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Thanks Mark, I went and looked. I have the 300mm f6.3 Commercial Ektar in barrel.

I also have the 300mm f6.3 barrel Commercial Ektar and a barrel 300mm f4.5 Xenar. Good on 5x7 but a bit short for my taste for closer 8x10 portraiture. Back when I was doing some of this I...

Havoc,

That's a fair point. For me something I will get used to?

I want to run with this crazy idea because like the tripod mounted Gowlandflex, this offers through the lens viewing even...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51109640613_658ff8b52b_z.jpgFranklin Conservatory Palm Room 4x5 Sinar Norma by Nokton48, on Flickr

1989 testing 1977 Tri-X 4x5 Film Pack D76 1:1 4x5 Sinar Norma...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51109640613_658ff8b52b_z.jpgFranklin Conservatory Palm Room 4x5 Sinar Norma by Nokton48, on Flickr

1989 testing 1977 Tri-X 4x5 Film Pack D76 1:1 4x5 Sinar Norma...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51106792850_8a41defe22_z.jpgTwin Lens Norma 300mm Componon Bottom Lens by Nokton48, on Flickr

Test Shot #3 (nothing artistic!) my new Sinar Fastest Twin Lens...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51107455061_ed303ac6dc_z.jpgPatio Blinds Pecoflex Swing Movement Test by Nokton48, on Flickr

Plaubel Makiflex with Pecoflex Adapter 240mm f4.5 chrome barrel...

Switching out to 300mm chrome Componon pair. Like it much! :) F16 1 pop HRU XRAY 9x12cm Sinar Norma Holder

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51091004783_954b20f6f5_z.jpgFully Functioning...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51106792850_8a41defe22_z.jpgTwin Lens Norma 300mm Componon Bottom Lens by Nokton48, on Flickr

Switching out to 300mm chrome Componon pair. Like it much! :) ...

LOL

BTW styling courtesy of Rubbermaid and IKEA :)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51106792850_8a41defe22_z.jpgTwin Lens Norma 300mm Componon Bottom Lens by Nokton48, on Flickr

Switching out to 300mm chrome Componon pair. Like it much! :) ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51104264930_575db4055a_z.jpgTLR Norma 150 Comp Bottom Lens 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Testing my new Sinar Norma Twin Lens Camera. This is 150mm f5.6 Schneider...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51104264930_575db4055a_z.jpgTLR Norma 150 Comp Bottom Lens 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Testing my new Sinar Norma Twin Lens Camera. This is 150mm f5.6 Schneider...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51104264930_575db4055a_z.jpgTLR Norma 150 Comp Bottom Lens 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is the view that you see through the camera with the BOTTOM LENS. One...

Well the bellows I'm looking for are nearly sixty years old. In this thread lots of people have needed replacement bellows. That's not unusual? I do buy tatty bellows for little (for the frames)...

Perhaps later today I will print the test photographs I made yesterday with the 150mm and 300mm lens pairs, the objective being to compare the slightly different viewpoints between the taking and...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51101936468_a02572337c_z.jpgFastest Speed Sinar Norma Pair 150mm Componons 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Here's the fastest speed Sinar Norma set up with twin 150mm...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51001096964_48851c127d_z.jpgFastest Speed of All Sinar Norma Pair 240 Symmars 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Keith at Camera Bellows recently made these two Sinar...

Thanks Tin Can. Here I am in my covid bubble, happily tinkering with my old technical cameras, trying to get them to operate as intended. And having a blast doing it! :)

Thanks Vaughn! I'd like to visit there again at some point.

Thanks Gary! Rock Bridge is in southern Ohio, about an hour or so south of Columbus, in the Hocking Hills state park area. BTW I had to hike with 4x5 Norma for several miles in thick hot nasty...

Tin Can/All,

I've used TLR Mamiyas for weddings and portraits many years ago, I once had every model in the line at one time, and all the lenses and attachments. My fave was the venerable...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51091004783_954b20f6f5_z.jpgFully Functioning Fastest Sinar Norma 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Today a matching pair of these 300mm Componons came in, I mounted...

Yep I'll start with that and see how it goes. It's going on my Plaubel Camera Stand double braced, so super easy up and down.

I'm a long time Sinar Norma User/Collector and have been hankering for this version of the TLR Norma from the original catalog. They say it works with any focal length, so we will see. As far as...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50609662741_57992e7d77_z.jpg25th Anniversary 500CM 100 F3.5 Planar Neopan 400 ADOX Broax MQ by Nokton48, on Flickr

25th Anniversary Hasselblad 500C/M 100mm F3.5...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51001096964_48851c127d_z.jpgFastest Speed of All Sinar Norma Pair 240 Symmars 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Matching 240mm Sinar Symmars in matching forward mounted...

I bought a chrome barrel 210mm Schneider Componon yesterday for $90. Comparable to my 210mm chrome Symmars in about every single way. If you don't need a shutter barrel lenses are great deals. BTW...

Right, THANK YOU I wonder if anybody who used this in the 60s vintage studios back then is familiar how to operate with it. But thanks for all suggestions and interest :)

Richard Avedon used the...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48566797021_690b4a2bef_z.jpgReprint DII Rock Bridge 3 by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is the 58mm Rodenstock Graflex XL Grandagon, mounted in a very deeply recessed...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50322638263_532d02d514_z.jpgSinar Norma Handy Lowboy 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Last year I finished building in my workshop this custom made "Handy" Sinar Norma...

Thanks Paul :)

Thanks Tin Can! I had to hike many miles in thick brush to get to this site. When I got there I was glad Norma was along :)

I have a barrel mounted Sinar Norma 65mm F8 Super Angulon, with...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48566797021_690b4a2bef_z.jpgReprint DII Rock Bridge 3 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Rock Bridge, Hocking Hills, Southern Ohio

This is the 58mm Rodenstock Graflex XL...

They made the original bellows during the Sinar Norma era and they still have the original patterns. I've had them make two 4x5 tapered original Norma bellows, and a custom special bellows from 8x10...

I have always experienced that the bigger the camera, the greater the possibility that something will be soft for any number of reasons. However, nothing gives me the visual buzz like looking at the...

The lens is use all the time is the black 180 f5.6 Rodagon (not Apo) for 8x10 to 16x20 prints with my Omega DII's. I laser align every time I move anything. A couple of years ago I got a really...

For Jason's 6.5x9cm and 9x12cm plates I use an old 8x10 Paterson tray on top of a clear plastic box, and the old art deco Kodak Tray Siphon, and the wash is very circulatory, yet not violent is any...

See (and please read) above ^^^ :)

BTW I shoot 8x10 and 5x7 with these same cameras (construction unit philosophy) and they are very nearly as speedy in the bigger formats.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51006311276_d08801700d_z.jpgNorma Instant Operation by Nokton48, on Flickr