Yes. Indeed. Jim C suggested that and it worked quite well. The shaft and end locknuts are steel, the other metal parts are non-ferrous (possibly brass) with a silver-like plating. Do you happen to...
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Yes. Indeed. Jim C suggested that and it worked quite well. The shaft and end locknuts are steel, the other metal parts are non-ferrous (possibly brass) with a silver-like plating. Do you happen to...
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Thank you all. I decided to take the conservative route. Leaving the knobs on, I was able to remove the two shafts from the wood, clean them up with industrial grade scocth-brite-type pad,...
Wise words here. I thank you all. By removing the knobs I would be able to get to more easily work on the pinion shaft and remove rust that's on it. I may be able to get enough access to achieve that...
It looks to me like plated steel, probably chrome plated. However, the knobs are deeply knurled, so maybe they are plated brass. I don't see any spots where the base metal shows through. I just...
I am in the middle of disassembling a Japanese half-plate wooden field camera. The two focus axles (on which the pinion gears fit) are a little rusted. I'd like to remove them so I can polish them...
I had the same thought/question when I Googled and found pictures of the L-45. What a beautiful and elegant design. It should be in the hands of more people.
Thank you. Every instance I've seen so far of a 5x7 back on the Toyo Field is a "borrowed" back. I've looked around the Toyo (Sakai Special Machine Co., Ltd.) Website quite a bit. They are still in...
I have a Toyo Field 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. It came with a 4x5 back. I bought a "new-old stock" half-plate back for it. And I have a whole plate adapter (which weighs as much as the camera). I'm slowly...
Great thread! I have been thinking (thinking and not doing) too long about a bike to carry my LF gear around town (Tokyo). What I have been concerned about is shock and vibration when I inevitably...
One caution with strong cleaners. If your GG has inked lines for framing or a grid, there is a possibility that they will "cleaned off" or at least lightened by aggressive cleaners or a solvent. Best...
My Toyo-View 57G with bag bellows. Added a 5x7 rear standard to my Toyo-View 45G. It took a while to locate the 5x7 parts. Toyo (Sakai) discontinued 5x7 some time ago. The format was never very...
K.B. Canham is putting together a bulk order right now for Ektachrome 100 in 5x7 -- 50-sheet boxes. https://www.facebook.com/K-B-Canham-Cameras-Inc-131324393576850/
Got it. Yes. It would fit. Premo Camera plate holders. I'm glad its recorded here.
Sorry about the mixup. You're right that I have not spent much time with an LF plate holder. I've not tried to...
Wow. It's amazing to me to see a film holder with just the right width. Unfortunately, at 215mm to the bottom of the rib) it won't quite cover the camera opening at the taped end when the rib is in...
Jason,
Thanks for the offer of information. The whole plate camera I bought has a back that is 192.5 mm wide. Meaning a film holder would have to be narrower than this. The distance from the...
Thank you. Let me check and post this weekend. I had started to fill in a table of the holders and backs I have. I actually have one more WP back.
Tom
Oren,
I didn't expect that about the wide film holders, though not too surprised. That's too bad, as you say.
Not really relevant, but here is a picture of a box of (old) Japanese WP film. 163mm...
Thanks for bringing up WP. One poster in this thread mentioned the flurry of WP activity on this forum. Reading that thread, just last year, got me excited about the format. The thread got really...
I also have this camera, with the older 4x5 back you describe. I just bought a couple of slider backs for this camera that take 120 roll film holders. Someone has a blogpost describing how they...
Thanks for the reply. Makes sense. This was a bad chapter for Toyo, but aside from this, the holders have a great reputation for accuracy and durability. If Toyo made a holder in 5x7 (my main...
I've read this thread with great interest as I just purchased a couple of older Toyo 4x5 film holders and have been looking at buying a few more. The ones I bought are older than the ones discussed...
Here are bag bellows instructions with patterns. It’s in German, but Google translate works well enough.
http://www.foto-net.de/net/dyo/gross_ww.html
As a high school student I had a part-time job in a wet suit factory. Parkway fabricators, South Amboy, NJ. They would make sure the material was cut squarely and smoothly. Use glue, pinching the...
Good to know. This is a very valuable database for me.
Both of my holders are black with red sides on the darkslides. One is labeled Rittreck View. The other (narrow) one is unlabeled, and with...
I'm not sure what the etiquette is about posting more than ten years after the last post:confused:, but I found this thread so helpful (ten years after) and in that spirit of archived information...
David, Yes. I'd like that. I'm a it busy the next few weeks with trade shows. Maybe could slip in a Zoom meeting. Or meet up after October 9th? I have two working cameras. A Burke & James wide angle...
Wonderful. So glad I found this thread. I also live nearby (well, west Tokyo, anyway).
Last Friday, I went to see the annual exhibition of the Ebony Camera Club at Fuji Film Square in central...
Indeed. My apologies. I shouldn't rely on my memory alone.
[Responding to Nelari's Post with links to various sources of LF hand-held cameras/designs]
Following these kickstarter type initiatives gives one an appreciation of what is involved in making a...
Jason,
I'm curious that the tech tips page at pictoriographica.com says that your half-plate glass plates are nominally 4.5-inch x 6.5-inch (113 x 164 mm actual)....
Note that 4.75-inch x 6.5-inch (121mm x 165mm) was also a format used in Japan. It was a common format for Japanese wooden field cameras, as well as a common back size for the Rittreck View and the...
Here is a poll on Large Format Photography Forum about whether people take the slide all the way out. A couple of respoonses mention the possibility of a light leak if the slide is left partially in....