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    Re: Nikkor T ED lenses: 600/800 vs. 600/800/1200

    you need a 650mm image circle for 16X20. The image circle for the 600/800/1200 is 310mm @ ƒ22 (for all the focal lengths), so you'd need to be focused fairly closely to even come close to covering. ...
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    Re: Calumet cc-series rail brake

    seems like you'll find something like that somewhere on the McMaster Carr website, the challenge is where. They have so much interesting stuff. Maybe this might work:
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    Re: weight of Rittreck View

    I haven't. I have seen the backpacks where you leave the belt attached and slide it around and enter it from the back side. They seem a bit clunky to use. The slingshot looks more usable and I've...
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    Re: weight of Rittreck View

    Thats great if it works for you. Due to very bad knees, I need to operate out of a shoulder bag since I can't kneel down to pull things out of a backpack. A backpack would be less painful on my...
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    Re: weight of Rittreck View

    As a side note--If you're like me and like to carry your cameras in a shoulder bag (backpacks don't usually work well for my uses) I did find the perfect bag for a Rittreck--the Domke 833.
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  6. Re: Schneider 90mm f8 in Sinar DB in copal shutter?

    They are Copal shutters, but the aperture is silk screened onto the body. Every Copal shutter I have with a Nikkor or Fujinon lens has the scale silk screened on the body.

    Edit: I don’t have any...
  7. Re: Schneider 90mm f8 in Sinar DB in copal shutter?

    Yes, but unless the aperture scale on the donor shutter is the same focal length, you’ll need a new scale. If the donor shutter is from some of the Japanese brands—Nikkor, Fuji—it’s a little more...
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    Re: Stearman developing Issue

    I've occasional issues where a tiny bit of anti-hlation dye doesn't wash out so there is a purple splotch left on the film. Fortunately, just holding the sheet under running water and with my thumb...
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    Re: 180mm for Portraiture

    Well, by and large, you want to buy lenses already in shutter. That’s a little less necessary with newer lenses because of the Copal 0/1/3 standardization, but older lenses don’t buy shutter less...
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    Re: Schneider Tele-Xenar 270mm f5.5

    Normal xenar lenses are essentially tessar designs (4 elements, 3 groups) but a tele-xenar is a telephoto lens. So it will have some extra elements to shorten the flange focal distance. I’d be...
  11. Re: building a copy/digitizing stand out of Sinar parts

    I get the idea of anchoring both ends—absolutely it will provide better results, but the less elevation of the camera from the anchor point at the base equals less leverage of the camera to vibrate...
  12. Re: Bergger pancro 400 in bergspeed: Unseen base fog

    I’ve liked it in PyrocatHD, and I have a box of 4x5 that is half used, but I haven’t seen any for sale since the pandemic. I’d like to get some 5x7 or 8x10, but haven’t been able to find any. Are...
  13. Re: building a copy/digitizing stand out of Sinar parts

    the parts are on their way, I was actually able to find the two key parts I don't have--the table clamp and the camera mount (to mount the DSLR to the P2 standard)--for cheap prices from dealers in...
  14. Re: What is your digital camera “scanning” setup?

    I have the shell of an Omega D3 in my garage (I bought it with a D2, and scavenged the best parts from both to build my enlarger.) I consdered using that as the basis for my scanning rig, but I'm...
  15. Re: building a copy/digitizing stand out of Sinar parts

    yeah, I've had great luck with 35mm because there is an easy turnkey solution--a macro bellows with slide copy attachment. This is a little more challenging. I get from Daniel's photos above that...
  16. Re: building a copy/digitizing stand out of Sinar parts

    When you say copy stand rail, do you mean the 36" base rail? I've never actually seen one, plus from what I can tell, they are base rails, and the table clamp looks like it only accepts extensions:...
  17. building a copy/digitizing stand out of Sinar parts

    Is that crazy? I was looking at copy stands, and the one thing I really can't tell online is how rigid a ~$500 stand is. I like to think it would be ok, but rigidity is one of the most critical...
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    Re: Tick Season = Lyme Disease risk

    when I was young in Pennsylvania, we removed ticks by lighting a match, blowing out the fire then quickly touching the head of the match to the tick before it cooled. They would back right out.
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  19. Re: Traveling by Air In July: How should I handle LF Film?

