental equivalent - the 30 x 40cm reisekamera - but slightly longer to set/dismantle. I can live with that.

Hi Steven

this was the one (with the Ross lens) which was recently on the bay, with a Scottish seller, from memory, yes...?

I had a good hard look at it but I'm not a great fan of the design of these front standards and wasn't sure that it would support a fairly heavy lens

best

andrew

[Zndrson]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/6123c4dd9ae9672dd01ae4d2087f2e08/tumblr_mvcm2mec481qdur40o1_500.jpg

Chamonix 045N-1 w/Fuji 210mm

[IanG]

My wife's choice - an Alliance Ensign, a 110 5"x4" roll film camera made by the Alliance Roll Film Camera Co which was wound up in 1904 as 110 film was introduced in 1898 the camera is between 110-116 years old, shutter is like new and smooth. The shutter had only just been introduced.

http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/alliance01sm.jpg

http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/alliance03sm.jpg

I've not found the same camera anywhere online although the company's cameras continued under the Houghton name.

Apologies the photos were taken on a very dull day in the UK, I plan to reshoot this week here on the Aegean Coast.

I have some film in that I might slit and try with homemade backing paper, just need to make a take-up spool. The camera is surprisingly light and easy to hold. Other models had the option to use roll film or plates.

Ian

[StoneNYC]

My wife's choice - an Alliance Ensign, a 110 5"x4" roll film camera made by the Alliance Roll Film Camera Co which was wound up in 1904 as 110 film was introduced in 1898 the camera is between 110-116 years old, shutter is like new and smooth. The shutter had only just been introduced.

http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/alliance01sm.jpg

http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/alliance03sm.jpg

I've not found the same camera anywhere online although the company's cameras continued under the Houghton name.

Apologies the photos were taken on a very dull day in the UK, I plan to reshoot this week here on the Aegean Coast.

I have some film in that I might slit and try with homemade backing paper, just need to make a take-up spool. The camera is surprisingly light and easy to hold. Other models had the option to use roll film or plates.

Ian

Wow that's cool!!

Could you modify it to take 122 film? It's almost as wide 3 1/4 inches by 5 1/2.

And ilford is selling some bulk roll film 9cm wide, that could be re-rolled?

There also the 5 inch roll ilford is selling that could be sliced down to 4 inches instead?

But buy it NOW, it's only available for another 2 days or so and won't be back until next year, and if they don't sell enough this year it might not be back at all...

9cm roll ...

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/1164756-Ilford-FP4+-125-ISO-9cm-x-50-ft.-Roll-EI

5inch roll...

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/1164767-Ilford-FP4+-125-ISO-5-in.-x-50-ft.-Roll-EI

[alavergh]

Hey I have a camera similar to that one with the red bellows but mine doesn't have red bellows.

[IanG]

Wow that's cool!!

Could you modify it to take 122 film? It's almost as wide 3 1/4 inches by 5 1/2.

And ilford is selling some bulk roll film 9cm wide, that could be re-rolled?

There also the 5 inch roll ilford is selling that could be sliced down to 4 inches instead?

But buy it NOW, it's only available for another 2 days or so and won't be back until next year, and if they don't sell enough this year it might not be back at all...

9cm roll ...

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/1164756-Ilford-FP4+-125-ISO-9cm-x-50-ft.-Roll-EI

5inch roll...

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/1164767-Ilford-FP4+-125-ISO-5-in.-x-50-ft.-Roll-EI

Actually I have a roll of 10" wide aerial film that I could slit, I'm going to make some backing paper first and test it. I used to be an emulsion chemist so could coat my own films, Denise Ross of the Light Farm gets great results.

I'll take the easy options first :)

Ian

[IanG]

Hey I have a camera similar to that one with the red bellows but mine doesn't have red bellows.

Similar looking from a different manufacture or an Alliance Roll Film Camera ?

There were quite a few similar cameras as it's a very basic design used for various formats.

Ian

[Fritz05]

Linhof Kardan Standard. The low budget 4x5 view camera in the Linhof program from 1975 to 1982. It allows all movements, but is still rather simple built. This results not only in the lower price, but also in the light weight: about 2 kgs with lens. Great for hiking.
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[dave_whatever]

Actually I have a roll of 10" wide aerial film that I could slit, I'm going to make some backing paper first and test it. I used to be an emulsion chemist so could coat my own films, Denise Ross of the Light Farm gets great results.

I'll take the easy options first :)

Ian

Presumably you could put 120 through it to get a roughly 6x12 output.

[Jac@stafford.net]

Actually I have a roll of 10" wide aerial film

Excellent, but are sure it is not 11" film?

[GPA.1001]

Shooting at Bodie California.
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[wilper]

Hi,

New on the forum, new to LF photography, and new to film photography (well, two years playing with 120 and 135 film).

Perhaps not the wisest entry point to the hobby, but that was the way it turned out. :-)

The Shackman Two x Two, which I hacked to be able to use 4x5 film holders. Fixed focus, fixed shutter speed, but it does have variable aperture.

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There's a Calumet 4x5 monorail on it's way from EBay, sans lens, but I found a magnifying glass that I hope will do the trick.

[djdister]

Shooting with my Horseman 45FA near Birsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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[andreios]

Shooting with my Horseman 45FA near Birsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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What a place... it is one of my dreams to visit Orkney Islands... I'd love to see your images from there...

[Ken Lee]

Shooting with my Horseman 45FA near Birsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland.

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Droooooollllling

[captainscot]

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My Wisner 5x7 in the Exumas, Bahamas.

[Larry Kellogg]

Nice Wisner! I have a 5x7 Wisner, I think it's a prototype. Could you post some pictures of the front of the camera?

Thanks,

Larry

[SMBooth]

My 57 Wista Rittreck View with spare 45 back and new bellows

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[captainscot]

Here ya go Larry, just took a quick shot of the front standard...i really like it although it weighs olmost as much as my Deardorff V8. But i travel alot and the 5x7 seems a bit more managable, and i do love the 5x7 format.117708

[Larry Kellogg]

Mine is a little different, it has a sliding panel in the front, so you can still get some rise and fall when the bellows are compressed. The metal parts appear to be aircraft aluminum, and it only weighs 5.5 pounds, if I recall correctly. There is also no model name on mine. 5x7 is a terrific format!

[StoneNYC]

Some fun yesterday with my new baby...

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[jesse]

Some fun yesterday with my new baby...

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Looking good!

[AlexGard]

Some fun yesterday with my new baby...

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Nice. It's pretty. Was tossing up between this or a tachi but the tachi was a steal so I went with that option. Just got a 045f1 to replace my warped 45AII. Both are waiting for me when I get home :)

Love drooling over chamonix ULF cams though. I hope for the sake of my finances I cap it at 8x10. Or my knees give out as a good excuse not to get a camera that matches my own bodyweight.

[andreios]

Tachi in 8x10 is an excellent camera. Mine is triple extension and I have yet to encounter a situation which it cannot cope with...

[AlexGard]

Yeah mine is triple extension also. Although not sure it'll ever get used that long.. Which, by the way, is the maximum focal length it can take?

[andreios]

My longest lens is 19in.. I am not sure but I think it will accomodate a 24in as well. That is 610mm if my maths are correct.

[AlexGard]

Yikes.

[Keith Pitman]

Mine is a little different, it has a sliding panel in the front, so you can still get some rise and fall when the bellows are compressed. The metal parts appear to be aircraft aluminum, and it only weighs 5.5 pounds, if I recall correctly. There is also no model name on mine. 5x7 is a terrific format!

You may have what Wisner called a "Pocket Expedition" which came late in the history of the company. There probably are not too many out there. At least in 4x5, it was smaller and lighter than other models in that format. Pictures of yours?

[AlexGard]

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[Larry Kellogg]

You may have what Wisner called a "Pocket Expedition" which came late in the history of the company. There probably are not too many out there. At least in 4x5, it was smaller and lighter than other models in that format. Pictures of yours?

Hello Keith,
Here are two pictures of the camera, the first with a 90mm mounted on the front:

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and this from the side:

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I bought the camera from Robert (fuegocito), a user on this board, the second picture is his. I don't know if the camera is a Pocket Expedition. Is it? Perhaps he knows.

I like 5x7 because it is just a little bigger and heavier than 4x5, and fits in the same f-stop backpack I used for my 4x5 Wisner. The negatives are amazing and 5x7 is an interesting aspect ratio.

