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I don't know. Buying 8x10 film (139 euro/25 sheets Adox) and then trowing away 30% of it.... After a box or 2 you have got the difference of the lens back if not faster. And I'm not very enthousiast...

Never thought there would be that much replies. Thanks for your input.

The main reason I found myself looking at the cameras is just being bored and surfing Ebay (very dangerous, I know). But also...

Is this a viable format?

I was looking for something larger than 4x5. For some reasons I don't feel that 5x7 would make a large difference. 8x10 would be the next logical step. But for 6.5x8.5 I...

I mentioned it because I expected it to be less due to the possible movements of the camera being LF. With a TLR you expect it. And in a way if this were just 2 cameras then it would be there as...

I broke 2 of them already...

Quite a difference in perspective with he 150mm.

Ok, if that is the take. As a first time LF user I looked for a camera that could be used in a multiple of situations. Also I do most of my photography "outdoors" meaning when on the go. Could be a...

Is it? Honestly, I after reading the OP a few times I still have no idea of what he liked to be discussed.

I found quite a bit of info on them in the Fuji GX680 repair and maintenance manual. I was more interested in how the elektric control works.
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What is a wide angle for me might not be a wide angle for you. I feel the Fuji SWD 75mm isn't wide enough to be called a "wide". But I do like it. The Fuji CM-W 125mm is my most used lens however....

I would think they cut them to avoid the weakest point of the glass. A bump or pressure on the corner is the best way to crack glass. Also less sharp points during production, transport and repair.

That is something that is the other way round for me. With 35mm (at least with older lenses) there is a useful DOF marking on the barrel. Might not be perfect but at least there is something. I miss...

Well, you can always use a dark cloth on your phone... An lcd behaves just the same as a GG when lit by direct sunlight so the solution is similar.

I must say I do have problems with the view camera but they are mostly related to the ground glass/focusing and very slow iso 100 film. It is just so dim and a mess getting a good view or getting the...

It is, but I really like the convenience to not having to empty and reload them after each shoot. I only take 6 when I go out because of weight and size. But having more means you can load them in a...

I looked around and found 39 of them. Didn't know I had that many... Must be a year since I took a photo.

Thanks for this. I had gotten the link long ago but lost it, happy to have it back. Very useful.

- they go into the bag with the camera
- too much


Depends on the light, but as there is almost nothing else then 100 iso, does it matters?


In the photobag, white is unexposed, dark is...

A multiple of 3 because 6 sheets is what goes into my Jobo 2509n. I mostly take 6 holder on a daytrip unless I'm sure there will be plenty of subjects.

Still sold.

A bundle of optical fibres would quite literally bend around a corner. But it isn't a lens.

Filing and sanding are easy. It is getting the profile that is the hard part.

LOL. SImilar toughts got me years ago. After I went back to film from a brief spell of digital only I was scared that I wouldn't be able to use film anymore. So I got "Primitive Photography" and from...

Electronic cleaner is mostly isopropanol based. Can contain water however. I admit that tri isn't a good idea, here it isn't available anymore. But there are substitutes that are less dangerous and...

Old Compur documents mention Trichloroethylene.

I put them in my display cabinet on a glass shelve. They stay on a lensboard, top cap on, bottom cap removed. I have a habit of putting the diaphragm half open and the shutters fired. I don't keep...

I had a neighbourgh that swore by it for locks.

I got 2 with 67mm by accident (meaning I never tought of that). Now I just keep in the CM-W series so I don't need more filters. They have more sizes of lenses than I need so No worry.

Nothing to worry about.You just need a ring or new filter.

There is nothing illogical with the CM-W series that standardises (largely) on 67mm. I like the idea and just stay in the series. Just a...

Thanks for this! So I have a 45D, no front swing.

Like thicktheo above I'd like to know about the possibility of availability and using of a bag bellow.

Strange. I have used my 90 SWD on my Wista 45SP. Well, I think it is an SP because it isn't always very clear which is which. But it is the version with the knobs for the back frame swing. I have to...

Model shop that caters for those that build historical ship models.

Oh, can you use that one for real stereo? I always thought it would be like the Fuji FP-UL only for portraits so it would have a limited range for focus. So, another to add to my list... Thanks for...

Oh, very nice!

I hoped to use a Fuji FP-UL as a stereo camera but it can't focus far enough to be usable.

4x5, 6x12, 6x9, 6x4.5, 24x36.

Most used is MF (6x4.5) as it is large enough to actually see something of it without a loupe, reasonably to scan. Good selection of film in 120 format. I can use...

Thanks! I have no problem with waiting a bit longer. Problem is that this is gelatine between 2 flat glasses. Now it is thinned to something like culinary cream.

Cleaning and putting back together:
- I put the echapement in Metryl (an trichlorethylene susbstitute). Let it soak a while, then action it a few times until a tissue underneath it stays clean. I...

The echapment is fixed from below. So you need to take off the connection for the long trow shutter release and the 3 scews that keep the bottom plate in position....

Now it is the turn to the speed selection. It consists of 3 parts and each time there is again a washer under them.
https://quirinus.one/forum_foto/3t44/ilex/ilex_4_acme_016.jpg...

Then comes the shutter cocking mechanism.
https://quirinus.one/forum_foto/3t44/ilex/ilex_4_acme_013.jpg
Note how the springs are put here, this is critical for the functioning....