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Sounds like a winner. Thanks to all.

-- Henry

Is there a less expensive way to measure out the ingredients of darkroom develop ers and other chemicals in grams, etc., other than buying a $100+ electronic sca le? (I'm always impressed with the...

Hi Jacque:

To add to my friend's Sean's comments in reference to the C.P Goerz Berlin lens, a good friend of this page provided me with some guidance in selecting lenses for 8x10. And while...

Hi Rick: I've gotten this question several times recently. The Omega is the same as the Toyo 45D (both distributed in the past by Berkey) and is a sturdy and smoothly working monorail with lots of...

Sean -- absolutely correct. As mentioned, the incident meter measures the light falling on the subject, not reflected from it. If shooting a person, the globe is pointed directly back at the...

Hi David. As Sean said, they did make a spacer which will keep 4x5's apart, but they are very rare these days. I have only one, but I think I can fabricate replacements from a red rubber eraser...

For BW, I suggest Unicolor drums and motor bases. Pick them up at shows for very resonable prices. I have several for 4x5 and 8x10. The Jobo 3006 drum on a Unicolor base is even better! Fill it...

Hi jacque:

Definitely you can do better on the glass. For my 300mm I bought a mint Kodak Commercial Ektar for $424. For wide-angle, I have a Angulon 210mm in Compound shutter(Ex++)($650) and a...

Yes. A 16-1/2" Red Dot Artar. Extremely sharp, etc. Covers 8x10. A good one in a Copal shutter will cost you around a grand.

I bought one about a month ago. I was rated for up to 8x10, but I would classify it as a lightweight "hiking" 8x10 pod that should have a weight bag attached below. As stated above, finish and...

KEH in Dallas has dozens of used straight and coiled flash cords with the various connectors. They sell these for VERY low prices. If they don't have exactly what you need, it is a simple task to...

ric -- Totally agree with Gary. Along those lines, please look in the archives below under "Technique." There is a world of practical information on this topic, a lot of good explanation, tips...

For additonal reference, refer to DOF in the Technique archives (about 1/2 way down) where Ron Shaw wrote:

An article in Photo Techniques (Mar/Apr 96) on view camera focus used this method....

Bruce -- I'll let Sean Yates, our resident expert on the Kodak Master Camera, AKA Masterview, give you the details. In the meantime, check out the following page:...

I have sent the discussion comment from graflex.org to John. Since it was hard to find and not much information existing on this topic, I will post it here to get it in the archives.
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Thanks Ron and others. I found the reference article I was looking for and I'm all set. Regards, -- Henry

For a lightweight and fun camera for street shooting, travel and a carry-around camera, I'm setting up one of my Crowns as a multi-purpose point 'n shoot. This , combined with a little auto-flash...

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Camera lens Smooth Side of Fresnel Rough Side of Fresnel Rough side of Ground Glass Smooth side of Ground Glass

Sorry-- the order of elements didn't print because I had them in brackets...

Here they are:

The correct order from front to back is: Camera Lens Smooth side of fresnel Rough side of fresnel...

I can't speak for the Linhof, but regarding the Graphic, I have been looking into this because I have several models of different vintages. It is my understanding that the Crowns and later Speeds ...

All of my 4x5 lenses (except for my Graphic lenses)are mounted on Linhof Technika boards and are mounted on cameras either directly or with adapter boards. The original Technika boards I have are...

I totally agree with Dan, as usual, but I detected another point to bring out. Doremus states:

<<< if the overmat is damaged, removing the hinge from the bottom mat may damage it and...

I like Scott's (and Ellis's) answer also. In addition to recalling my college photography courses where we saw movies of AA working in 8x10 and contact printing, which I was fascinated with, I am...

Brian -- have you or anyone else used the Linhof "Super Screen?" How does it compare with a Fresnel or Boss screen?

Dave -- Like you, I bought a very nice view camera for an excellent price: a Toyo 45D and I'm very pleased with it. I understand it is exactly the same as the Omega 45D, in fact my instruction...

The current edition of Calumet's special catalog (the Photographic Arts Library), lists several books on this topic, including one entitled: "Gradient Light: The Art and Craft of Using Variable-...

FWIW and IMHO--- If you plan to mainly shoot "indoor artsy-fartsy" pix and want your camera to last 30 years, the brilliant, easy to pack Arca-Swiss monorail (including the Discovery) would work...

Hi Ann:

The classifieds on Photo.net work very well. I have bought and sold a number of items and have not had any bad experiences. In most cases, we usually "know" the person selling the item...

The new Toyo 4x5 monorail DOES seem much more capable and versatile than the Cadet and for not much more money...and the old Calumets are fine...

But the best monorail "getting started" camera...

FWIW there is an article on making a viewing/focusing hood over on the Graflex s ite.

http://www.graflex.org/articles/view-hood/

Might give you a few ideas.

To help answer my own question, I found a query regarding parts, etc., and these responses, over on the large format news group...

Try: http://www.smallparts.com/catview.html

--- S.K....

Could someone point me in the direction of a LF repair shop (for woodies, etc). I've looked through this site and don't see such a resource section, and Lotus appears to be in Austria. I just picked...

Thanks. The Linhof boards I have are undrilled, and the the pilot hole is quite low (not in the center.) The DRILLED Linhof board I have is slightly low of c enter. As a result, I'm not sure...

I was planning on having a machine shop drill my boards -- thus the request for dimensions on a Linhof board. Is this a good idea, or should I send to Calument , Grimes, etc., for drilling? --Henry

Where can I find the hole dimensions for drilling a Copal 0 and a Copal 1 board?

Also, I notice that Linhof blank boards have a pilot hole drilled which is NOT i n the center of the board -- why...

Can anyone tell me if I can use JOBO or Beseler 4x5 film tanks with a Unicolor rotary motor base?

Also, when switching from Yankee tank developing,, is there any modification in developing times...

<<I have the same JOBO tank. I bought it used at a camera show. I use a Beseler rotary motor driv>>

Can anyone tell me if I can use JOBO tanks with a used Unicolor rotary motor dri ve (instead of...

Often on this and other sites, people have suggested trying LF ("why bother with MF?"). I have shot 35 and MF for years and now I have three projects requiring 4x5 format and/or a *moderate* amount...

Interesting. I basically asked the identical question over on photo.net forum. I'm following the same approah to getting into LF -- basic setup with a mint Spe ed Graphic (couldn't find a Super) and...