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Hi,

just to add some 1928 data:
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Ideal 250/7 # N 518xx, so 1928,
Lens: Zeiss Tessar f/4.5 / 15cm # 853xxx, ca. 1928,
Compur 1, dial set, marked with Zeiss Ikon and Compur, #...

So says Prochnow, too.

Hi,

Rodenstock recommanded the Rodagon 360 for magnifications 2x to 8x, optimum at 2.5x.
Film size up to 10x12".
Should be great for color, most important is to have a clear lens without...

Very nice! Well done.

Just a "wow" by me!

Well done, sir!

Yes, great! Welcome here.

Hi,

It says
"No. 8746
Voigtländer and Son
in Vienna and Brunswik"
Braunschweig...

Fascinating camera!

Well,

I have used a Berlebach tripod (Berlebach Report line) with reversed column with a Technika. Works fine.

I use and prefer a normal tripod, not a smallish one.
It's about 4x5" macro...
...

Hi,

very nice. I once went up all those stairs above Nauplion... :-)

Jens

Very impressive!
Never liked my own results...

Hi,

I have used a Berlebach tripod with reversed column with a Technika. Works fine.

Jens

Hi,

you could check out vintage Slip-on and Aufsteckfilter (A37) in 37mm on german Ebay.
Zeiss-Ikon or Lifa made high quality ones.
Sure ND's are not as common as yellow...

Jens

Hi,

looks very nice, I like the plasticity here.
Well done.

Jens

Hi,

correct, hart means high contrast, like old Brovira Grade 4 was called BH not BW (W=weich).
A dense negative is dicht.

Grüße
Jens

Well, I prefer https://www.largeformatphotography.info and https://www.photrio.com.
Great places here about silver based photography!
Enjoy!

Hi Bernice,

nice, a late model with it's larger focussing knobs and the HAL100s...
What kind of table is this? Never seen such.

Best wishes to you
Jens

A Jobo 3010, hand rolled works fine... for more comfort a motor roller or CPP.
Up to ten sheets at a time.

:-) Cat holder?!? Rat holder?

No, for the unused parts of an uncut roll of film to rest.

In short: T needs two "clicks"!
B: Press the cable release to open, hold to make exposure, close by taking pressure off.
T: Press the cable release to open, take pressure off, wait to make...

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A view up to the Teufelskanzel (Devil's Pulpit) near Hameln, Germany.

Made using a Linhof Technika and Super-Angulon f8/90mm on...

Yes.

Hi,

a focal lengh imprint in mm is uncommon for pre war Zeiss lenses (exept close up/micro or microscope optics).
Is your's coated? If so, and it is Carl Zeiss Jena it should be a East german...

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Apo-Symmar was sold in the latest version (the black one) of Compur in the 1990s. A very good shutter...
The 150mm came in Copal 0, Prontor Prof. 01S or Compur 0.
My Compur 0 fully opens...

Hi Ron!

Oh dear, I think You are right.
Thanks for that fantastic pdf-link. :-)

Best wishes
Jens

Hi!

Series IIb 1:6.3 f= 15cm, so a Tessar 6.3.
Recommended for 4x5".
Lens # 435611, so 1920/1921.
in Compur 0 from an Ernemann camera.
So far, so good. :-)

Best
Jens

Hi,

50 mm slip on, so my 1987 Symmar-S brochure (400 III/87 T 5) says. 70 mm or M67x0.75 on front.

Best
Jens

Hi,

I like circular images.
Some of my microscope cameras are made for roundish images only.
Like the 1930s Zeiss Miflex, a 6.5/9cm plate camera used here:

194769

194770

Salut Emmanuel,

old Compurs, I know what you are talking about! I love to use my pre-war Rolleiflex originals...

The Schreck cable releases look like my ones, I wouldn't be surprised if those...

Hi,

+1 to what Bob said...
The Shutter control works very well, but I don't use it outdoors because it is clunky and heavy.
So two cable releases are my choice here.
I prefer Prontor Prof. (and...

Hi Alex,

gratulations, you could get a legendary lens! 8 elements in 2 groups!
With both elements you have a 1:6.3/105mm lens. It covers 7 x 10 cm wide open and 10 x 13 cm stopped down - so fine...

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Yes, and then a 210mm (I once borrowed a convertible Symmar 5.6/210, now I have a Apo-Symmar 210, can't say which I like better: The older one gave a pleasing "semisoft" look, the Apo makes...

Hi Bob,

... or with cameras like the Zeiss MC63. I love to do photomicrography with this system in 4x5".

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Some photos made...

+1, i got me a mint Grandagon-N 4.5/75mm in black Compur 0 for 250 Euro last year.
Great Lens, I love it, much easier to set focus than with my 8/90mm.
Like the OP I like 75mm for 4x5".

Best...

Hi, some more:
Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Symmar HM 5.6/210mm; IC 356mm
Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Symmar XL 5.6/210mm; IC 500mm
Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-W 5.6/210mm; IC 352mm

Best
Jens

Hi,

I think one problem with old brass is that some people find it a good idea to polish all lacquer (zapon or similar) off. They don't apply any new lacque. The blank brass now looks shiny for...

Hi,

the Apo-Grandagon 4.5/55 is one of the greatest lenses I ever used.
Mostly with center filter (Rodenstock) at f16 on 4x5".
If You don't need the extra angle of the SA 47XL, take the 55.
...

Hi,

mostly I take yellow light (B+W 021, 8) or yellow (B+W 022, 12), sometimes orange (22) or greenish yellow (11).
But it depends on your preferences, so I would say: Take all the filters you...

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Grapevines at the Kalmit vineyard (Kleiner Kalmit) in the Pfalz, Germany at sunset.
The sun got dark because of the extreme overexposure...
I took one of my old Rolleiflex original...

Hej Peter, the website seems to be down... http://www.altphotoproducts.com/ :-(