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So true, Steven. But there is the lack of time, the dream of using eight modern film cassettes instead of two glass plate holders at a time, etc, that makes me want to try it out. The 8x10 (18x24)...

Ian, I have two plate holders for this camera but they're in pretty bad shape. So I would need new ones and film inserts for them. I'd rather start with trying to fit the Sinar springback on and see...

Thank you all! If you have a picture, or two, of your solutions I wouldn't mind if you showed me here. We'll see how I solve this. If I succeed I will use the two boxes of 18x24 Fomapan film I have,...

Perhaps I would be able to buy the back. Then what would be the procedure? I'm thinking mounting a wooden frame to the back in order to make it fit where the cassette holder sits now?

I think it's all in the headline. My Reisekamera https://www.flickr.com/photos/cheffalo/12158982806/in/set-72157627148282242 has a detachable wooden cassette holder so I was thinking I would like to...

I've been trying to leave Getty for quite some time now, it's impossible to get in touch with them. It was a great mistake to join them (via flickr, which I wish I will leave too, soon)

Gah! Finally! my hands are sore and will be full of blisters tomorrow.. I used the polish compound, diluted with water, and poured it into the thread while working it back and forth. Nothing...

Ha ha, well it may help to solve all the stuff I've put in there by now ;)
The thing is that it's running quite freely back and forth, these 4-5 millimetres, and it stops very sudden. I have a...

It's aluminium, another soft metal so I guess it would work the same.
I made a self portrait test with the lens, stopped down to f8, and can't see anything from the stains on the inner element in...

Exquisite!

Thanks a ton, Steven! And good idea with the honey! I wonder if non permanent spray glue would work too, or if it reacts with the film/developer. Got to test..
I feel I'm about to start using this...

Interesting view!

They're fantastic. I have quite a few 9x12 glass plates from Gevaert, Agfa and Ilford in the fridge. Will try them out this spring.

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Today a friend and class mate stopped by for a cup of coffee, I had to test my expired efke 100 on him at the balcony.

Sinar Norma, Voigtländer Heliar, expired efke 100, Tetenal Ultrafin...

Beautiful! Bromoil, huh? Looks like the thing for me.

Thank you for the warning. Too late though.. I've been working in a hardware store so I have a lot of materials to put those springs back, I hope. Please let me know where you put the images!

Thank you! It was a sunny clear day so it's fog from the plate. You see some on the left side too, and some scratches. I like it and it gives a vintage look to the image.
I have a large print on a...

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One of my first exposures with my Kleffel & Sohn 13x18 Reisekamera from the 1890's. This is exposed using one of the two Kodak glass plates that came with it, expired in the 60's. 20...

Oh dear. And if it doesn't work I'll have some lapping compound between the glasses too.. LOL

I tried some lubricant/corrosion solvent and that made the difference with the four millimetres, not...

This lens: www.flickr.com/photos/cheffalo/12158982806/lightbox/

There are cleaning marks (residues from a wet cloth) on pretty much all the lenses inside. I managed to unscrew the front element...

So, Steven and others, I now have some 18x24 Fomapan film. Now I just have to find a way to put them in the wooden cassettes. They're the folding type so maybe the film will sit reasonable good if I...

He he ;) I placed a bid just to see for how much it's going in the end. It's a friend of mine selling. I thought of going for that one before I found the two others I've talked about here. With nice...

Thank you so much, Steven and Andrew! Much appreciated!

Thank you! I'm constantly mixing the 13x18cm with 5x7" in discussions since I've never yet experienced any differences with the two. So far I've only used 13x18cm film so maybe I'll understand when I...

Well, the only burden is the formats; full plate and 5x7. All glass plate holders. I need more 5x7 film inserts. I have one (1) nice black and thin insert sent to me by one of our fellow large format...

Ha ha, thanks guys. I know sarcasm (I'm a bit of a master myself) but it's sometimes a bit tricky in other languages. I think I will like it here ;)

I picked it up today and opened it up for some cleaning. I have high hopes for this one, clean and crisp on the inside and worn on the outside. Thanks for all the info!

Meaning? Sorry, English isn't my first language and sometimes I miss the point.

Thank you!

I'm a bad networker and need to sort that out. I have to join SFF and go to Pecha Mucho's.

Thank you guys! I'm about to borrow a Sinar Norma, for the movements. A bit heavy to bring outside though..
Christian, I think we met at Planket last year, right?

I'm Daniel, and I've made a couple of posts. A year ago I was gifted a Reisekamera, L. G. Kleffel & Sohn, Berlin, for 5x7" plates:...

Thank you! I made a short film about the camera, in which we meet the man that gave it to me, and he talks about it's history (how he got it from his father that received it as a gift from one of his...

Thank you both! So it's not a dreamy swirly wonder wide open then. Sharp with flare sounds great though!

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A year ago I got, as a gift, my first large format camera; a Reisekamera made in Berlin, Germany, in the end of the 19th century.
Two Kodak glass plates, 5x7", followed the camera. They...

I'm thinking of buying a Rodenstock Eurynar-Anastigmat 21cm f4.5 and I've tried to search the web for example photos from the lens wide open but haven't found any. Anyone here care to show some? It's...

Carsten, that is the most look a like lense I've seen so far! Thank you very much!

Steven, it has indeed a really nice name plate made of ivory.
Thank you for the information. You can't tell who made this lens then? There were many producers, I understand.

"Liquid", here's a f64 test on one of the two 5x7 glass plates expired in the 60's that followed the camera: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheffalo/8596415893/in/set-72157633044389523
The lens is...

About a year ago I got this 5x7" L.G. Kleffel & Sohn Reisekamera, made in Berlin in the late 19th century. I've used it now and then and I find the lens to be surprisingly good for its age! It's...