[Louis Pacilla]

Hello Keith,
Here are two pictures of the camera, the first with a 90mm mounted on the front:

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and this from the side:

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I bought the camera from Robert (fuegocito), a user on this board, the second picture is his. I don't know if the camera is a Pocket Expedition. Is it? Perhaps he knows.

I like 5x7 because it is just a little bigger and heavier than 4x5, and fits in the same f-stop backpack I used for my 4x5 Wisner. The negatives are amazing and 5x7 is an interesting aspect ratio.

Hey Larry, your camera is in this Wisner catalog & Keith was correct. Your Wisner 5x7 is a Pocket Expedition not a one off.

Here's a link to a Wisner Catalog. You may want to bookmark this or copy onto your hard drive.*Pocket Exp. is on pg.11
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/cameras/wisner-expedition-technical/WisnerCatalog300dpiMonoChrome.pdf

[Larry Kellogg]

Thanks, it's a little difficult to tell the models from the graphics in that brochure. Plus, it says that the specs for the 5x7 have not been finalized. It has the "top rear focus" geared mechanism that allows you to bring the rear standard forward for short lenses, as you can see in my picture with the 90mm.

[Colorado CJ]

My new (to me) Wista Zone VI

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14664364156_0d21f002d4_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/14664364156/)
Wista-Zone-VI-1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/14664364156/) by Colorado CJ (https://www.flickr.com/people/55229792@N03/), on Flickr

And my Sinar F1

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/11550777215_b600c7d0c2_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/11550777215/)
Sinar-F1 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55229792@N03/11550777215/) by Colorado CJ (https://www.flickr.com/people/55229792@N03/), on Flickr

[Patrick13]

Almost done restoring, though this is more of a conservation job than a restoration. I made the decision early on to not fully strip and rebuild, but to repair the mechanical bits while freshening up the brass and leaving the character from 80 years intact. As a road trip user and not a display case princess I think that this makes sense.

Agfa-Ansco 5x7 (with only a 4x5 reducing back for now) with a universal iris and unnamed collinear set in a betax-4. I also have a random 6" rectilinear and considerably more modern 210mm symmar.

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[mdarnton]

Great! My irrational dream camera is an Ansco 8x10 Universal--that was the camera in the studio I worked at in high school in the mid-60s, and I always thought it would be cool to have one. There was a window where I could have just asked and probably had it, but I wasn't tuned in at the time. :-(

[jonesp]

An oldie but goodie, Century Master Studio Camera and Stand, manufactured by Folmer Graflex, Rochester, NY, with 8x10 and 5x7 backs, Kodak 14 inch 6.3 Commercial Ektar in Ilex No. 5 Universal Synchro.

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[Tin Can]

Wow, thats a real beauty. Makes me want one as nice, although I would want a 11x14 if I can find one...

I had an Ansco grey one I let go.

The Semi-Centennial style stand is so handy for portraits.


An oldie but goodie, Century Master Studio Camera and Stand, manufactured by Folmer Graflex, Rochester, NY, with 8x10 and 5x7 backs, Kodak 14 inch 6.3 Commercial Ektar in Ilex No. 5 Universal Synchro.

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[Andrew Plume]

great thanks for posting, a lovely piece :)

great for backpacking too, I believe

andrew

[Corran]

Waiting for the light. Junk cell phone picture but just for fun I took two shots and merged them with exp. compensation to get some shadow detail, haha :rolleyes:.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/waiting45s.jpg

[Tin Can]

Elephants, I think.


great thanks for posting, a lovely piece :)

great for backpacking too, I believe

andrew

[StoneNYC]

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Testing my new camera and X-Ray film

[Alan Gales]

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Testing my new camera and X-Ray film

You don't need x-ray film, Stone. I can tell just by looking at it that the engine's innards are shot!

[Tin Can]

It's missing the intake manifold. Somebody real strong removed that cast iron lump.

Tell us how the piston rings look.


You don't need x-ray film, Stone. I can tell just by looking at it that the engine's innards are shot!

[StoneNYC]

You don't need x-ray film, Stone. I can tell just by looking at it that the engine's innards are shot!

I wanted to see how the tones would look etc.


It's missing the intake manifold. Somebody real strong removed that cast iron lump.

Tell us how the piston rings look.

Tell me yourself ;)

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[Andrew Plume]

yes, the innards are truly shot

good work too Stone

andrew

[StoneNYC]

yes, the innards are truly shot

good work too Stone

andrew

Thanks, I actually screwed it up, but didn't... I forgot to adjust for Bellows extension, except that I also decided out of laziness that I would process the x-ray film in the same tank as the Delta100. Now I had never used the Ektascan type of x-ray film so I wasn't really sure what the proper development times in Rodinal should be. With the other three film I've used, it's an Agfa brand, the time was 7 minutes, however my delta is 12, but I had head that the Ektascan is better at 9 min, so I said well let me see how badly I can overdevelop, so the actual test shot that's of the cars which I'll post sometime in another thread, is blown out, but because I forgot the bellows extension I effectively under exposed and pushed this shot, so it worked out, lol, still the front bumper is blown out a bit, and some of the detail is out of focus. Using the 8x10 wood camera is different than the 4x5 metal camera, I'm not complaining but i'm very much used to being able to bring everything back to zero and then adjusting from there, however with the wood Camera at least this one, zeroing out the camera is not as accurate because there aren't little centering locks.

[Alan Gales]

It's missing the intake manifold. Somebody real strong removed that cast iron lump.

Tell us how the piston rings look.

Piston rings are toast. Pistons are scored. Cylinders need to be rebored. Valves need a 3 angle valve job. A real oil burner there! ;)

[Alan Gales]

I wanted to see how the tones would look etc.


Just yanking your chain, Stone! :)

[StoneNYC]

Just yanking your chain, Stone! :)

I know just wanted to show off the picture.

[bob carnie]

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I use this camera for all my solarization 8x10 negs. I love this camera .

[Andrew Plume]

Elephants, I think.

exactly Randy, exactly

rgds

andrew

[jp]

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Testing my new camera and X-Ray film

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

[StoneNYC]

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

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

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

Thanks.

[johnpipe108]

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

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/gallery/data/612/medium/DSCF2883.JPG


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

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/gallery/data/612/medium/DSCF2891.JPG

Regards, John

[StoneNYC]

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

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/gallery/data/612/medium/DSCF2883.JPG


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

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/gallery/data/612/medium/DSCF2891.JPG

Regards, John

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

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

[Michael Cienfuegos]

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

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

Thanks.

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

[Michael Roberts]

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

Great looking camera, John!

[Leonard Alecu]

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

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[StoneNYC]

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

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Wow that thing is beautiful, you lucky dog you!

[Kirk Gittings]

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

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

[Tin Can]

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

Whole rig is very nice!


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

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[Andrew Plume]

thanks for adding this

err, there's some serious money invested in this terrific piece............do you have any plans for exhibiting/selling the images or are they just for 'private/personal consumption'..........?

andrew

[Brian C. Miller]

Cambo 8x10, at dawn, Craters of the Moon National Park, Idaho

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[Maris Rusis]

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2903/14431643942_e023059425_b.jpg
Digital picture illustrating field work with an Tachihara triple extension 8x10 view camera. The complete outfit weighs about 22kg so hiking at altitude can be tiring. My approach is to venture out early, walk slowly, and don't stop until the top, and then photograph during the downhill journey back to the car.

[Fritz05]

Hi,
This is my LF collection (i will show them as close-ups as well later on); left to right:
Linfof Kardan Standard (Monorail view camera manufactured from 1975-1982; 4x5 Inches) with Schneider Symmar-S 240mm; Cambo Master Plus (Monorail view camera; manufactured since 1988; 4x5 Inches) with Schneider 210 mm (convertible); Ica Dresden (9x12 cm field camera; bought new and used by my grandfather in the 1920s in his´ and the cameras hometown Dresden), Plaubel Peco Universal (Monorail view camera, manufactured from 1954 - 1969; 5x7 Inches) with Schneider 121mm. I take fotos with all of them except for my grandfathers Ica Dresden, because it uses glass plates and I didn´t get the fitting mags.

