Re: Eastman Kodak view no.1
Peter, the bottom line is the ground surface of the glass must be in perfect register with where the film will be when the holders are put in and film is exposed. No idea how yours got con-booger-ated. But that's how this deal works. Backs that aren't tampered with do a pretty good job. I suggest you mount the ground glass in the back like is standard in all the pictures. Then what you do is lay a straight edge across the flat surfaces that make contact with the camera and measure down to first the ground glass, and then put in a holder with a piece of junk film in it and measure down to the film. They must be identical. I wrote a page about doing this check some years ago. Maybe pictures will help a bit. Here's the link.
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/UL...Measuring.html
No telling what reason people did stuff over a hundred years the camera has been around. If you want to make pics, Get your ground surface in register with where the film will be when the holders are in and have at it.
You can read a bit about your Eastman View #1 in this 1917 catalog. https://www.piercevaubel.com/cam/cat...cproflp695.htm
Re: Eastman Kodak view no.1
It would help if you show us some photos....in order to give you some assistance.
Hope you checked the bellows for holes.
Les
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Re: Eastman Kodak view no.1
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Leszek Vogt
It would help if you show us some photos....in order to give you some assistance.
Hope you checked the bellows for holes.
Les
Hey Les see attached. Ran a frame of x-ray film through to test and it looks light tight. Will take a peek tonight with a flashlight to see if I see any spots. Thanks
You can see from the photos that the glass sits infront of the film plane when loaded. It was a semi permanent thing as mentioned. There is still the old attachment brackets for the proper position of the viewing glass. Could the idea be to switch it out with a different back for plate shooting?
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Re: Eastman Kodak view no.1
Thanks for the info and the product page! I'll make some measurements tonight to make sure it's aligned cheers
Re: Eastman Kodak view no.1
Well looking at the third photo of the back of the camera you can see the recess were the ground glass should go. The nice thing is that the four clips that hold the ground glass in are present. Should be easy to re-install the ground glass in the proper position. The frosted side should face the inside of the camera.
Roger
Re: Eastman Kodak view no.1
With exception of the lens, my 5x7 (also EK #1) looks quite similar. Indeed, that's very strange that someone would install the gg on the inside > never seen it done. No idea what would have been the purpose. Nice camera, by the way.
Les