Chicken or egg Paul?
On my Toyota GII with bag bellows you could tilt or rise or shift to the limit of the camera. There isn't enough image circle to support it. I'm still unsure what's the hangup with FFD.
Chicken or egg Paul?
On my Toyota GII with bag bellows you could tilt or rise or shift to the limit of the camera. There isn't enough image circle to support it. I'm still unsure what's the hangup with FFD.
Reprint DII Rock Bridge 3 by Nokton48, on Flickr
Rock Bridge, Hocking Hills, Southern Ohio
This is the 58mm Rodenstock Graflex XL Grandagon, mounted in a very deeply recessed homemade custom Norma board. I was doing a lot of wide photography and needed something wider than 65mm for 4x5. The front and back standards of the Sinar Norma can be made to touch each other, without a board or bellows attached. That in my mind is about as good as you can get.
A Biogon design that covers 9x12cm, or 4x5 if focused hyperfocally. But you can see all four corners of the image circle in this shot
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Thanks Tin Can! I had to hike many miles in thick brush to get to this site. When I got there I was glad Norma was along
I have a barrel mounted Sinar Norma 65mm F8 Super Angulon, with direct operating mickey mouse aperture cable. Because of that it was forward mounted at the Sinar factory, so it would work full range with the Norma shutter. I bought it decades ago from Glenn Evans. That lens is on a flat board, on a top hat, and it still focuses full range and has full moves on the Norma
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Thanks Paul
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Questions like this is why I am such a proponent of the Sinar F2. You can get a Sinar F2 for less than $500, often less than $400. You then have a foundation to make a configuration to do almost anything you can think of. I find this is extremely helpful for students of mine starting out in large format. Once they learn the basics of large format they don't have to change camera systems to configure their camera to their personal style of work. With a Sinar they can use it for anything from ultrawide angle lenses with recessed lens boards and bag bellows to multiple standards and bellows for use with long lenses or macro work, or anything in between. You can also easily change the rear stand to change your format. There is a tradeoff as they are a little larger, heavier and more difficult to pack. However, especially for the price, they are hard to beat for versatility.
-Joshua
Explain why the rear of the lens being close to the Ground Glass a problem? Yes, this has been discussed more than a few times.
The Sinar Norma or Lego_ized Sinar camer has zero issues with the rear of the lens being close to the ground glass or using any similar camera has any functional image making issues..
Again, explain what and why is there a problem with the rear of the lens being close to the ground glass? ..... Or would the rear of the lens being close to the ground glass being your expectation of what a LF wide angle optic should NOT be?
Bernice
Sinar Norma Handy Lowboy 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr
Last year I finished building in my workshop this custom made "Handy" Sinar Norma camera, it uses original Norma parts, including the Norma Helical Mount for the chrome 65mm F8 Super Angulon. Yes this one is HANDY they named it right Can be handheld or tripod mounted. The viewfinder is for the Mamiya 7 43mm and works pretty good. The strap lugs bolted to the Norma Standard Frame came from the Pentax 6x7.
Sinar Norma Handy w TTL Sinarsix metering by Nokton48, on Flickr
Ashton Pond Norma Handy HRU Mic-X by Nokton48, on Flickr
This camera is an absolute BLAST to use and attracts a lot of attention if people are around especially photographers
Ashton Pond Columbus Ohio Sinar Norma Handy 4x5 Fuji HR-U XRay 65mm F8 at F22 Schneider CF + Sinar Norma Dark Yellow 103mm Glass Disk 1 sec at F22 Legacy Mic-X replenished stock in tray 18 mins at 62F Arista #2 RC 4x 8x10 Multigrade dev Omega DII with 180 black Rodagon and Omegalite
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