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[lucesei]

Hello,
this is my first large format camera, a 4x5 Graflex Super Speed Graphic I bought used from Germany. The original lens has been substituted by a S.K. Symmar 150, which is probably a good thing, I'm not sure. I am still learning how to use it properly, I come from medium format, a totally different world.

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[csxcnj]

Hello,
this is my first large format camera, a 4x5 Graflex Super Speed Graphic I bought used from Germany. The original lens has been substituted by a S.K. Symmar 150, which is probably a good thing, I'm not sure. I am still learning how to use it properly, I come from medium format, a totally different world.

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That is so clean it looks new!
Does the cam match the lens?

[StoneNYC]

I can't help it I keep wanting to show it off, it's just so pretty!

Chamonix810 while traveling in Canada

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[AlexGard]

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My 8x10 tachi came today :)

[Steven Tribe]

Fritz05!

Getting Plate or film holders for your family 9x12cm ICA is not a difficult or expensive thing. I am pretty sure that the ICA style was continued by Zeiss-Ikon who made a wide range of single and double holders with good identification item number codes.

[StoneNYC]

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My 8x10 tachi came today :)

Nice! Congrats!!

[DrTang]

Cambo TLR 4x5

Cambo TWR 54


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[e]

Still have yet to take this one out...
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm78/templsounds/Ebonyaug2014_zps6c34a71d.jpg (http://s293.photobucket.com/user/templsounds/media/Ebonyaug2014_zps6c34a71d.jpg.html)

[Daniel Stone]

Picked up a couple of Pelican 1600 cases off of Craigslist this past week, and found that when laid out, my 5x7 Linhof kit(Technika V) fits PERFECTLY into one w/ all of my lenses and accessories needed to shoot.
Of course, after looking up the cost of the factory-made padded divider kit($120), I decided to spend the time and DIY it. Well, for under $100, I've got enough material to fully spec all three cases to get a perfect fit.
Green foam is in place of a still-to-get lens, a Schneider 350mm APO Tele-Xenar Compact

I used to carry my lenses in a separate case from the camera and film holders, as I shoot primarily from the car. Now a ready-to-go kit is all assembled in a single case. Extra film holders can be placed in a shoulder bag or backpack, if needed. Combined with a folding cart, it's easy to get around, stays organized and well protected.

[Ari]

I love the all-in-one case, much easier than working from a backpack.
I managed to find a case to hold the Toyo 810M and at least four lenses and four film holders: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?105480-(Rolling)-Case-for-Toyo-810M/page3&highlight=toyo+810m
It makes work much easier.

Daniel, I very much like your finished product, can you give me any insight into what you used, where you got it, etc.?
Thanks

[StoneNYC]

Picked up a couple of Pelican 1600 cases off of Craigslist this past week, and found that when laid out, my 5x7 Linhof kit(Technika V) fits PERFECTLY into one w/ all of my lenses and accessories needed to shoot.
Of course, after looking up the cost of the factory-made padded divider kit($120), I decided to spend the time and DIY it. Well, for under $100, I've got enough material to fully spec all three cases to get a perfect fit.
Green foam is in place of a still-to-get lens, a Schneider 350mm APO Tele-Xenar Compact

I used to carry my lenses in a separate case from the camera and film holders, as I shoot primarily from the car. Now a ready-to-go kit is all assembled in a single case. Extra film holders can be placed in a shoulder bag or backpack, if needed. Combined with a folding cart, it's easy to get around, stays organized and well protected.

Nice do it yourself...

[StoneNYC]

I love the all-in-one case, much easier than working from a backpack.
I managed to find a case to hold the Toyo 810M and at least four lenses and four film holders: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?105480-(Rolling)-Case-for-Toyo-810M/page3&highlight=toyo+810m
It makes work much easier.

Daniel, I very much like your finished product, can you give me any insight into what you used, where you got it, etc.?
Thanks

Pelican 1560

Same as you except only 3 holders (safely)

Up to 4 lenses, a few filters, dark cloth, 8x10, light meter etc.

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[StoneNYC]

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[Daniel Stone]

I love the all-in-one case, much easier than working from a backpack.
YES, I've tried working from a backpack before, however it never really "worked" for me and my shooting style. I like that I don't have to baby the cases, as they're pretty much bulletproof.
Daniel, I very much like your finished product, can you give me any insight into what you used, where you got it, etc.?
Thanks

Here's some quick shots of essentially what I did. The coroplast that I used was this one:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/COROSPLAST-72-in-x-36-in-x-5-32-in-Twinwall-Plastic-Sheet-COR-3672/202771364

I used 1/2" thick foam from the fabric store, then used spray adhesive to adhere the cut foam(sized about 1/2" smaller on every dimension from each wall's size). I then cut the fleece material to have 1" extra material on every side, so it wraps around each side, with enough material to adhere to the back of the boards.
Setup/sizing/cutting the material is the most time consuming part, gluing it all up takes the least amount of time. TAKING ONE'S TIME with fitting everything is key, if you want a snug fit that is ;)

[Ari]

Sweet! Thanks, Daniel.

[Daniel Stone]

Oh, just a note to add:

I used the foam on the sides, and the bottom part of the case. The internal dividers are only comprised of the coroplast board and fleece, all glued together.

Now to let everything properly outgas for a few days by baking in the sun before I load up the case full of the goodies.

[Ari]

Stone, that's a pretty nice set-up, too; does the 1560 have wheels?
I went with the Lowepro: seeing as nothing that fit all the gear would be airline carry-on size, I might as well get the case that would fit everything.
And I still have room left in the Lowepro for two more lenses!
It's great for the city, the wheels are pretty slick, and the case is deep and large, yet smaller than the typical checked suitcase.
The only drawback is that it is a soft case, but it is lighter than the much smaller Peli 1510.

[StoneNYC]

Stone, that's a pretty nice set-up, too; does the 1560 have wheels?
I went with the Lowepro: seeing as nothing that fit all the gear would be airline carry-on size, I might as well get the case that would fit everything.
And I still have room left in the Lowepro for two more lenses!
It's great for the city, the wheels are pretty slick, and the case is deep and large, yet smaller than the typical checked suitcase.

The 1560 is not Cary on size, but nothing that accepts 8x10 camera will be, the camera itself is too wide...

[StoneNYC]

Oh and yes wheels...

[Tin Can]

Great design and execution Daniel, I think I will will imitate your exact setup with my 5X7 Technika Standard. I have been using this Home Depot Husky tool bag (http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-15-in-Tool-Bag-82035N12/203601161?N=5yc1vZc2g6Zrd), which holds my 5X7 with one lens folded inside and 6 holders. Chicago stealth.

Coroplast is not available in all areas from Home Depot, such as Chicago. Last week I found a sign company that sold me two 4x8' sheets of 5/32 white Coroplast, cut to size for $28.00. My sizes were not as small as yours, I was making my storefront signage.

Pelican cases are usually cheaper without factory foam or padding. But they do signal thieves.

I like the way yours looks, very tidy!

Thanks for the tip.





Here's some quick shots of essentially what I did. The coroplast that I used was this one:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/COROSPLAST-72-in-x-36-in-x-5-32-in-Twinwall-Plastic-Sheet-COR-3672/202771364

I used 1/2" thick foam from the fabric store, then used spray adhesive to adhere the cut foam(sized about 1/2" smaller on every dimension from each wall's size). I then cut the fleece material to have 1" extra material on every side, so it wraps around each side, with enough material to adhere to the back of the boards.
Setup/sizing/cutting the material is the most time consuming part, gluing it all up takes the least amount of time. TAKING ONE'S TIME with fitting everything is key, if you want a snug fit that is ;)

[Michael Rosenberg]

I have done the same as Daniel for my Kelty pack. For the sides though, I used 4mm coroplast for greater strength in case I have to check my pack on the plane. I got a roll of cubicle fabric online, which can be used with velcro to put in dividers.

Mike

[ericmaquiling]

My baby in a baby stroller. A bogen 3050 is no fun to carry. The big wheels on these make it easy to go over bumps. Room for the Master View on the seat, film holders on bottom, and dark cloth in back. I'll probably have a back pack with everything if I need to go somewhere farther then the park behind my apartment.

