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The front tilt mechanism uses the same principle, but the parts are slightly different on the Master to permit the additional angle of tilt. The pins for tilting the back allow for slightly greater...

Looks like a 5x7 tailboard camera. There is an identifying plate at the top. The lens usually has some kind of engraving on it. You would need to get a closer look at those markings to identify the...

I've noticed this phenomenon myself. Some of the older Technika lensboards have a slightly thicker layer of paint along the edges compared to more recent ones, which is what made them seem to get...

These photographs are excellent.

For test shots, these images are spectacular.

Plaubel manufactures and sells such an adapter. It's listed in their catalogue.

The price is in euros, excluding sales tax.

"110940 | LPS 7/2 | Adapter für Linhof Technika Platte 99mm x 96 mm...

The official manufacturer's website lists every part number together with current pricing in this PDF:

http://plaubel.com/download/Plaubel.pdf

The Peco Profia PL1 is a current production...

This web page is very informative about Plaubel cameras:

http://www.galerie-photo.com/chambres-photo-plaubel.html


Teodor

The camera you are thinking of is a very recent model in the Plaubel Peco Profia series of monorail view cameras. It's probably the most recent, not much more than ten years old. Most models in the...

None of the links work for me. I get the same error in all three cases: "The server at www.subclub.org can't be found, because the DNS lookup failed."

You might need to replace the small lightbulb inside the bakelite rangefinder.

Beautiful architecture. Wonderful choice of subject.

This picture is already very good. Since you have the leeway from the HDR capture, you could try lightening the sky just enough to separate it...

Thank you.

Can you please recommend a shop that currently (meaning now, in the year 2015) is able and qualified to clean, lubricate and adjust American made shutters, like the Wollensak Rapax or Ilex Acme...

Let me rephrase it since you are needlessly shocked by my original word choice:

Among those discerning connoisseurs who are interested in doing photography specifically with the Super Graphic,...

If you only care about doing 4x5 hand held, use a Crown Graphic, not a Super Graphic.

The camera is not worthless. If the rangefinder is the primary attraction for you, contact the seller before buying.

Most people today who are interested in using a Super Graphic have in mind to use that camera on a tripod, not handheld. A Super Graphic without the rangefinder innards is a very lightweight...

That seller should be banned from ebay.

I can personally recommend Steve Hopf. He made custom 5x7 focusing screens for me. I am very happy with the results. Just google his name to find his website. His prices are very reasonable.

In the same book, the author lists several variations of Dagor lens designs. The quote from page 92 applies to the original Goerz Dagor. Later re-designs of the Dagor might be corrected sufficiently...

Rudolph Kingslake writes about the Goerz Dagor in his book "A history of the photographic lens", Academic Press, 1989. On page 92: "... it did suffer from a serious amount of zonal spherical...

It sounds like the color algorithms were optimized first and the optimization of the black and white counterparts were left for future implementation.

It's a Technika III.

You can also use black electrical tape.

I like the books written by Andreas Feininger. He was was both a great photographer and a great teacher of photography.

Can you actuate the shutter by holding the tip of the cable release in the socket with one hand and operating the cable release as usual with the other hand? If the answer is yes, all you need to do...

It's probably the blue-color, single-coated, American-made counterpart to the Schneider Super Angulon of similar specs. It's probably a good lens, with the potential to exhibit flare in unfavourable...

The purposely fuzzy images look poorly done, as if the tripod was affected by unwanted vibration during the exposure. Also, the compositions are not as good in the fuzzy images. The sharp images are...

Yes, black electrical tape does the job very well. I know because I've tried it.

Don't replace the entire bellows. Just patch the tear.

Can't be Rodenstock. It must have been made by Wollensak. It's a Raptar rebadged using the Graflex Optar name.

Yes, I understand that Canada balsam is the cement used in holding the elements of the doublet together, but where can I buy the balsam? Who sells it? In what quantities? How do I perform the...

I have acquired an Optar 162 mm f/4.5 lens in which the rear doublet has suffered very obvious de-cementing. Is there anything that can be done to fix this defect?

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Ideas for a lens design exploration:

Lens 1: classic Tessar optimized for 4x5

focal length = 180 mm
maximum aperture = f/8
coatings = double-coating on every glass surface

By how much...

A Ritter 8x10 might be worth considering as well.

Please post a picture of the camera, so we can help you identify the model.

It's amazing that dozens of manufacturers produced nearly identical versions of this type of camera.

"The Reisekamera's tailboard variant is, regardless of the maker, quite similarly built and of...

The basic design goes back to 1860.

Source: http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Reisekamera

"Many travel cameras were made for the common plate sizes 18x24cm and 13x18cm, but smaller and bigger...

Here is an English language page describing the GOMZ Fotokor:

http://www.sovietcams.com/index.php?-1675629020