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    Re: Making GG With Etched Glass

    Hello everyone

    Interesting topic! I have this Kodak magnesium camera and the focusing screen could also be etched.

    There are round dots printed as a grid on the etched/matte side.

    As the...
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    Re: Show off your Large Format camera!

    I recently attached the mounting rings for Compound V and Ilex 5 shutters to the Arca Swiss 171 x 171 mm lens boards using POP rivets. The 1.6 Kg Tele Xenar 500 mm is held without any problems.....
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  3. Re: Recommended lens for Chamonix 8x10 for portrait/landscape

    Hello Michael

    You are of course right, the weight is not correct (I picked up the figure somewhere). I weighed my Apo Ronar in the Prontor shutter: 680 grams.

    I also have one with a Compur3...
  4. Re: Recommended lens for Chamonix 8x10 for portrait/landscape

    What about the Rodenstock Apo-Ronar 360mm/f9
    in shutter, Filter size: 58mm, IC 318mm, Weight about 450grams?
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    Re: Portraits from 2023

    Marcel in his carpentry workshop
    8x10, HP5 @200, Eastman Ektar 12" f4.5
    1/10 @ f5.6

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    Re: Sekonic L758D EV Mode

    Hello Brian
    Thank you very much, it worked!
    Norman
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    Sekonic L758D EV Mode

    A question for connoisseurs/users of a Sekonic L758 D exposure meter:

    Isn't there an EV mode in which all values are displayed in EV values? Even with the manual I can't find it (see screenshot...
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    Re: Very, very large tripod...

    Cool!
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    Re: Modern lubes for Norma?

    Hello

    I am about to sell two NORMA sets.

    One set 4x5, the other 4x5/5x7 with many accessories.

    In the larger set is, among other things, a small, unused original can with "permanent grease"....
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    Re: Gitzo 1500 Studex

    Hello

    I have now got around to taking the dimensions and weights.

    The outer diameter is 100 mm
    The inner one is 85 mm.

    The center column weighs pretty much 1000 g.
    The tripod without...
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    Re: Gitzo 1500 Studex

    Hello Doremus
    You are right, the center column is stable. I wanted to save some weight...
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    Re: Gitzo 1500 Studex

    Thank you Peter
    Price is lttle bit lower at BH. But I habe to ad shipping costs to Switzerland.
    I will try to find a local dealer….

    And also I will check the Leofoto variant
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    Re: Gitzo 1500 Studex

    Thank you Peter
    Price is lttle bit lower at BH. But I habe to ad shipping costs to Switzerland.
    I will try to find a local dealer….
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    Re: Gitzo 1500 Studex

    Thank you Jeff
    My model seems to be pre 2004.
    I am not sure what the red dot means241164

    188 Euros: have to think about it. I paid about 300 including the Gitzo G-1570M head (which I wanted to...
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    Gitzo 1500 Studex

    Hello everyone

    I own a Gitzo 1500 Studex tripod with central column.

    I would like to use a plate instead of the column (as in the photo example).

    Does anyone know if this insert is still...
  16. Re: Cambo TWR 54 - 4x5 Twin Lens Reflex (like Gowlandflex) Question...

    Hello Laurent and Aesthetique

    Me again with the same question regarding the pins:

    Is it possible that the "pins" you both describe can break off in the event of a mishandling? Is this a detail...
  17. Re: Cambo TWR 54 - 4x5 Twin Lens Reflex (like Gowlandflex) Question...

    Hello Laurent

    Is it possible that the "pins" you describe can break off in the event of a mishandling? Is this a detail that needs special attention before buying?

    Is it repairable?

    Thank...
  18. Re: What ever happened to rear swings AND tilts on field view cameras?

    Hello Allen

    I am curious: was it the all Metal (Magnesium) Camera?

    NormaN
  19. Re: Cambo TWR 54 - 4x5 Twin Lens Reflex (like Gowlandflex) Question...