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[Jmarmck]

This might be a good idea
http://www.discountramps.com/bike-cargo-trailer/p/Bike-Cargo-Trailer/?CAWELAID=1696256503&CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=1389811204&cadevice=c&gclid=CLOLmd3Zi8ACFSdp7AodO2IADQ

[ericmaquiling]

This might be a good idea
http://www.discountramps.com/bike-cargo-trailer/p/Bike-Cargo-Trailer/?CAWELAID=1696256503&CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=1389811204&cadevice=c&gclid=CLOLmd3Zi8ACFSdp7AodO2IADQ

That is pretty nice!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

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This is my NSD 45 PS (Nana Sousa Dias, 4x5", point-and-shoot), wich I made with a Cambo Portrait body and some cheap parts. The lens, a Schneider SA 47 XL, is fixed focus for 2.8 meters (about 9 feet), wich is the hiperfocal distance for f8, in this format. The angle is 120º, wich is a super wide angle. I shoot a lot landscape photos with this camera, wich is very fast to use. I can use the external viewfinder or the gg, wich I used just once. As I shoot a lot at winter on the beach with a dangerous sea, it's good to have a fast operating camera.

[Jmarmck]

Great idea! That would be a great camera for lightning shots. Though, I might be inclined to rethink the lens and the ability to change.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

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This is my other large format camera, at the moment I have just this one, Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA and my homemade NSD 45 PS. The HZX is the most versatile field camera I've ever seen, a lot of movements, good belows extension, sturdy, weather resistant, interchangeable belows, the back goes to the front, wich is nice for use with WA lens. A bit heavy but a great camera. Some years ago, I sold my Wista DX (Cherrywood) and my Linhof Technika IV and buyed this chinese made camera wich was new at the market. A lot of guys told me I should be out of my mind, to do such a thing. All these years passed, I would do it again.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Great idea! That would be a great camera for lightning shots. Though, I might be inclined to rethink the lens and the ability to change.

Well, I own a Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA, this NSD 45 PS is a fast camera wich I use a lot for landscape photo. A lot of people say that the 47mm is a too wide lens but I use it a lot.

[ericmaquiling]

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[Nana Sousa Dias]

That's badass.

Eric, I'm portuguese, my english is rather bad...

is that expression good or bad?

[ericmaquiling]

Eric, I'm portuguese, my english is rather bad...

is that expression good or bad?

Here in America, that's what we say when something is very cool! (its a good thing)

[pierre506]

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[StoneNYC]

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Wow... 8x20! Hmm can't wait to see that image!

[pierre506]

Sorry, altitude and altitude sickness~

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Here in America, that's what we say when something is very cool! (its a good thing)

Ok, thanks. I started to study English 45 years ago but, those idiomatic expressions, there are billions of them and, obviously, are not in the books.

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Took the 11x14 Century out for a spin today; got it back from Richard Ritter earlier this week. I goofed on loading the holder so the film didn't sit quite right and I got some light spill into the rebate but I finally got to see what an 11x14 negative looks like. I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this!

[StoneNYC]

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Took the 11x14 Century out for a spin today; got it back from Richard Ritter earlier this week. I goofed on loading the holder so the film didn't sit quite right and I got some light spill into the rebate but I finally got to see what an 11x14 negative looks like. I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this!

I'll take it off your hands for you free of charge if it's too much trouble for you ;)

[Michael Roberts]

Very cool, Thom. Stick with it!
The camera's a beauty.

[Thom Bennett]

Very cool, Thom. Stick with it!
The camera's a beauty.

Yes, I need to give Richard Ritter props for such a great job putting the camera back together and tightening things up after I had started to "restore" it. :) That man is a treasure to the large format community.

I bought the camera years ago from a studio I used to work for, the founding of which dates back to the early 20th Century. I like that I have a piece of photo history. Hopefully, I'll do it justice.

[t0aster]

Cambo 4x5 with 180mm symmar-s

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[Thom Bennett]

A friend of mine just bought a 2D; very sweet camera.


Cambo 4x5 with 180mm symmar-s

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[Andrew O'Neill]

My Canham 8x10 Light Weight with 4x5 reducing back at Surrey Public Library this evening. Waiting for some clouds to be juuuuuust right.

[AlexGard]

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[David Schaller]

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3856/15178581985_ec806fb309_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/81679884@N03/15178581985/)
At the Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/81679884@N03/15178581985/) by dschal (https://www.flickr.com/people/81679884@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/14991839749_aff3956611_o.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/81679884@N03/14991839749/)
At the Clark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/81679884@N03/14991839749/) by dschal (https://www.flickr.com/people/81679884@N03/), on Flickr


Wisner Technical 4x5

[StoneNYC]

While visiting my uncle, he decided to show me the camera he used to shoot with as a youth, and then promptly told me it was not mine!

It's the tiniest sheet film camera I've ever seen!

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By comparison, here is a picture with a 4 x 5 film holder behind the smaller film holder for this camera...

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It seems to have shutter in the lens as well as a focal plane shutter, I haven't quite taking it apart yet to look it all over as I want to make sure I know how it functions and not to ruin it, The holder as I discovered by accident seems to already have at least one sheet of film in it, possibly two, but I only have one holder, I wonder how difficult it will be to find more holders and film, I know that ilford has their special run but there's also roll film backs I believe? Possibly a grafmatic but it's just so small! I almost want to call it "cute" since I normally shoot 8x10 there's days.

[Bill_1856]

While visiting my uncle, he decided to show me the camera he used to shoot with as a youth, and then promptly told me it was not mine!

It's the tiniest sheet film camera I've ever seen!

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Did you mean "NOW" mine?
Plenty of film available.
Grafmatics available, as are cut film holders. Don't know if Roll film backs work?


By comparison, here is a picture with a 4 x 5 film holder behind the smaller film holder for this camera...

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It seems to have shutter in the lens as well as a focal plane shutter, I haven't quite taking it apart yet to look it all over as I want to make sure I know how it functions and not to ruin it, The holder as I discovered by accident seems to already have at least one sheet of film in it, possibly two, but I only have one holder, I wonder how difficult it will be to find more holders and film, I know that ilford has their special run but there's also roll film backs I believe? Possibly a grafmatic but it's just so small! I almost want to call it "cute" since I normally shoot 8x10 there's days.

[Tin Can]

That's the nefarious 2x3 Speeder. Medium format! Reviled here in LF land. :)

One of my favorite cameras.

Instructions are online.

Plenty of film at Freestyle.

[StoneNYC]

That's the nefarious 2x3 Speeder. Medium format! Reviled here in LF land. :)

One of my favorite cameras.

Instructions are online.

Plenty of film at Freestyle.

Thanks, I'll look on freestyle, yea just one holder. I wonder if the film fits in the 2509n holder on the smallest setting?

I'll have to snag a holder or two off eBay.

Unless someone else has a few holders they are willing to part with.

As bill said and I've discovered, it does NOT take roll film backs.

I'm excited about this, a family heirloom that I can actually use! So yes, NOW mine! Sorry for the auto correct failure there...

And I don't care if it's sheet film it's large format enough to belong here...

[Tin Can]

Since your new to you camera may be an unmolested one, you will have the fun of using the rangefinder, the sports finder, the GG and the peep finder. 4 ways to shoot. Add a Focuspot, which is easy to do and shoot with the rangefinder in the dark using the Focuspot for very accurate focus. Buy a Focuspot for $20 or less.

You can use a flash bulb handle or hook up a modern speedlight. With the focus plane shutter you can shoot barrel lenses.

Film holders are cheap and plentiful.

Since it uses sheet film, I consider it LF.

[StoneNYC]

Since your new to you camera may be an unmolested one, you will have the fun of using the rangefinder, the sports finder, the GG and the peep finder. 4 ways to shoot. Add a Focuspot, which is easy to do and shoot with the rangefinder in the dark using the Focuspot for very accurate focus. Buy a Focuspot for $20 or less.

You can use a flash bulb handle or hook up a modern speedlight. With the focus plane shutter you can shoot barrel lenses.

Film holders are cheap and plentiful.

Since it uses sheet film, I consider it LF.

Thanks! Barrel lens on a 2x3 might be long for the bellows, but we shall see.

I have to figure out what the speed of "A" "B" "C" and "D" focal plane shutter are and how it all works, it's probably a bit slow. I wish it had been a 4x5 speed, but hey it's still neat and film exists, I didn't know FOMA made 100 and 400 speed 2x3 film.

Also you would think since it's so small, they would have Delta100 and not FP4+ but glad they have HP5+ as that's probably what I'll get.

Thanks ok who wants to show off their camera next?

