England is shut down. I just checked on an order I have with Custom Bellows and was told they are shut down.
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England is shut down. I just checked on an order I have with Custom Bellows and was told they are shut down.
Most of the camera I worked on do not have serial numbers on the cameras.
Most photographers saw it will not happen to their camera. That is it on the tripod and they have the focusing cloth over the camera and a gust of wind come along and over the camera goes.
If is...
The highest number I saw was in the 2000 rang. It was one of the last cameras made.
I still have a few copies left for this year use. As thing are going I will probable releasing next years allotment the same way.
Send me a check for $25 made payable to the Vermont Center Of...
28 years ago when the enlarge was designed this was the best way to go. Plus it was what the boss wanted.
You will have to at some point in time. The chain has UV inhibitors in it but most fail where the enlarger is used the most. Cold lights put out a fair amount of UV light. Also age is a factor.
The main place a holder will leak is at the area where the dark slide is inserted. The brass spring stock may be deformed or the black fabric is missing. This is easy is find by removing the dark...
Holders were not seated correctly in the camera back.
The lock rib was not in the lock rib grove. This makes the holder at the lock rid stick out 1/16 of an inch.
I got to see a 20 x 24 plate made by William Henry Jackson the plate was flawless.
The rounded corner boards should work. The only time they may be a problem is if you are photographing something that is back lighted. This is where the light source is in front of the camera...
Yes and note which CD you want.
Bruce gave me a sleeve of “Finely Focused” CD to hand out at workshops. He did this because a lot of the exercises in the book were ones I did and we used when we taught workshops together. The book...
A lot of older frames used 1/16 x 1 brass stock just form it to the shape and spring tension you want.
Standard gear rack made today is 64, 48 ,32 pitch. The gear rack on your camera is closer to a 38 pitch. This is a nonstandard size. You could try the 32 pitch I have used it in the past and it has...
The rack is a nonstandard rack size. It would have to be custom made. Or find a rail and use the rack from it.
When Bruce worked for Zone VI he got two rubber stamps for Fred to use when he replied to mail. One was try it the other was bull shit that stamp was taken away from Fred
no!
Fred took a light weight tripod to Scott land and manage to back the rental car over the tripod the first day out. He was able to find wood and a pocket knife and make a new leg for it. If it was...
During the ten day workshop Sunday was a day off. Dave ,Tim,and myself would go photographing. We stopped at a spot north of Rockingham Meeting house. When we walked into find photographic spots we...
I would take a sheet and cut it into strips and expose then all to the same part of an image. Then develop , at 4 minutes pull one, at 6 min pull one, at 8 pull one and at 10 pull one. then print and...
Take the lens mount off it is attached by the 3 thumb screws. See if you can remove the plate that is cutting off the image area.
You can use an off/ on foot switch with the developing timer.
That is how my timer is set up.
Both are momentary contact switch
No thickness does not matter. The image is formed on the ground/ frosted side.
They are in house manufacturing marks that have no real reason. May be they put then on to just drive you guys nuts.
Cameras made around the time your was came with holders. Each camera maker had their own way of making the holders.
You can try to find holders that fit. This may take time. The other option is...
Most F & S camera do not have a rear rail.
As to holders there are three ways to go.
1 Find holders that were made for the camera this is getting hard to do. I have seem a lot of F & S holder...
Looks like the glue joint is failing. This could be a source of problem.
I arrived here in 1982 and don't know when I am leaving.
Cell phone it's just a paper weight here in this area. So I do not own one. The car does but it does not work until I get to Brattleboro.
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Is the wet plate holder thicker then a film holder
Best thing is to keep the camera clean. Soft cloth and distilled water.
Depending on the product you use you could do more harm then good.
The main thing to think about is how you store the...
Get a DELORME Vermont Atlas and Gazetteer
Look up Mount Tabor Road. It goes through the Green Mountain Forest. It has streams ,Water falls, Beaver ponds, moose, at the East end is Weston and the...
Steve Grimes when he was a member of this forum stated the best way to prevent problems of light leaks was to keep the focusing cloth over the bellows and back of the camera. Photographers learned...
Holder may not be in the lock grove.
Or when you put the dark slide back in you put it between the holder and the back.
Or as Doremus said You put the holder way from the back when you pull it...
I like to know how the camera will behave in very cold weather.
Custom Deardorff 8 x 10.
Camera weighs 8 pound
Bellows 20 inches
Camera was on it's death bed when it arrived. The finish could be taken off with a finger nail. The hard ware was a greenish...
Fine a piece of bellows material and glue it over the hole.
I crop.
I allow for edge damage.
I crop 8 x 10 contact prints when I cut the mats.
A negative is just part of the process of getting to a final print of the makers liking.
Plus you can not...
Made a lot of them. They take a lot of time and best to make 2 or 3 blanks so when you mess up the first you have extras.