    Hello

    In the forum, this seems to be the only thread where the Cambo twr54 is discussed in more detail. I would therefore like to link here with a question:

    What is actually the maximum...
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Hello everyone

    I have now found time to take my very first shots with strobe light.
    An antique stone bust has proven to be ideal because patient.

    The setup:

    Main light: From the top right...
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Great, thank you Daniel !
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Hello Daniel and Mal Paso

    Thank you very much for your comments.
    I am in Zurich, Switzerland (Broncolor Land :-) ).

    I already have 2 light stands with the baby spigots and thread. I just need...
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Hello all

    I have now also taken the plunge and purchased a used Broncolor flash unit, consisting of:

    1 x Grafit A4 / 3200 J generator

    1 x Pulso F4 3200 J and 1 x Pulso F2 1600 J flash lamp
    ...
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    Re: Show off your Large Format camera!

    a nice camera. so minimalist and delicate. is it an in-house construction, a combination of existing Linhof components with new made parts?
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Thank you Bernice

    I haven't used density filters yet, actually no filters at all until now.

    I haven't been working in large format for that long and portraits are still a bit stressful for me....
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Hello Mark

    You are right, it is not the ideal focal length.

    I didn't know Chuck Close (his name says it all :) ). Interesting work, very own style

    It's more Stephen DiRado's portraits that...
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    The older compound shutter from the Xenar 240mm was in worse condition.
    One screw was still lying loose in the housing. On the photo you can also see that the release nipple is missing. I have no...
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Hello Daniel

    Yes I would like to use it mainly for portraits. I often shoot outdoors.
    The problem is also that the shutters are not as fast as the lenses :)
    The compound shutter with this Xenar...
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Yeah maybe I'll leave it that way for now and see how the test photos come out.
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Hello Chauncey

    I will try to take some photos in the next few days/weeks. Unfortunately, the compound shutter is missing the cable release "nipple". So I have to use the release lever directly on...
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Hello Jason

    I am looking for a company that can polish and coat. Ideally in Europe.

    I have heard a lot about Jason Lane but not sure if he still offers these services....

    Thanks very much...
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    Re: Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Hello all, thanks for your helpful replies!

    @embdude

    Thanks for the brochures I could not find! The Haze is in the front cell, the second lens from the front. It can be unscrewed from the first...
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    Schneider Xenar 3.5/240

    Hello all

    I recently purchased a Xenar 3.5/240 in a compound V shutter and would like to use the lens for 8x10 portraits.

    Strangely, I cannot find any Schneider - data or technical...
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    Re: post your trees!

    Linhof Technika V 5x7, Schneider Symmar 180mm, HP5+


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    Can sombody help me?
    How do I upload better resolution/quality?
    Thank you!
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    Re: Show off your Large Format camera!

    8x10 Eastman Commercial in magnesium with 14" Ektar from 1940 (about the same year as the Camera).
    Max. bellows extension 30".

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  36. Re: Eastman Ektar 14 inch: serial number and coating

    Thank you Nodda Duma!

    Some of you already know this film. From 18:00 the lens coating is described.... The lumenizing method described as hard C
    coating using Magnesium Flouride (as mentioned by...
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    It was crazy what was on offer back then. Many catalogs can be found online, but it is much nicer to leaf through them....
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    After some searching I found this text in an other group:

    "In 1938, Eastman Kodak Company successfully developed its "HECTA" lens coating process, first used on military objectives during WWII" ...
  39. Re: Eastman Ektar 14 inch: serial number and coating

    Hi all Dnke you for the interesting background stories.

    @Greg
    You mean that for the early versions someone outside Eastman did the coatings?

    @David:
    Found a photo of an early model (see...
  40. Eastman Ektar 14 inch: serial number and coating

    Hello all

    I recently bought an Eastman Ektar 14 inch.

    According to "CAMEROSITY" it is from 1940, uncoated. Normally the two letters are followed by a three digit number. Some models before...
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