[Michael Cienfuegos]

That's the nefarious 2x3 Speeder. Medium format! Reviled here in LF land. :)

One of my favorite cameras.

Instructions are online.

Plenty of film at Freestyle.

Revile it all you want! I have two of them, they are great little cameras. I have three grafmatic film holders and a few roll film holders. One of them has a Graflok back. They work well, right along side my Graflex Model B SLR's.

:rolleyes:


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[Michael Cienfuegos]

Thanks! Barrel lens on a 2x3 might be long for the bellows, but we shall see.

I have to figure out what the speed of "A" "B" "C" and "D" focal plane shutter are and how it all works, it's probably a bit slow. I wish it had been a 4x5 speed, but hey it's still neat and film exists, I didn't know FOMA made 100 and 400 speed 2x3 film.

Also you would think since it's so small, they would have Delta100 and not FP4+ but glad they have HP5+ as that's probably what I'll get.

Thanks ok who wants to show off their camera next?

Stone, I just looked at the photo of your camera. If you look between the rails on the cover you will see a chart riveted between the rails. It shows the speeds at the different tensions and shutter slits. Be sure to keep the tension at 1 and the curtain in the open position when not using it so that you don't put added tension on the springs.
Now if only I could find a replacement shutter curtain for my 4x5 Auto-Graflex…

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[Robert Langham]

Deardorff with 450 Nikon on it at Shiprock.

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[StoneNYC]

Revile it all you want! I have two of them, they are great little cameras. I have three grafmatic film holders and a few roll film holders. One of them has a Graflok back. They work well, right along side my Graflex Model B SLR's.

:rolleyes:


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Stone, I just looked at the photo of your camera. If you look between the rails on the cover you will see a chart riveted between the rails. It shows the speeds at the different tensions and shutter slits. Be sure to keep the tension at 1 and the curtain in the open position when not using it so that you don't put added tension on the springs.
Now if only I could find a replacement shutter curtain for my 4x5 Auto-Graflex…

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Thanks!

Wait there are grafmatics for this tiny thing??

Hmm maybe that's better than film holders!

Thanks for the tip about the speeds and springs, I assumed as much about the springs and keeping them un-would when not in use.

I started a thread about this, if you want to add more info please post there to not clog up this thread, also I added a picture of the back. Just look under my created posts.

[StoneNYC]

Is there a "show of your darkroom or darkroom equipment" thread? I'm really excited about my latest acquisition.

[ericmaquiling]

Is there a "show of your darkroom or darkroom equipment" thread? I'm really excited about my latest acquisition.

Apug had one thread one time like 15 years ago. I was so jealous of everyone's darkroom. Mine was so jerry rigged compared to some peoples. But it worked!

[Tin Can]

We have one, somewhere.

[Sal Santamaura]

Is there a "show of your darkroom or darkroom equipment" thread?...Does nobody know how to use Google????


http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?56044-Lets-See-Your-Darkroom

[AlexGard]

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All these cameras have been travelling with me the last week or so up through the centre of the Eastern states of Oz, i was worried I wouldn't use one of them at all, but they've all had equal use :)

Sorry the first two pics don't really show off the hardware too well. Just some instagram shots.

[StoneNYC]

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All these cameras have been travelling with me the last week or so up through the centre of the Eastern states of Oz, i was worried I wouldn't use one of them at all, but they've all had equal use :)

Sorry the first two pics don't really show off the hardware too well. Just some instagram shots.

Love the tub!

I'll trade you my toyo45a for that chamonix45

They are all really nice looking, especially the Tachi

[zero megapixel]

Not as nice as some of the others posted but here is mine.... Burke & James Orbit 4x5 (Gotta love a Redhead!)

This is my very first Large Format camera and I came by it quite by accident a couple months ago helping clean out an abandoned photo studio.
The building had been vacant for 10 or so years and the new owner just wanted everything thrown out.
I was able to acquire many more things but the camera is the important item.

For sitting so long it was in rough condition but after 3 weeks of tearing it down, cleaning and polishing all the metal it transformed into this beauty but beforehand, I took the camera to Central Camera here in Chicago to have it checked out and its on perfect working order.
It came with a lens that was nothing special and not in good condition so that made it into the trash except the shutter which was still good, the lens was full of fungus.

I did need a lens so....
Since I got pretty much everything I needed to get started for free, I was able to splurge on a lens.
The lens is a new unused Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm 5.6 MC which I got extremely lucky finding on eBay in Spain.
The lens board is also new from a gentleman who makes lens boards here in Chicago who I also found on eBay.

Just one more item to get which you can see, the cracked ground glass but I may just try and make one myself.

Anyhoo, I'm very excited to give Large Format a try....

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[zero megapixel]

.... a few more.

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[Tin Can]

Zero, I am in Chicago. If you want to make a GG, it is easy.

Go to APUG and find IanG's tutorial.

Once you have read and understood his instructions, I will give you the grit needed in 2 35mm film cans. You don't need much. PM me.

Buy 8x10" glass at Home Depot. Cutting glass is easy after a few attempts.

You can make a nice GG while watching a movie and working at a small table.

[Tin Can]

Addendum.

Your existing GG has a pretty normal crack and really does not get in the way of taking pictures at all.

Use that GG as is, it is a good one.

[zero megapixel]

Zero, I am in Chicago. If you want to make a GG, it is easy.

Go to APUG and find IanG's tutorial.

Once you have read and understood his instructions, I will give you the grit needed in 2 35mm film cans. You don't need much. PM me.

Buy 8x10" glass at Home Depot. Cutting glass is easy after a few attempts.

You can make a nice GG while watching a movie and working at a small table.


Addendum.

Your existing GG has a pretty normal crack and really does not get in the way of taking pictures at all.

Use that GG as is, it is a good one.


That would be fantastic, thank you Randy!
Yes, I found his along with a few other tutorials... doesn't seem hard at all.

PM sent....

[Kodachrome25]

Out shooting some Velvia 100 and IR820, the camera, the scene...
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[StoneNYC]

Out shooting some Velvia 100 and IR820, the camera, the scene...
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You kill me!

[plaubel]

Don't wanna hide my "new" Pentacon Globica II :
total heigth in this position is nearly 150cm...
Food : 5x7" (13x18cm)
Bellows extension : around 80 cm
Lens installed : Epidon f3,6/420mm

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/glowblickersgrdtzlhs4e.jpg (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/glowblickvfzuq0ar9i.jpg (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)

[Tin Can]

Nice! And you can shoot right out that window!



Don't wanna hide my "new" Pentacon Globica II :
total heigth in this position is nearly 150cm...
Food : 5x7" (13x18cm)
Bellows extension : around 80 cm
Lens installed : Epidon f3,6/420mm

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/glowblickersgrdtzlhs4e.jpg (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/glowblickvfzuq0ar9i.jpg (http://www.fotos-hochladen.net)

[jessiestorey]

nice thread.. seems that it is for me.. as photography is my passion..
best pokies to play (http://tropiclightcreations.com/)

[plaubel]

Nice! And you can shoot right out that window!

Thank you, Randy; just animals and autumn fog there :-)

[veritablewit]

Very first large format camera (and first forum post as well! Hello!)

Cambo 4x5: came with Caltar 90mm and 210mm lenses. Other than some missing bubble levels, it was in great shape and I got it for a steal, as a college graduation present for myself :)

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[Tim Meisburger]

Sweet! You will have some macro fun with that!

[djdister]

Shooting with my Canham DLC and Verito 9" lens...

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[Christopher Barrett]

Postman dropped off the 4x10 Chamonix today. Really beautiful camera. I'm gonna take some more pics tomorrow.

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/4x10_01.jpg


http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/4x10_02.jpg

CB

[Kirk Gittings]

swweeeetttt!

[Tin Can]

Very nice, BERWYN!



Postman dropped off the 4x10 Chamonix today. Really beautiful camera. I'm gonna take some more pics tomorrow.

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/4x10_01.jpg


http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/4x10_02.jpg

CB

[Jim Fitzgerald]

The Jimonix #1 8x10 and Jimonix #2 20x24 to 14x17. More to come on the #2 shortly.

[StoneNYC]

Postman dropped off the 4x10 Chamonix today. Really beautiful camera. I'm gonna take some more pics tomorrow.

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/4x10_01.jpg


http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/4x10_02.jpg

CB

Nice!

