I use the 20th Century Camera reel for Yankee 3-reel tanks. It looks very similar and works very well. I have one for 4x5 and another for 5x7.
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I use the 20th Century Camera reel for Yankee 3-reel tanks. It looks very similar and works very well. I have one for 4x5 and another for 5x7.
I've used that monorail camera in the past and while it is functional no one would ever be described as solid. It can be managed with care and patience but don't expect to avoid movement. It is,...
My first LF camera was a 5x7 Ansco. I made contact prints in the tiny little upstairs bathroom. I have now used a B&J for ten years or so and... the Ansco was a much better camera. I swear at my...
I have an old Burke & James 5x7 wooden camera and the back springs are very strong. It's difficult to insert a film holder without moving the camera back. I was thinking of adding a bail to open...
My first encounter with Arista.edu was with Freestyle Sales Co. (California) a number of years ago. I was called by one of their customer service people to tell me that they were out of the 8x10...
My B&J 5x7 tailboard camera has two levers below the rear standard to lock it into place after focusing but sometimes when I flip them down to lock the standard I can see the rear standard move...
Purely by chance I have only two filter sizes between my four lenses: three use 67mm filters and one uses 55mm. I only use four filters: red, yellow, orange and a polarizer so I just have eight...
Mine looks just like yours but says "Grover" on top of the rear standard. I'm told these sorts of differences are common between otherwise similar/almost identical examples. I have read that B&J...
Well seen!
What tremendous vision! I see where you got it from.
My 5x7 B&J Grover wooden tailboard camera works and was cheap to buy, which accounts for its strengths. Having the rear rail stick out behind the rear standard works fine for normal and longer focal...
I prefer a tent but my budget was a bag. Then I found a reflector on top of a fiberglass pole; intended to mark the edge of your driveway or your mailbox so you don't go astray while driving at...
I have a Beseler 45 and a Beseler 23c for smaller negs. I took the 23c out of the darkroom years ago snd don't miss it. Have 50mm, 80mm and 150mm enlarging lenses, film carriers, etc.
Mike
The trade here in used cameras, lenses and accessories seems to have slowed way down, even before the virus disruption. Did it move elsewhere or have we traded ourselves into a steady equilibrium?
Fabulous, thanks! I'm going to be grinning all day over this one.
I've been unable to access the website for Custom Bellows in the UK for weeks. Does anyone know whether they are still in business or how to contact them? (Www.custombellows.co.uk)
Mike
Not every day but I'm here now!
Mike
To help validate agitation, try continuous gentle agitation for the entire development time. My trays don't sit quite level on my bench and I get a gentle rocking motion by just pressong a corner of...
I saw that, thanks. Everything I've found for this developer seems to be in reference to roll film. I'm hoping there's nothing about it that makes it go wonky in trays, like Tmax developer. Also,...
On a whim I bought a bottle of Arista Premium liquid film developer frpm my local camera store today. I want to try it as a liquid replacement for D76 on Tmax400 and Ildord HP5+ 4x5 sheet film...
The Midwest Large Format Asylum's annual print show is this coming Saturday. There's a couple of tables in the room where folks can set out stuff for sale and I've been putting a box of things...
Right handed, left eye dominant which is good because my right eye is developing a cataract. I wonder how far that has to progress before insurance will agree good something about it?
Hard as it is to believe, these things just get better and better every year. Tremendous inspiration to get off your duff and expose some film! I can't imagine horsing a 20x24 camera around but the...
Looks like you had a lot of fun. What made you select large format for this project?
Mike
Lenswork magazine pulled out of retail distribution in 2006 and went subscription only. Yesterday I saw it at my local Barnes and Noble bookstore. Just curious, does anyone know when they reentered...
It can be an exhausting day but is more fun than anything else you can do on a January day in northern Indiana!
This is so cool! Several years ago my wife came home from an estate auction with two boxes of exposed and processed 5x7 glass plate negatives. From the look of clothing, houses, etc. I would...
The only serious potential I can see would be if someone got the password for a little-used account, changed it to an email accessible to them and then bought items. There's a potential for fraud,...
One thing that stuck with me from this year's show: people were stretching out of their comfort zones and photographing different subjects and in different conditions than they have in years past. ...
South Bend photographer and teacher Craig Sheaks did a short video at last year's event which might help to give you an idea of what goes on at these events. It's on Youtube somewhere. We're a very...
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If the extension rail slides out from the back instead of being a separate piece that screws on then you likely have one of the Agfa/Ansco models. Very similar, better built but a bit heavier. My...
My darkroom is 5' x 5.5' (1.5m x 1.7m. more or less,) and is fine for 11"x14" (about 28cm x 35.5cm.) 16x20 (41cm x 51cm, approximately,) can be done but with difficulty. Larger is not feasible. I...
Absolutely love these!
Hold on a minute, everyone: I want to make some popcorn.
I have no idea whether RC is "as good as" fiber (or vice versa) I just don't like the way RC feels in my hand, I don't like it's plastic-y "chemical" smell, or the sheen the surface takes on. I do...
And a fine time was had... There's always a temptation to choose a favorite print or body of work; I try to decide whether I liked the prints best, or the camaraderie with old friends or the joy of...
Welcome to the obsession! Try to remember to stop and eat occasionally. :)
Mike
Beseler 45.
Mike
Go to your room!