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indeed they feel very sturdy and fool-proof. I bought another 5A through Tenso Japan yesterday. Just in case.

yes, the Uchinomi adapters commissioned by the very helpful B.S. Kumar, this post...

both, the 5A and 5B. I have many old and new, very short to very long cables. All kind of throws.
Here a new chinese one and some older german one, huge difference:

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the shorter one is...

thank you! these FKD are easy to modernize. They were manufactured until end of USSR, many still floating around, so despite very old design, are not really old but from the 80's (this one 1981). ...

I bought two Shanel-5 on Yahoo Japan, and needed a front to accommodate them on my FKD 13x18.

I like to tinker with what is found around and simple tools. No power tools used here excepted a small...

so it has been a while, in fact since I started using all kind of formats, 2"x3" to 8"x10" and whatever standardized or nor in between, that I use this method for single sheet development in...

I found in a bag some forgotten rolls of 120 from early autumn.... I often hesitate about use of yellow filter, depending the weather. Typically I don't use it in case of strong light and just meter...

thanks. Good to know, it means DIY 5x7/13x18 back is doable.

I tried to find pages about this older camera, by using online translation, but not much finds. For instance:...

if I buy one I will make a back for 5x7. My current 5x7 and 8x10 cameras have homemade backs, I am comfortable with tinkering. Developing tanks also very simple, at least for one sheet at a time.
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many people make often a big deal of something very trivial.
I just made a 8x10 ground glass and 56mmx56mm for a Meopta Flexaret. Use the glass from the cheapest photo frames.
Use silicone carbide...

I read in some of the many discussions here or elsewhere that it was a studio camera in Japan. Yet it looks very sturdy and ideal for carrying. Now most large format cameras are used a lot outdoors...

almost two years after, but I thank also for the file.
I am considering to buy a Rittreck View for 5x7/13x18 and I couldn't find manuals. I searched a bit with online japanese translation, without...

I forgot to mention, besides Bellini'c Euro HC, there is also Ilford's Ilfotec HC.

this, risk of non-availability depending the moods and policies of corporate people, an equivalent by Bellini, in the end if we could replicate the formula of the old syrupy one, it would be better....

this is interesting because the questions about HC-110 are ongoing since at least 2018 I guess and it brings the topic of DIY.

I am in Europe and used to buy the 1L "real" HC-110, the syrupy one...

First have in mind I am in Europe, so I easily get Fuji (factory in Belgium), and the other one named here, Compard, it may not be your case.

I use the dev-bleach-fixer-stab kits, the Fuji and...

for regular plan film I use guillotine cutters. Aerographic film is thin, so I decided to cut by templates. Very simple but better explain in pictures.
The roll is 24cm by 76m. Cut 18cm lengthwise...

this in order to illustrate playing with long expired film, and well, churches.
ORWO NP20 expired 1991, iso 80, I metered at 20.
Camera 13x17 FKD
lens repro Ultragon Eskofot 150mm @f32
developed...

I have received today the same. The can by side a 8x10 holder:

https://i.imgur.com/kkbmm49.jpg

shipment was fast too from Mumbai. I bought it two days after an old lightmeter bought in USA.....

not homemade, Sekonic L-428 with "pin point" attachment. The L-428 (and L-448) were the last mechanical needle and analogical meters of Sekonic. The L-428 has attachments for incident, reflected,...

yes, homemade back.

with the original back and cassette inserted:

https://i.imgur.com/pSl5TdH.jpg

these cassettes are thicker and larger than common 5x7/13x18 ones.
It's very easy to build...

I really tried to take some shots for comparison purpose outdoors, despite it was getting sundown. In a hurry against the clock i cut a piece of 13x18 from a 18x24 sheet of Agfa Mammoray, and the...

I recall these indoors/studio shots of yours because now with still very short days, I can't do photography outdoors after work, which leaves week-ends but of course there are many things to do in...

Lomig Perrotin ie. "Film Washi" sells industrial x-ray roll he cuts in 120 medium format rolls. The "I" film rated iso 80 but he doesn't tell what brand/model he buys:...

what are your thoughts about HR-U vs. Mammography vs. Aviphot? do you prefer one in particular depending you take indoors portraits, natures mortes, or general outdoors, architecture, nature,...

today I contacted again Astrum/Svema about their current stocks and prices.
Before I bought from them bulk Svema 100 in 61,5mm and 13x18 sheets.
I didn't pay attention to everything on their...

I made a mistake: Aviphot PE 200 is indeed panchromatic. Yesterday I just bought a ten years old roll:

https://i.imgur.com/n99Rw3L.jpg

I was confused because quite some of the soviet Tasma and...

Agfa Structurix is the one I know. It is easy to find at specialized resellers for industry.
The point is that in European Union hyper regulations don't allow sale of products deemed for companies...

I have done both, before and after.. I will certainly not advocate the before way, it requires caution, but for me it's ok I prefer.

Just for fun, the other day I was playing with Caffenol-L (40g....

it's easier before, chlor washes the emulsion without any effort.

I bought what Astrum guys sell as new stock, fresh. The emulsion in 100 iso is what they sell in 35mm canisters. You tell them what size you want and quantity, they cut and package. Here my...

I am about to buy more film for use in 13x18/5x7 and 8x10/18x24.
I have still a stock of Fuji HR-U (green sensitive), and two kinds of single-sided Agfa of which one is mammographic, and few sheets...

oh it's just a minute long. it shows the RF spring movement from the main lever inside the camera connected down to the cam lever, lever adjusting the 2nd mirror, and the spring moving the...

the point is that the non-recessed 65mm doesn't allow movements... Of course movements mean GG focusing, and in that case, one or the other lens is the same.
But my idea with this Horseman is to...

so how I evaluate infinity adjustment....

I pick sharp edges on a building more than 30 meters away. Use a paper printed millimetric ruler with magic tape on the edge under the focusing bed like...

ah! glued in skrews and lacquer thinner. I didn't think of it. Thanks. Will apply acetone I have here.

Skrews are pointy and marks under them. I have put also a mark by the rail. The other stop...

I have spent one hour with this...
i bought a Topcor Super 65mm f7 the other day in order to use with a 985 bought a week before.
Of course I read extensively before buying, and I opted for the...

"funny" lens...
I had not time today for playing a bit with this lens, but I took anyway two shots in 4x5 with the extender, back home.
Retropan-320 @640 iso
1st picture full open f5.6, 2nd...

oh well, now I focus on this possibility. Because looking at pictures of 105mm f3.5 online besides the diagram in the manual, I see the rear element is very different than the one I have, which looks...

I did write a duplicate of this issue on Photrio forum too, and Dan Fromm there advised to check the reflections. Which i did and find four strong but it's tricky about another weak one or not......

well in this case it's my fault: I should have paid attention at the pictures provided by the seller. There were close-up of everything also the shutter wheel...
In fact the seller didn't know much...