What's this round object on the side?

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I don't have one on mine.

You also got a cold shoe, but no Velcro to keep the bellows up, so strange how they decide to change small things in each design.

[dave_whatever]

That knob is to release the bellows for removal, my 045F1 has them too.

[StoneNYC]

That knob is to release the bellows for removal, my 045F1 has them too.

Oh, on the 810 it comes out the back. It only gives me trouble with wide angle lenses when changing the back to vertical or horizontal, then it pops out, would be nice to have a lock I suppose.

[Christopher Barrett]

More camera porn :)

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/Chamonix/4x10_01.jpg

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/Chamonix/4x10_02.jpg

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/Chamonix/4x10_03.jpg

[StoneNYC]

More camera porn :)

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/Chamonix/4x10_01.jpg

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/Chamonix/4x10_02.jpg

http://christopherbarrett.net/forum_images/Chamonix/4x10_03.jpg

Look at that sexy backside, and check out her wide lens, oh baby!

[Michael Cienfuegos]

Drool! :)

[karl french]

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Korona 8x10 Wide Angle Camera.

Just back from 6 months with Richard Ritter for repair. As usual with these cameras, the front standard was badly cracked at the base. Repaired and reinforced, with new bellows and a lens board adapter. Beautiful work from Richard to save this rare camera. Paired with my recently acquired Cooke Series VIIB Wide Angle Anastigmat 158mm f6.5.

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[Jim Fitzgerald]

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Korona 8x10 Wide Angle Camera.

Just back from 6 months with Richard Ritter for repair. As usual with these cameras, the front standard was badly cracked at the base. Repaired and reinforced, with new bellows and a lens board adapter. Beautiful work from Richard to save this rare camera. Paired with my recently acquired Cooke Series VIIB Wide Angle Anastigmat 158mm f6.5.

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Karl, congratulations! Richard does wonderful work and is an amazing craftsman. Nice to see an old beauty restored.

[Robert Langham]

My Deardorff at a 1936 Weston Juniper up near Lake Tenaya.

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[StoneNYC]

My Deardorff at a 1936 Weston Juniper up near Lake Tenaya.

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People have actually gone and found the exact tree Weston shot and named them "Weston trees" hah! PS nice camera

[Andrew O'Neill]

I love camera porn...

[dave_whatever]

Chamonix 045F1 this morning, with Horseman 612 back. Quick iphone shot.

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[Robert Langham]

You guys have some GORGEOUS cameras! Really terrific! I bought my 5X7 new in Eugene Oregon in 1977. Getting kind of beat though a friend of mine re-waxed it last year.

[karl french]

To stand before and contemplate the same subject as a great artist can be an illuminating and informative experience.

[StoneNYC]

Chamonix 045F1 this morning, with Horseman 612 back. Quick iphone shot.

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According to the new LF forum rules, this is no longer considered large format. (I'm sorry mods it's too easy, don't be mad at me, I actually get it and agree to abide by the new rules, but I couldn't help tease about it just a few times).

[Sal Santamaura]

According to the new LF forum rules, this is no longer considered large format...If you really want the moderators to be aware of this, use that small black triangle with the exclamation point in it at the lower left of post #2183 to report the issue. Merely making the comment here and then, if the moderators don't stumble on it, subsequently complaining about uneven enforcement is the wrong approach. Even if you're seeking a clarification of the guideline for this specific category, reporting is the way to go.

[Daniel Stone]

According to the new LF forum rules, this is no longer considered large format. (I'm sorry mods it's too easy, don't be mad at me, I actually get it and agree to abide by the new rules, but I couldn't help tease about it just a few times).

This is the "show off your camera" thread, dude... He isn't displaying the shot he's making/made, just showing his camera in-action ;)

[Sal Santamaura]

This is the "show off your camera" thread, dude... He isn't displaying the shot he's making/made, just showing his camera in-action...Doesn't matter. Strictly speaking, it's against the rules.

[StoneNYC]

This is the "show off your camera" thread, dude... He isn't displaying the shot he's making/made, just showing his camera in-action ;)

What Sal says, he would have to remove the roll film back (horseman I think?) and put a normal back for 4x5 sheet film on the camera for it to qualify. Again according to the new rules.

That being said, just forget it, I was being a troll for some reason earlier today, I don't know why, basically just being a pest about the new rules. I'll hush now.

[djdister]

So, since we are misinterpreting the rules anyway, how about any shot of a LF camera must be made in a format that is larger than what is in photo, so that any picture of a 4x5 must be made with a 5x7 or larger, a shot of a 5x7 must be made with an 8x10, and etc. Makes as much sense as these crazy interpretations...

[tgtaylor]

Here's "The Sentinel" - a Toyo 810MII - in action earlier today:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15498755496_ebec5a29eb_c.jpg

Thomas

[StoneNYC]

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Last time I'll be able to show off my Toyo45a before its sold, such a great worker and sturdy design, but like everything... "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." [And got a Chamonix 8x10]

[tgtaylor]

And a few days after you got it you posted a full one page complaint on its shortcomings on apug.

But I'm not complaining.

Thomas

[StoneNYC]

And a few days after you got it you posted a full one page complaint on its shortcomings on apug.

But I'm not complaining.

Thomas

Haha! People asked about my opinion and for a review, so I answered. Nothing wrong with a little feedback to educate new buyers or potential new buyers of the product, or just interested people.

It has a lot of good things to, and a few annoying things that seem really odd, but it's an amazing camera and I personally have no reason to keep both, and I'm going to get a 4x5 reducing back for the Chamonix.

[Thom Bennett]

Nice!


Here's "The Sentinel" - a Toyo 810MII - in action earlier today:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15498755496_ebec5a29eb_c.jpg

Thomas

[Sal Santamaura]

...Strictly speaking, it's against the rules.


What Sal says, he would have to remove the roll film back (horseman I think?) and put a normal back for 4x5 sheet film on the camera for it to qualify. Again according to the new rules...No, that's not what I said. Apparently, the rules aren't understood at all.

It makes no difference what the image shows; an aardvark picture would be just as compliant as the camera / roll film holder in question. The only transgression committed is that the attached image was shot using a phone camera. To follow the rules, one must post pictures of one's large format camera taken with another camera that meets this site's definition of large format. That's what I thought you were complaining about and what might need clarification.

[ImSoNegative]

this is my Imperial whole plate camera and 5x7 Rittreck view down at the park

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2944/15137298137_ae053e031d.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/p4CBmV)My Imperial full plate camera from around 1903 and the Rittreck 5x7 (https://flic.kr/p/p4CBmV) by goldenimageworks65 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

No, that's not what I said. Apparently, the rules aren't understood at all.

It makes no difference what the image shows; an aardvark picture would be just as compliant as the camera / roll film holder in question. The only transgression committed is that the attached image was shot using a phone camera. To follow the rules, one must post pictures of one's large format camera taken with another camera that meets this site's definition of large format. That's what I thought you were complaining about and what might need clarification.

I was unaware that is the rule.

I think we need a mod opinion, as I doubt many of the existing images posted here of LF cameras are taken with LF cameras.

If I understand you correctly. Sal.

[Sal Santamaura]

...I doubt many of the existing images posted here of LF cameras are taken with LF cameras.

If I understand you correctly. Sal.You do indeed. Including my own post many pages back, which was taken with a crappy cell phone camera.

I'll report my post #2197 to prompt moderator consideration of the matter.

[djdister]

Since it is highly doubtful that pictures of LF cameras were taken with another LF camera, I would suggest to the moderators to move this thread to the Lounge or to the "other than LF" forum. That would be much simpler than trying to figure out which pictures of LF cameras were not taken with another LF camera. Sorry if I am making too much sense...

[Tin Can]

I suppose some want all the LF DIY and equipment discussions moved also as they most likely contain miniature images?

[StoneNYC]

Since it is highly doubtful that pictures of LF cameras were taken with another LF camera, I would suggest to the moderators to move this thread to the Lounge or to the "other than LF" forum. That would be much simpler than trying to figure out which pictures of LF cameras were not taken with another LF camera. Sorry if I am making too much sense...

This is hilarious and getting out of hand and I'm enjoying it more than I should.

I sense a lot of mirror "selfies" about to happen :)

[Tin Can]

This is hilarious and getting out of hand and I'm enjoying it more than I should.

