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i have seen the ads before - not the actual camers

I did get the chance to handle one of these - but it was priced out of my toy range
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thanks for confirming - i figured that out when I was fixing an issue with the 5x7 reducing back

PS - just found this -it shows one on an Ansco studio camera at about the 2:38 minute mark
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that is very interesting - never even heard of that one

thanks - perfect - much better picture than the ebay one - so the curved piece is for a finger and there is a pin to mate in the slot- very easy to copy

the Century 9a studio camera I just picked up has an early 420 Heliar, with the 8x10 back I can get full body images with head and foot room on the ground glass at 11 feet.

I have looked for one...

here is a picture of the sliding back on my 9A - you can see the square rabbit for the insert - and the small brass swivel latch top and bottom

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i will get a picture tomorrow -

but I did find this close up of the brass catch on an eBay listing for a 9A -

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so now I know what that should look like - as I expected mine...

I just picked up a 9A and stand this weekend - overall - its in great shape with a really nice lens

It came with the sliding (split?) back and an 8x10 and a 5x7 reducing back -

and I have a...

for my door - i went to the fabric store and got a piece of blackout cloth - its made to line drapes to darken rooms - for folks like shift workers that need to sleep during the day

I put vecro...

what ever someone is willing to pay

i got that one for about 35

is there specific style of film holder that works in the old studio cameras?

I use the made by Graflex for Kodak wood frame metal top two sided type for my 5x7 same era Kodak Empire State without...

Input my name on the list to be notified when the catalog is out

i really do not expect any up dates until then- but i will post when I hear anything

well, just an update if anyone cares

the antique shop connected to the auction house finally reopened - they took the COVID time off to remodel and just opened on a limited basis

I got to...

found the description in a 1920 catalog

https://mgroleau.com/galerie.php?pic=kodak1920-63.jpg&dir=catalogues_kodak/1920&de=catalogues_kodak/index.html&titre=Kodak%201920&im=1

I figured that...

we stopped in an antique shop today, one where I often see cameras (i got a 5x7 Kodak Empire State 2 there a couple weeks ago)

among the finds today was a very vintage oil/kerosene Kodak safe...

I was a bartender way back in college -

that was likely more dangerous mixing:D:D:D

I have been thinking about that, the recipes are out there

thanks all

I have used the 1:1 for Ilford and other films - I figured it was not an issue for the t-Max sheets as well

I've used it on roll film for decades - so its what I have around - well...

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just a thought

are the springs holding the GG firm/strong?

if they are a little lose or weak then the holder - being thicker - would be held tighter than the GG with no tension

I just found this interesting -

I use D76 for many films - at 1:1 - as a one shot use

I shot some 4x5 T-Max for the first time yesterday - as well as some Ilford FP4 + -

I developed the...

I have 14 4x5
and a dozen 5x7

I keep 4 to 6 filled with my favorite B&W
then a couple with a faster B&W film and a couple each with a different color films

I can leave some in the truck and...

I have used Adorma's Printique service a couple times for metal prints

the results are very nice and seem durable

i have Sirui A-1205 that weighs 2.2 pounds - its very compact - folds to 14" and extends to 55" and it is rated to hold 22 lbs

I have not put the 4x5 or 5x7 on it - but I have traveled with it...

really nice shot

great job with the lighting

thanks - I'll read through them

I just bought 3 1920's boxes of Kodak sheet film - hand dated as opened in Oct 1928-

most of the film is still in there, in layers of wrapping - of course no way to know if it has been opened...

I really like that one

great place -

one of the things that always get me when wandering the estate is that when the house was done - he wanted a main room rectangular instead of square

so - it was cut in half, the...

I do not remember where I got this idea - but it works great

I go a cheap sous vide cooker off ebay, and a big aluminum cook pot at the dollar store - put a cut out in the side of the pot to...

thanks I did see that - but its the Rapid Rectigraphic lens - not the symmetrical

but I would guess the concept is the same






Thanks Jim - so- it can be used with or without the rear...

great dog portrait

more front and the rear element

I acquired this lens on a really nice 5x7 Kodak Empire State camera last weekend.

It is a marked as an Inst. Symmetrical mounted in a Gundlach/Korona shutter, I assume it’s a Gundlach lens.

The...

I just picked this one up this weekend - the 5x7 sized Kodak Empire State camera-

Overall, it seems to be in very good condition - the wood and joints are all solid - the bellows must have been...

The article does say the Susan B Anthony portrait is from a glass plate, now broken and that there are other glass plates in the collection

my wife suggested we stop by the auction house and see...

Very interesting

And I have not seen anything in the local new station we watch about that

Thanks for posting this

Tobias

very nice portrait--great pose, subject and light
and as crisp as it could be

Famous Format had a sale last month - according to my email conversations with Sam Hiser the goal was to increase sales so that they could order material in larger quantities and increase production...