All are used lenses now, so make sure that the shutter is working properly and that the glass has no haze, scratches or separation in the elements.
Then if you buy any of the big four, you will have...
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All are used lenses now, so make sure that the shutter is working properly and that the glass has no haze, scratches or separation in the elements.
Then if you buy any of the big four, you will have...
I was at 87% with almost clear conditions and able to watch the goings on around me. A friend in Rochester told me that George Eastman’s alleged assessment that Rochester was the greatest natural...
At least the new ones will be in the landfill for the next several thousand years.
Me too pessimistic.
+1 There is a product that I used on my hiking boots which is easy to use, strong and flexible called “Boot Fix Glue”. I wouldn’t hesitate to use it on my bellows if they looked like yours and I had...
I hate it when that happens. Car makers like to do that with what side their gas fill opens on.
Thanks Monty, this is what I had pictured in my mind having seen the OP link with its photos of the bellows support as an “oh, by the way” and confirms the way that I thought that it was made. I...
I would be interested in seeing a picture of the part.
It looks to me as if the u shaped fixture is a hollow tube with the two “stands” that sit in the two metal receptacles or holes in the front standard rails about two thirds of the way back. The two...
F-stop timing has saved me lots of time over the years. I have an RH Designs Vario f-stop timer which can be used for split printing because it has two channels. I have been able to set up the basic...
I have a Kodak model D which looks exactly like this. The numbers on the column and the lens are the same EE250 except for the K on the lens, making the year of manufacture 1944.
I decided to change...
I think that it will be the luck of the draw. I had some old tri-x that was useless, but some even older fp-4 that was fine . . . Go figure. Test and see where you’re at.
Agitation periods should not be too gentle. Don’t splash developer all over your darkroom, but give it a go. Times between agitations should be very still.
If the ring on the back of the shutter is threaded on to the shutter, (are you ready?) and if your lens board has a hole in it the same size or just a little bit larger than the thread on the...
I have often used the B in place of T with a cable release stop. If all else is working and the glass is excellent and the price is right, go for it with the understanding that you will need to spend...
Enlargers don’t have their bellows “abused “ as much as cameras. I have a 5x7 enlarger that was made in 1944 with its original bellows and no pin holes, but does it really matter on an enlarger?
Imho, if you really like the way that the camera works, do a temporary fix on the bellows while you are looking into the replacement, and use it. Replacing bellows is a maintenance issue unless you...
Yard sale wood camera. Incomplete, not able to rebuild at that time. I still have a box of parts that I used over the years for repairs, etc.
I believe that AA made murals by rolling the paper from one side to the other in a long narrow tray like wallpaper hangers used.
If one uses a developer that takes several minutes to complete like...
Time will be well spent looking at original Pt prints in museum collections and in archives of various ages made by different photographers. It is too easy to adjust contrast and intensity on a...
Just for the record,
I have seen an enormous number of Pt prints in museum archives that are pretty faded.
Thanks for the confirmations. I found a less reliable source for confirmation that the shutter serial number was from about the same time as the lens cells. All good, thanks again!
Thanks Louis,
I will look for the serial number tonight.
Hi folks,
I have an old Zeiss Tessar 150 mm f4.5 lens in a Deckel Compur shutter and I can’t seem to determine the age.
It is not coated and is in excellent condition. I have looked in the Arne...
I would agree having used mine for a Really long time and never wished for more.
I built a drawer with a sliding top many years ago that is fit under my enlarger table and closes when the drawer is pushed in.
If you make a smooth slot on the sides and front of the drawer it will...
SK Grimes could make one for you at much less cost than sending to Germany. . . Or maybe they could make you a ring that would space the lens exactly one revolution of a lens element without the lens...
The error will become more critical at small apertures, if you are using B+W film, you should be ok. But I would still want to check the entrance pupil size for the correct diameter at the f stop...
In fact.
Thanks! Good that some products don’t become industrialized and still work as they have for a long time.
I have two and one has screws and one doesn’t. Presumably if yours has screws, it comes apart easily. If it has rivets you will have to drill them out and replace with sheet metal screws of the...
Do the current ones work as well as the old ones?
After reading Kerry Thalman’s website maybe 10 or so years ago, I was on the lookout for a 150 f9 Kowa for my 5x7. I put in a bid on eBay for a set of two lenses for $79.00. I won the auction and...
I am old enough to have an older monoball head and to have the original pad warn out. I can show you what is under my “temporary” pad. I think that the three screws are not original and I...
Yes, I think that would be correct.
I was a Flutemaker and we used gold springs on our instruments. It seems to me that the company trying to use magnetic “springs” had trouble with the magnetic field and some of the keys would not...
Do magnets not decay?
Were the two damaged sheets developed at the same time?
I had some holders without the locking pins. I just lived with them carefully. I tried tape and ended up pulling the slide out just enough to ruin the shot. But only once……