I sense a lot of mirror "selfies" about to happen :)

My LF mirror has a too short focal length.

[DrTang]

5x7 Tech III with some tasty glass

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image taken with a dslr - not even FILM, much less sheet film

[Ralph Barker]

FWIW, we have always allowed digital images to illustrate equipment or elements of a procedure or technique. I don't see the new rules regarding "LF" images affecting that tradition.

[Tin Can]

FWIW, we have always allowed digital images to illustrate equipment or elements of a procedure or technique. I don't see the new rules regarding "LF" images affecting that tradition.

That makes sense to me.

[Sal Santamaura]

FWIW, we have always allowed digital images to illustrate equipment or elements of a procedure or technique. I don't see the new rules regarding "LF" images affecting that tradition.It would probably be best to "codify" that tradition in the Usage Guidelines. :)

[Vaughn]

This is hilarious and getting out of hand and I'm enjoying it more than I should.

I sense a lot of mirror "selfies" about to happen :)

Perhaps we can change the thread's title to "Show off your Large Format Silliness"? LOL!

[Timothy Blomquist]

Since it is highly doubtful that pictures of LF cameras were taken with another LF camera, I would suggest to the moderators to move this thread to the Lounge or to the "other than LF" forum. That would be much simpler than trying to figure out which pictures of LF cameras were not taken with another LF camera. Sorry if I am making too much sense...
I guess you would be out of luck if you only have 1 Large Format camera....:)

[lenser]

My great friend (and fellow member here) James Kenny built his daughter a full size replica Victorian Funeral Coach for her Halloween decorations. Definitely a subject that had to covered in a large format and the local paper (Springfield Mo. News Leader was kind enough to cover the story of James and to allow me to use these photos. I used my 8x10 Agfa with a #3 Sommerville 8x10 lens, my Nikon digital, and my Zone VI with a 210 Caltar II.

James is a brilliant carpenter who not only crafted this out of mostly palettes and other scrap lumber, but has one camera build behind him and is planning on another as a project this winter. He has also helped to modify backs for me on my Century studio camera and for the Agfa. Perfect projects all.

[lenser]

Last two.

[Brian Bullen]

5x7 Tech III with some tasty glass

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image taken with a dslr - not even FILM, much less sheet film

[William Whitaker]

My great friend (and fellow member here) James Kenny built his daughter a full size replica Victorian Funeral Coach for her Halloween decorations...

Every girl should have her own Victorian funeral coach...especially if her name is Wednesday.

Is the Agfa actually an Ansco?

[lenser]

Yes, Will. The label actually says, Agfa Ansco so it is both in one.

[Michael Roberts]

Tim, your AA8x10 is gorgeous! Did you do the restoration?

[lenser]

Hi, Michael.

Yes and no.

I replaced the bellows with one from Turner Bellows in New York, so I installed that (no big deal). I also did a complete diss assembly so that I could take the brass parts (lens included) to a musical instrument repair genius in the town I lived in then. The brass was largely all tarnished and most of the lacquer had unevenly worn away leaving it very discolored and somewhat scaly feeling. This guy was at least 50/50 an artist and/or an alchemist. He had an old claw foot bath tub filled a foot or so deep with some sort of vile witches brew of solvents in which he soaked brass instruments and in my case, all the camera parts except for the glass cells and the shutter, until all remaining lacquer and much of the tarnish went away. He then cleaned each part and buffed them very thoroughly on a wheel with at least two different polishing compounds, cleaned them with a milder solution once more to prepare them for finishing and then did a masterful job of carefully re lacquering each one to perfection. That was over thirty four years ago and it still looks perfect. I had him do several other lenses and a 5x7 Agfa/Ansco as well, all absolutely gorgeous when finished.

The wood, with the exception of some score marks on the lacquer here and there, was perfect, I tried to find out about French rubbing for that finish style, but could not find what I needed to just correct the few marks, so I just left the wood work well enough alone other than a simple cleaning and light waxing. The camera itself was quite solid, so there were no repairs needed other than what I've described.

I did want a reducing back for it, so I found an old Speed Grafic back and James made the wooden part to fit the body perfectly. He is quite a brilliant carpenter as well as a darned good large format shooter. Can't wait to see the 4x5 he plans to build this winter.

So, I can't say that I actually restored it. I just took it apart and got the right people to do the work and then put it back together. Anyway, it worked out.

[Michael Roberts]

Wow--34 years and that brass still sings! Brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

I just picked up a 1941 2D 8x10 that needs the same kind of treatment for the brass. Your AA is an inspiration.

[Kodachrome25]

According to the new LF forum rules, this is no longer considered large format.

If true....that is utterly pathetic...seriously.
The attached photo, just another day getting paid to live life to the fullest....
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[Vaughn]

...The attached photo, just another day getting paid to live life to the fullest....

Someone gots to do it!

[lenser]

Michael, If you intend to do something similar,I would call up the local university, college and high school to get recommendations of the best instrument repair people in your region and then talk with them. Usually, at the university level, someone of the music faculty will have an interest in antique instruments, including brass. Since you are close to Denver, talking with anyone from the brass section of the Denver Symphony should get you excellent references. Unless they do the work themselves, any of these folks will have resources for restoration services and that's how I would find the go-to resource.

It accidentally happen for me that way because one of the local music faculty who was also deeply into photography and was a good family friend, met with me one day to show me his latest find, a cool little 35mm Tessina. I had just recently gotten this camera and thought to ask him about brass refinishing. He told me about this guy who happened to work in the town where I had my studio and to whom he traveled for all of his restoration work on his large collection of tubas, Sousaphones, and other brass goodies. The rest you already know.

[Corran]

I worked as an instrument repair tech for 8 years. We cleaned brass with phosphoric acid (the lightest acid bath), or diluted hydrochloric acid. If it was really bad, it would go into the muriatic acid (straight hydrochloric). I splashed that stuff on myself once - not fun. The phosphoric wasn't a big deal - I had to put my whole arm in it once to retrieve a small piece from a trumpet that had fallen out of the basket we dipped stuff in. We also had some other solvents for tarnish, some vile pink stuff that I think was sulfuric acid.

Anyway, all of that stuff will strip lacquer, if given time. Re-lacquering is pretty easy. You can get muriatic locally I would imagine.

[Tin Can]

Linhof Kardan Color. Last iteration I think.

Took me a while to put a nice one together. Wish the tripod matched the dolly and camera, but it's a great studio rig. Does 1 to 1 with 480 mm Ronar.

I have taken it on location, but never again. I have more parts for the tripod and can lift the camera about 8 feet up.

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[ImSoNegative]

Randy, now that is cool looking!!

[StoneNYC]

If true....that is utterly pathetic...seriously.
The attached photo, just another day getting paid to live life to the fullest....
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Yea yea, if I lived in a place like you I could take awesome photos all day long too ;)

HAH!

[Hugo Zhang]

If true....that is utterly pathetic...seriously.
The attached photo, just another day getting paid to live life to the fullest....
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Now I see why you are thinking about 16x20 and 20x24. :)

[imagecolorist]

I have no large size camera :)

[rdenney]

It would probably be best to "codify" that tradition in the Usage Guidelines. :)

The guidelines require that all posts be about large-format photography. They also require that images in the large-format image-posting forum be made using large-format, as defined.

It seems clear to me that we allow the use of smaller formats in the equipment threads when they are illustrating a large-format topic. But we do not allow anything but large format (as defined) in the threads that ostensibly demonstrate large-format photography.

Rick "who has used small formats to illustrate a technique in the past" Denney

[IanG]

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/jon-me1.jpg

From a set of images shot for a UK magazine, the LF cameras visible are a Speed Graphic and the edge of my Super Graphic, on the top shelf is a Houghton Duchess half plate camera.

The reflex camera shown isn't LF it's a 6x9 TP Junior Reflex, there's a 5x4 Kershaw Soho Reflex in the cabinet which awaits restoration.

Here's the Duchess with a 12" Wray RR lens

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/hp0024.jpg

And with a 165mm 1913 Tessar.

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/hp005_md.jpg

I made an adapter to allow me to use modern 5x4 DDS with the camera.

Ian

[StoneNYC]

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/jon-me1.jpg

From a set of images shot for a UK magazine, the LF cameras visible are a Speed Graphic and the edge of my Super Graphic, on the top shelf is a Houghton Duchess half plate camera.

