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  1. Re: DIY ground glass - How to leave lines.

    I hope you understand that I was using the laser to make the lines, not the frosted glass. I haven't done anymore experiments but it looked promising. Personally I just use a pencil because I can...
  2. Re: crappiest camera and lens what did you do with it?

    Don't forget Miroslav Tichư

    https://fstoppers.com/natural-light/photographer-snaps-nearly-hundred-photos-day-homemade-camera-4848
  3. cirkut photo - Yosemite valley floor in winter

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    negative size is 10" by 60"

    I would love to show you the detail that a full size print contains, but for now my real website is down.
    Anyhow, cirkut cameras are still alive and well. ...
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    air bulb

    This is very similar to the original air bulb that powered the fan. It has a second bulb in a net that helps feather the air pressure like the original. I added a small valve from an aquarium...
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    original 75mm Hypergon Lens

    Here is a shot made several years ago in Skagway Alaska with my original 75mm hypergon. The exposure if I remember right was one minute with the fan followed by 6 seconds full exposure. That would...
  6. Cirkut photo - clearing storm Trinidad Calif

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    #10 Cirkut camera, image size is 10"x60" with slight cropping to hold negative in printer.
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    Re: Very, very large tripod...

    Pretty hard to beat Melvin Vaniman. He used a 16 inch cirkut panoramic camera on top of his poles. Google him, a very interesting person that met an untimely death but not from a tall tripod or...
  8. Cirkut panorama of Lahaina in 1983

    Who would have thought this would all be gone 40 years later.
    Sadly, another paradise lost.

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    George Fiske photo

    Yesterday I found an old George Fiske photo that was taken very close to where my panorama was made. I took my photo in 1991 and he probably did his photo around 1891. Even though it is the same...
  10. Cirkut panorama Guilin China

    I lugged a #10 Cirkut around China in the 1980's. The camera gear weighs 55 pounds with extra lenses and film. Would I do it again? YES if I could because Cirkut cameras are just too damn much fun...
  11. Re: DIY ground glass - How to leave lines.

    Here is a different way to get it done. Find someone with a hobby laser and it will etch the glass perfectly.
    I did a quick test and ran the laser a bit too hot but with a little practice even I...
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    Cirkut panorama of redwoods

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    Taken with a #10 Cirkut camera using the 18" cell of the original Turner Reich lens.
    A foggy overcast day made the exposure 1/2 second at f/16 so it is a bit soft but still looks fine as a...
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    Re: Wood Screw Alighment?

    Here's a youtube video of Christopher Schwarz explaining how to "clock" screws.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8pplD3sd-Y
  14. Re: "Kodak 4 Safety Film" -- Is this nitrate based?

    Don't know when they quit, but it was a lot later than most people think.
    I have shot this and the film was in perfect condition. Expiration date is May 1956.

    The real nitrate problem is with...
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    Re: Custom lens caps?

    I make mine out of 3mm Baltic Birch plywood using a laser cutter. If you don't own a laser, find a MakerPlace and join or find someone to do the job. The caps are very easy to make and if you are...
  16. Re: Advice about nickel plating please

    I have done a fair amount plating. Best advice is to find a professional shop if all you need is four rods plated because of the size of the pieces. Small pieces like screws are real easy, but long...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    So how did the Hao do in the Hoh?
  18. If it runs why screw with it?

    Forum was messed up for a while but all is OK now.
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    Hypergon on homemade box camera

    Here is my set up with the 75mm Hypergon and spinning star filter. The air is regulated by an original style bulb with air reservoir. The bag protected by mesh keeps the air flow constant and the...
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    75mm Hypergon on 8x10

    Here is a quick shot with a 75mm Hypergon on 8x10 film.
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    Sharp enough for me even out to the edges.
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  21. 24x60 camera details

    I will gladly post more info about the swing lens camera but I need a bunch of time to straighten out my website and reload the info there. It has been more than hectic for me since I was in a bad...
  22. San Francisco Lawrence panorama reshoot 2006

    For the people that wanted to see the image made over SF, here it is. The negative was cropped to the same dimensions of the original Lawrence print. There is a lot more detail in the real image. ...
  23. #16 cirkut

    Another ULF pan camera that is fun is my #16 cirkut. It uses fans to regulate the rotation as shown in the youtube video here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LksE-n44HS8
  24. 24x60 camera

    Here is a photo of my 24" x 60" swing lens camera. It uses a 19 inch dagor. It was built to replicate the 1906 San Francisco panorama by George Lawrence. April 18th 2006 the camera was flown in...
  25. Never should have been called "photography"

    Digital work should have started with another name. For example digiography or pixelography. As soon as it took over in main stream camera work the war started. Too bad. I do both but would...
  26. Re: turner-reich 12" convertable antastigmat fungus removal

    TR convertible lenses do not have air spaced elements. As well the lenses are held in place by rolling the brass rim down on end facing inward. The rim is not easily removed but can be done in a...
  27. August 21,2017 total solar eclipse on wet plate

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    This is a series of wet plate images I made in Oregon during the total eclipse. I custom made the camera using a 47.5 Red Dot Artar and used a half plate holder.

    I was in a serious car...
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