Cut mine with a few passes using a Plexiglass cutter/Scoring Tool and a straight edge.
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Cut mine with a few passes using a Plexiglass cutter/Scoring Tool and a straight edge.
Before I ordered a 4x5 folding viewer for my Chamonix camera, I made a black cardboard mockup of one. After using it a few times, opted for a Chamonix reflex finder. Subjectively for me its either a...
Reminds me of a friend back in the 1980s who had just about every camera and lens that Hasselblad ever offered at the time and a 4x5 Technika outfit with a Biogon, Planar, Xenotar, and more....
Many years ago I had to dismantle a very large enlarger. Memory of its brand name I can't remember. Weight can easily be dealt with by using leverage and an extra set of hands. As I remember dealing...
This is a long shot but... Recently I was trying to sign up for the Covid-19 vaccine. Had to type my phone number and did as 123-456-7899. Got the message back that the phone number was not...
FP-4+, HP-5+, Delta 3200, Bergger
Rodinal, PYROCAT-HD in Glyco, Diafine, Tetenal Ultrafin, Arista Lith, Moersch ECO 4812, HC-110, Kodak Stop Bath, TF-5 Fixer, Permawash, Rapid Selenium toner,...
For each of my formats I have a padded hard case and a padded backpack. They all carry the camera, 3-4 lenses, a few film holders, exposure meter, and a bunch of accessories. I always hated when I...
Per the specs in my Nikkor brochure, front rim to the back rim of the 300mm Nikkor-W should measure 94.5mm.
On my 360mm Nikkor-W front to rear measurement is +.025mm from published factory spec of...
Around 40 years ago we ordered two view camera lenses which were to be used exclusively for close-up photography. The spacing of the front and rear elements were changed by the manufacture and the...
Interesting... when I acquired my NOS 8x10 B&J Commercial view camera in the mid 1970s, that's the way it came packed to me. Until now I thought that that was the way it was sold, but now looking at...
For me if the lens is shorter than 120-150mm, I use the reflex finder to quickly set up the shot but then switch to a dark cloth to view the corners and fine focus. For lenses 180mm or longer I use...
My lens: 159mm f/12.5 Wollensak Anastigmat Extreme W. A. with purple partially circled "W" in a RAPAX shutter. I believe to be one of the last ones made. Actually found it as NOS (as far as I can...
The camera is very easy to frefinish. Make sure that you use the correct sized screwdriver(s) to take it apart. I actually labeled each screw and the corresponding place/hole where it came out of....
One of our neighbors has a Volkswagen T3 Westfalia camper. Two others have Nissan type campers. The owner of the Volkswagen T3 Westfalia camper regularly uses it on the backroads and beach camping...
One time when we were driving our Rialta on one back road in New England, we came across a vehicle similar to the one pictured head on. They were stuck because their "Mad Max" motorhome was too wide...
Can you remove the rear elements, mount the shutter (lens) on your camera, then from the back of the camera, remove the back and re-screw in the rear elements to the back of the shutter? I've had to...
A while back bought several boxes of assorted small screws off eBay. My experience... Some of the boxes of assorted steel wood screws were excellent and others subpar. Boxes of assorted brass screws...
Problem lies with the user... me, and not with the compendium unit. Specifically an OEM Sinar compendium on the front of my Norma or my X and using a Sinar binocular reflex viewer. For whatever...
Agree 100%, for me especially with wide angle lenses. Attached is what I have been using. Love using compendium units with long lenses, but have ruined too many negatives shot with compendium units...
I have a 90mm Super-Angulon XL-110 which I believe is similar to your optic. Finally acquired a HORSEMAN front bellows unit that is large enough to be used with the SA XL. I hope to figure out how to...
Digital: FX.
Film: 6x6, 6x9, and 5x12 cm. 4x5, whole plate, 8x10, and 11x14 inches.
The colder it gets out there the smaller the format I tend to use.
Try to stick with shooting only one format...
Was in disagreement with another photographer who told me that the diagonal of an 8x10 negative from one corner of the film to the opposite corner is 329mm. The listed coverage of the 120mm he'd seen...
Years ago when I got my 11x14 Chamonix, I put my 5.9" No. 5 Gray Periscope lens on it and was surprised that I couldn't get the lens to focus at infinity. Actually fabricated an adapter so that I...
Possibly try moving the 2 horizontal knobs in the bed forward to allow the camera to close more? We have the exact same camera and as you can see mine easily accommodates the 65mm lens.
Personally, I use a NOBLEX PRO 6/150UX with its slow exposure module when I need it. The negatives fit into a custom carrier that I enlarged/machined for my 4x5 Durst enlarger. Largest prints I have...
When I was in college in the early 1970s I was a part time postman and drove one almost daily. Drove them standing up with the gas being a lever/petal that was to the left of your right foot. To give...
"it is not possible to Focus my 65mm Rodenstock to infinity"
I am missing something obvious here. I also have and use a Chamonix 45N-2. My 65mm f/4 Nikkor-SW has no problem focusing at infinity...
The only 20x24 I have ever shot was with a pinhole camera in a studio setting. But at one time I was shooting 14x17 and 11x14. Big difference I found was that with the 14x17, I pretty much (if not...
Based on multiple posts and personal experience, I think that we all can agree that the coverage specs that Schneider published for their G-Clarons was very conservative to say the least. This has...
IMO you can't go wrong with either a 150mm Schneider Repro-Claron (less coverage) or a 150mm G-Claron (more coverage). Even in a shutter they can be had for bargain prices, especially the...
For my Chamonix 11x14 I use a Granite Gear Traditional 3.5 Portage Pack 496184-05. I constructed an insert from fairly rigid foam floor mats that I got from Home Depot. My Granite Gear bag holds my...
Over the past few years sold a lot of photo equipment that I either didn't use or rarely used towards acquiring a whole plate, an 8x10, and an 11x14 Chamonix. I "pulled that trigger' three times and...
Years ago was involved in a long term project for a Historical house that was turned into a walk through Museum. Project was to shoot 4x5 Chromes of many original documents. Chromes were archivally...
Just remembered my 1971 VW type 2 bus. Had the weekender package. Except for the fog lamps it was stock on the outside with the original stock engine. Inside had a lot of practical renovations. Drove...
I think most of us have gone through a succession of different tripod heads till finding one that we really liked... can sometimes be an expensive ritual. My first head for my 8x10 was a wooden tilt...
Chamonix does offer an extension board for your 4x10 for $180.00, which I'm sure Hugo will advise.
On a similar note I have a Chamonix whole plate camera with its maximum bellows extension listed...
Can recommend following. He has CLA'ed several shutters for me at very fair charges and excellent service times:
Michael Zacks
info@zackscamerarepair.com
Zacks Camera Repair
791 Hope St....
In the 1970s when I was a student at RIT I would be out every weekend shooting with my 35mm Nikon SLR and/or my 8x10 B&J. After I got back at the end of the day to the townhouse that we rented from...
Per specs the weight of the head is 67.5 lb / 30.62 kg !!!
Very nice....
Very long time ago (1970s) constructed a similar camera but with a 47mm Super Angulon. Seller (ad in the original newspaper grade Shutterbug) claimed that the lens covered 4x5......