The reflex camera shown isn't LF it's a 6x9 TP Junior Reflex, there's a 5x4 Kershaw Soho Reflex in the cabinet which awaits restoration.

Here's the Duchess with a 12" Wray RR lens

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/hp0024.jpg

And with a 165mm 1913 Tessar.

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/hp005_md.jpg

I made an adapter to allow me to use modern 5x4 DDS with the camera.

Ian

Love the "wooden shutter" very cool.

[IanG]

Love the "wooden shutter" very cool.

I have about 50 similar shutters, I specialise in restoring them, some are quite large and fit on the front of Petzvals. They were common for a few years here in the UK, the last were made in the late 1950's.

Ian

[ScottPhotoCo]

I have about 50 similar shutters, I specialise in restoring them, some are quite large and fit on the front of Petzvals. They were common for a few years here in the UK, the last were made in the late 1950's.

Ian

Might you be interested in restoring one for me?

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

[IanG]

Might you be interested in restoring one for me?

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co


Yes, PM sent.

Ian

[Corran]

Here's my Linhof Technika IV sporting my 150mm f/2.8 Xenotar. My friend Kaleb is loading a wet plate into it. He found the f/2.8 speed to be quite helpful here! Exposure was only half a second or so. Shot this with my Pentax 67, 105mm f/2.4, on TMX, developed in FX-39:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/wetplating2.jpg

More shots are on my blog linked below, including a peek at the finished plate from this shot. I'm going to get some scans of the plate from him as well soon.

[Tin Can]

Looked at your blog Bryan. Is the wet plate guy washing or fixing 2 plates at a time?

I guess my real question is, can he prepare, shoot and process 2 plates nearly simultaneously?

I have not noticed anybody doing that before.

[Corran]

Nah he does one at a time (only has one plate holder, a really nice new one from In Camera Industries*) but he had a few in the fixer tray at once, until we grabbed a larger tray.

I have no idea if that is/was a bad idea, I am not a WP shooter. Yet?

*This holder is really nice, but expensive. The only reason I let him use my Linhof was because it doesn't leak silver nitrate everywhere.

[Tin Can]

Nah he does one at a time (only has one plate holder, a really nice new one from In Camera Industries*) but he had a few in the fixer tray at once, until we grabbed a larger tray.

I have no idea if that is/was a bad idea, I am not a WP shooter. Yet?

*This holder is really nice, but expensive. The only reason I let him use my Linhof was because it doesn't leak silver nitrate everywhere.

That answers my second question. No leakers allowed.

[dodphotography]

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Ritter with front standard flipped for my Nikkor SW150

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[Timothy Blomquist]

Images of My Sinar P 8x10 with the heavy duty rear standard, sporting a Nikkor 150mm SW, taken today at a Navajo Indian Cemetery just outside the city limits of my town here in New Mexico. I was using both the 150 Nikkor and a 240 Schneider G-Claron. The burial ground has been there since 1918, back to the days when a Navajo wasn't buried in a White Man's cemetery. Photos courtesy of my wife:

San Juan Mission Cemetery
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Sinar P with 150mm SW Nikkor. No bag bellows needed
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Me, with gear on a lovely Sunday Afternoon
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Not long after these were taken, a nice Thunderstorm built up with blowing dust proceeding the rain. Got the equipment put away just in time. This was one of these shoots where you want the white of the crosses to stand out. I was using Velvia 100 and placed the highlight value on the crosses at Zone VII to Zone VII 1/3. I use two light meters; a Gossen Luna-Pro digital for incident readings and a Pentax Digital Spot meter.

[StoneNYC]

Images of My Sinar P 8x10 with the heavy duty rear standard, sporting a Nikkor 150mm SW, taken today at a Navajo Indian Cemetery just outside the city limits of my town here in New Mexico. I was using both the 150 Nikkor and a 240 Schneider G-Claron. The burial ground has been there since 1918, back to the days when a Navajo wasn't buried in a White Man's cemetery. Photos courtesy of my wife:

San Juan Mission Cemetery
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Sinar P with 150mm SW Nikkor. No bag bellows needed
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Me, with gear on a lovely Sunday Afternoon
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Not long after these were taken, a nice Thunderstorm built up with blowing dust proceeding the rain. Got the equipment put away just in time. This was one of these shoots where you want the white of the crosses to stand out. I was using Velvia 100 and placed the highlight value on the crosses at Zone VII to Zone VII 1/3. I use two light meters; a Gossen Luna-Pro digital for incident readings and a Pentax Digital Spot meter.

Looking forward to the results. Serious tripod.

[Timothy Blomquist]

Looking forward to the results. Serious tripod.
Serious weight....:)

[dodphotography]

Serious weight....:)

I don't deal well with weight... I went a really right stuff set of legs that really helped that problem.

[tgtaylor]

Here's "The Sentinel" - a Toyo 810MII - in action earlier today:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15498755496_ebec5a29eb_c.jpg

Thomas

And here's the printed, matted and framed image:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15391572967_3df5e39bba.jpg

I should have set-up a soft box or something to shoot the print with my little G9.

Thomas

[Christopher Barrett]

The Chamonix in action...

https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/10662082_10204288441346241_4612338717383890231_o.jpg

[Timothy Blomquist]

That is one fancy looking head on that Gitzo. May I ask what kind is it? The Gitzo looks like my vintage tripod from 20 years ago except mine doesn't have the crank handle for the center column. Pretty camera as well.

[Zndrson]

That is one fancy looking head on that Gitzo. May I ask what kind is it? The Gitzo looks like my vintage tripod from 20 years ago except mine doesn't have the crank handle for the center column. Pretty camera as well.

That would be the Arca Swiss Cube. One of, if not the, best heads out there. I've never owned one, but I've used them many times and they're incredibly precise geared heads.

[Courtlux]

Linhof Standard Press shot with Master Technika and Fomapan
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11802756/15249815332_142111ce20_b.jpg

[Drew Bedo]

With my 8x10 Kodak 2-D

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Me and the 14 x 17 - 20 x 24 in Yosemite on the 24th of October.

[andreios]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7490/15463424550_9617cd1f36_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pys6o7)

From this morning - celebrating national holiday in a foggy forest near our home. Triple extension Tachihara with 240mm G-Claron.
Off to the darkroom now to develop half a dozen negatives.

[StoneNYC]

Last time I owned this and shot with it, waiting for a storm cloud to pass...

Shipped the camera off the next hour, sad to see it go but I'm just not using it anymore...

124271

Don't worry I'm just consolidating, using my 8x10 and getting a 4x5 reducing back.

[alkanphel]

My Chamonix 045-N2

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/15630907555_7dbfc50493_c.jpg

[Corran]

Here's a photo my friend Bryce took of my Linhof MT and 75mm Biogon, right before I took THIS (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?101313-Show-Me-Your-Night-Shots!&p=1184338&viewfull=1#post1184338)photo.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/lmt75-1.jpg

[konakoa]

My new 5x7. Non-folder, quick to set up. Really liking the format. The image ratio is nice.

[Ramiro Elena]

Such beautiful cameras... Mine is a wooden box with a 75mm, a Graphic back on a shitty tripod.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10173568_10152464570578937_13559027934618462_n.jpg?oh=98da26192b5b8e22e02b09c2e37e9b62&oe=54ED2174&__gda__=1423805437_70ac4c524ab926a6c1118ac0edff1a13

[Rory_5244]

Here's a photo my friend Bryce took of my Linhof MT and 75mm Biogon, right before I took THIS (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?101313-Show-Me-Your-Night-Shots!&p=1184338&viewfull=1#post1184338)photo.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/lmt75-1.jpg

oh, nice pic!

[djdister]

Such beautiful cameras... Mine is a wooden box with a 75mm, a Graphic back on a shitty tripod.


Well you know what they say, the equipment doesn't matter as much as the images you get out of using it.

[Rory_5244]

We appreciate the weird stuff, Ramiro! I would like to request a close-up of your box, thank you!

[Ramiro Elena]

We appreciate the weird stuff, Ramiro! I would like to request a close-up of your box, thank you!

I sure will! Here's what was being photographed. (sharpening by the good guys at Flickr :( )
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5605/15534202927_0c257b9a3b_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pEGRjX)
Céret, France (https://flic.kr/p/pEGRjX) by rabato (https://www.flickr.com/people/71073452@N00/), on Flickr