Bill, 70's military B&W
11-Jun-2012, 13:02
It’s me again a Newbie who is trying his hand in LF. I am still in the accumulating stage. So far I have a Toyo View 4x5 and a Hasselblad both with 150 lenses. Hasselblad and lens are not so clean. I do not have a darkroom set up yet.
I went out of town for some work and mentioned LF to someone, next thing I know there is someone selling a lot of stuff. I had to buy it all, to clean out room in the garage. Money was minimal.
Could you please help me out and tell me what is worth a hoot and what is not. "What should I pursue" and what should I get rid of?
There was boxes of stuff, I will not be able to look at it until I get home in about a week.
Anyways here goes with some of the stuff.
Beseler model 45 MCRX ??? Comes motorized (works) with a color head. 35mm, 6x6, and 4x5 neg carriers. Lots of trays, reels and drums, a rotator for the drums (not JOBO) another brand?
3 different focusing loupes for printing. Safe lights including the old barn door one that hangs upside down from the ceiling, many timers, light board.
paper light boxes, a dark box and a bag also for loading film.
3 Enlarger lenses which appear to be pristine
EL-Nikkor 1:4 50mm
2 Rodenstock Rodagon 1:5.6 80mm and a 1:5.6 150mm
Also got a Crown Graphic, looks really nice, came with
Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 1:4.7 135mm clean glass and shutter sounds good.
Here’s some I need help with
!st is an old brass lens, comes apart into 2 pieces….??? Convertible???
Neither of these have a shutter.
Kodak Anastigmat f 4.5 8 ½ inch 5x7 does not have any other f stops???
Bausch and Lomb 8 ¼ inch f 4.5 1:1 Mag (only goes from f 4.5-5.3-6.3-8) ???
Honeywell Pentax 3 ½ degree spot meter, I do not see any movement when I press the button???
A couple of other light meters and boxes of little darkroom things. My truck is loaded and I can’t unload until I get home in about a week.
What use are the Kodak and Bausch lenses without a shutter? The brass Kodak is f 4.5 only. Sell? Trade? Mount in a shutter and lens board and use on my 4x5?
Is a 3½ degree Pentax worth fixing? Or could it be that I do not know how to work it? Is it the one I need to be using?
Any recommendations would be appreciated,
Bill
I went out of town for some work and mentioned LF to someone, next thing I know there is someone selling a lot of stuff. I had to buy it all, to clean out room in the garage. Money was minimal.
Could you please help me out and tell me what is worth a hoot and what is not. "What should I pursue" and what should I get rid of?
There was boxes of stuff, I will not be able to look at it until I get home in about a week.
Anyways here goes with some of the stuff.
Beseler model 45 MCRX ??? Comes motorized (works) with a color head. 35mm, 6x6, and 4x5 neg carriers. Lots of trays, reels and drums, a rotator for the drums (not JOBO) another brand?
3 different focusing loupes for printing. Safe lights including the old barn door one that hangs upside down from the ceiling, many timers, light board.
paper light boxes, a dark box and a bag also for loading film.
3 Enlarger lenses which appear to be pristine
EL-Nikkor 1:4 50mm
2 Rodenstock Rodagon 1:5.6 80mm and a 1:5.6 150mm
Also got a Crown Graphic, looks really nice, came with
Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 1:4.7 135mm clean glass and shutter sounds good.
Here’s some I need help with
!st is an old brass lens, comes apart into 2 pieces….??? Convertible???
Neither of these have a shutter.
Kodak Anastigmat f 4.5 8 ½ inch 5x7 does not have any other f stops???
Bausch and Lomb 8 ¼ inch f 4.5 1:1 Mag (only goes from f 4.5-5.3-6.3-8) ???
Honeywell Pentax 3 ½ degree spot meter, I do not see any movement when I press the button???
A couple of other light meters and boxes of little darkroom things. My truck is loaded and I can’t unload until I get home in about a week.
What use are the Kodak and Bausch lenses without a shutter? The brass Kodak is f 4.5 only. Sell? Trade? Mount in a shutter and lens board and use on my 4x5?
Is a 3½ degree Pentax worth fixing? Or could it be that I do not know how to work it? Is it the one I need to be using?
Any recommendations would be appreciated,
Bill