It's amazing what still shows up after all these years. It looks to be in nice shape, too. Have fun.
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It's amazing what still shows up after all these years. It looks to be in nice shape, too. Have fun.
Lynn, thanks for letting us know the derivation of "Congo". I had wondered, but although I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Yamasaki years ago, I never thought to ask about it.
Emmanuel, it looked like a nice Graflex SLR, once I got past a distraction.
I assume the camera has a removable back. In general, it is feasible for a competent woodworker to make a replacement that will fit the camera in the same way as the original. The nice factor about...
Before the Apo Lanthar, apochromatic lenses for photographic work were mostly barrel-mounted lenses with apertures of maybe f9. The idea of an f4.5 apochromat in shutter for general photography was...
Try www.mcmaster.com, always a good place to check for any sort of hardware.
You are perhaps better off that a lens wasn't included. I have seen many of these sold with a lens lacking the excess coverage needed to use the movements which the CC400 has.
You might start by reading some of the articles listed at the bottom of the home page. You'll need to scroll a little to find them.
Len, you've confused Andy Panda with Randy Panda.
Does anybody know anything about the "Special" shutter?
Aside from the lens, there are industrial uses for a nice set of rails like that.
It looks to be from perhaps the late 1960's or 70's, a time in which Japanese LF camera makers were going through a period of radical change. Till then, most portable LF cameras in Japan closely...
Your shutter has an actuating cylinder for each mode. One is a more or less "Instantaneous" operation, the other a "Bulb" or "Time" function depending on how you work the bulb.
Regrettably, there have been few shutters large enough for the old brass cannon lenses. A Benster is probably a better shutter, but try to find one. Many portrait workers have been pleased to have...
Yes, Blair was absorbed (one of the many) by EKC in 1899, but the Blair name was used for some years longer. Hawk-Eye was once a Boston Camera Co. name, but Blair bought them in 1890.
Regarding the turntable in the bottom, for years Japanese photographers have had their cake and eaten it too, by using a removable adapter between the turnhtable and a modern tripod. No modification...
Thomas Jefferson advocated use of a decimal system of measurements. We didn't follow his suggestion, so now everybody is out of step except us.
When I was making metal things for a living, we had...
We need excess coverage in order to use movements. Your lens probably would not allow using rise on 11" X 14", but would on 8" X 10".
What are the dimensions of the groundglass?
Unfortunately, holders for these cameras were not at all standardized between makers. Since however, the back is readily removable, it is not difficult...
There are larger shutters of this basic configuration which might be useful to someone working entirely in a studio. They show up on eBay occasionally. Converting to outdoor use would likely turn...
It seems appropriate to mention that the "size" numbers mean different dimensions for different makers. An Ilex #5 is not the same as a Wollensak #5 and both are smaller than a #5 made by Deckel.
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The original question indicates confusion regarding the function of lens coating. It is intended to reduce the non-image forming light entering the camera and thus improve contrast.
Whether...
One cost factor is the material. It is very difficult to find an appropriate piece of brass from which to make one flange. Aluminum alloy is not a problem,
I think the CLA could be good insurance. Like some other high speed shutters, the Graflex 1000 is prone to suicide.
The Linhof shutters I have control the speed by a "Lederbremse" (leather brake).
Going back to your original idea, as long as your jig holds the lensboard securely, and square to your spindle, you have a good setup for cutting your hole, certainly vastly more accurate than most...
Jack Dahlgren, "Why" is to avoid a design which promises a faster speed than can actually be delivered.
Before finalizing a design, I think it would be worthwhile to determine just how fast the blades can open and close. I wouldn't expect a very fast speed. These blades are large and comparatively...
That's very true and the same is true when you change aperture settings of an interlens shutter like a Copal. As Paul indicated, it's one of the several rather small inaccuracies we mostly just live...
It may take some looking, but there have been cable releases made for a wide variety of differing shutter fittings including the one you need. If no one here has one (I may, but am away from home)...
I don't think you can count on the solenoid voltage. I am away from home and don't have the info at hand, but my recollection is that they were available at different working voltages and perrhaps...
The speed of the Packard at "Instantaneous" depends on the shutter size, the bigger the slower, as well as condition factors.
The spring on the bottom of the lensboard housing suggests a common way of inserting a lensboard. You press it in at the bottom, shoving against the spring, which allows you to put it in at the top,...
Steven and Stephane thank you both very much for the great amount of information made available.
Years ago, I tried hard to find a copy of the "Traite". The only one I found was at an asking...
Darlot wide angles with the three aperture levers are even cooler than wheel stops.
Moving the front element of a Tessar would seem to lead to spherical aberration. I have long wondered (without getting up the energy to do anything about it) if running the front element all the way...
There are Indian made copies of Deardorff cameras, but this one only looks something like a Deardorff because of common ancestry. Both were inspired by British field cameras circa 1905 and very many...
There have been two very different Fuji "SF" lenses but I think the one described below would have been the one in Kerry Thalmann's listing.
It was a triplet. View angles varied from 52 degrees...
Replacing a removable view amera back with a modified one from a camera with a "graflok" back is usually not overly difficult to accomplish. It looks like you have a really nice little camera, so...
Since you ask for guesses, I will guess that the lens is a Tessar design and the image circle at infinity would be fairly close to the focal length.
It is probably very sharp at distances of two...