Hi Paul
I recognise one of the lenses...................
4 x 5...........?
regards
Andrew
Indeed you do. As it happens I know a lens designer who knows who designed the 210mm f/6.8 so I have been informed that it dates from '72-'75. It is a simple symmetrical double gauss type lens of 4 elements and works at a fairly high field angle but at low aperture. The other is optimised for 1:1 but doesn't cover 5" x 4". The Nesbitt has a 5" x 4" back and dates from around 1990. I used to live not from from where PPE were based so it was fun to have bought camera and lenses from Wales but am now up in Scotland and it doesn't look like any lenses were actually made in Scotland although I have a 10" x 12" Birnie which was made in Dundee which I can put a Grubb onto .....
Here’s my 2D on a recent trip to Utah.
Roger
Shop Made Gear Rack and Base on Ansco 8x10 by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr
16" Veritar f6 lens on shop made lens board. Since the geared focusing works great I have most of the work done rebuilding this camera. I still haven't decided if I want to re-paint it or strip it down to the cherry wood.
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Well done you, very good work too
regards
Andrew
Oh so nice! If it were me, I'd leave the cherry stripped and maybe rub in a bit of watco or tongue oil (giving plenty of time to cure as either can be a bit oily for awhile!) - with a bit of judicious waxing of the moving/sliding bits.
Ikeda Anba 4x5, Cherry, Gold Plate, Red Bellows
One of the prettiest large format cameras I have seen!
Last edited by Michael Roberts; 18-Sep-2020 at 05:48.
A recent addition. These lenses I've had for a while now but I want to get some that fold with the camera without having to unmount my Crown Graphic lenses from their lens boards.
Wista 45 RF by tuco, on Flickr
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