    Most of us buy film that is shipped to us, so that would suggest that regular, in country parcel carriers (USPS, UPS, FedEx) are probably safe. I’ve never bought film internationally, but some in the...
  20. Re: Traveling by Air In July: How should I handle LF Film?

    the big issues at the moments seems to be that old school xray machines are being replaced by CT scanners at certain locations. The old carry-on xray machines weren't a problem, I even flew ISO 1600...
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    Re: Show off your Large Format camera!

    My guess is the grey pieces are special use pieces for some other industrial/scientific use. The pieces came from someone formerly employeed at Sandia National Labratories (the place where they...
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    Re: Show off your Large Format camera!

    interesting. Most of my pieces are tan (well..I'm very colorblind, so they might be green...) But these two pieces are battleship grey, and smooth, not with the crinkly texture of the other pieces.
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    Re: Show off your Large Format camera!

    I’ve always wondered about that. I have some Norma standards with the focus locks and some without. I like having them there and was wondering if they could be retrofitted to standards without the...
  24. Re: What’s your most “unpopular” opinion about LF?

    the zone system is usually overkill
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    Re: Cheap 4X5 Cameras are Everywhere

    I'm pretty sure most 4x5 cameras aren't going to be very good for vlogging.
  26. Re: What’s your most “unpopular” opinion about LF?

    tha main reason to shoot LF is so the people with you get frustrated at the time it takes and leave you behind, so you can spend as much time on your shots as you want without feeling rushed.
  27. Re: Linhof Kardan leveling tripod head 003668/90 questions

    I assume you mean this head:

    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/31380-REG/Linhof_003668_90mm_Leveling_Pan_Tilt_Head.html

    I have one--I came with an unrelated camera that someonehad adapted...
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    Re: Cheap 4X5 Cameras are Everywhere

    the thing I never thought about though---a LF camera that is fully geard like the P2, could make a decent macro rail for a digital camera. The cost of a used P2 isn't that far from what really nice...
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    Re: Cheap 4X5 Cameras are Everywhere

    A few months ago UsedPhotoPro listed about 5 4x5 P2s for about $500 each. I think they got a bunch of sinars from some university photo department. Anyway all those P2s were sold in a couple days. ...
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    Re: Linhof Bellows Replacement

    no, I just glued the bellows material to the surface, which was how the previous bellows were attached. I didn't seen any foam material on the bellows I took off (I assume they were original given...
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    Re: Linhof Bellows Replacement

    I don't remember changing ny foam. Where is it on the camera?
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    Re: Which diameter filter

    There is the early P67 55/3.5 which takes a very rare 100mm front filter (not sure it that one has a clip for rear filters.). The later 55’s are much more reasonable.
  33. Re: What is your digital camera “scanning” setup?

    ah, so you're photographing prints, not negatives? I misunderstood. Unfortunately, that won't really work for me, since the point of this (for me) is that my dark room is currently out of...
  34. Re: What is your digital camera “scanning” setup?

    Wow, that is a nice (and rigid looking) setup. At 18x24, do you feel the digital capture isn't evident in your end result? I don't think my setup would manage that yet (maybe when I get the kinks...
  35. What is your digital camera “scanning” setup?

    I didn’t see a general thread like this (if there is one, please merge!), but while I was trying to get away from computers, my darkroom has been unusable for a few months, so I haven’t been able to...
  36. Thread: sinar parts

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    Re: sinar parts

    well, the doodad I need isn't easy to find on a used machine. I recently picked up a P2 5x7, because I wanted to try some of the newer design features like the asymetric tilts. But the camera has...
  37. Thread: sinar parts

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    sinar parts

    is there a source for Sinar replacement parts in the US? (i.e. for recent cameras like the P2) Or is factory support gone?
  38. Thread: Lens Repair

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    Re: Lens Repair

    the answers here are mostly about repairing the shutter (understandable since that is the part that goes wrong the most) but the OP didn't specify, is it a lens issue (fungue, separation, etc.) or a...
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    Re: Issue with film holder

    I'm curious how common doing this is for others? I've never done this, I find the dark cloth in the way to insert the holder, so after framing and focusing, I remove the dark cloth, fold it and put...
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    Re: Plaubel Peco Profia

    I don't know, but I can say that I have several Peco Profia boards that mount on my Universal II just fine. I don't know if the reverse is true.
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