Hey all, I just picked up a 5x7 Century Penny Picture Camera in pretty good condition, mainly to increase the size of my Gum Bichromate prints, but I have a few questions
1. Is there a way to move the ground glass into portrait (vertical)? Is it a separate attachment/back? So far I don't see how its possible but several other ads I've seen on ebay mention you can.
2. Through research on historiccamera.com I've read the main selling point of this camera was the horizontal and vertical movement for multiple exposures on a single plate. I understand you can slide the entire back across the focal plane and it would work for the first shot, but how did it prevent the next shot from overlapping? Was there a mask that was placed inside?
Thanks
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Also, I know the back is on upside down. Whomever owned it prior to me lost the vertical adjustment rod. For some reason instead of creating a new one they flipped the back and drilled 3 holes in the left side so the vertical axis could be adjusted up and down slightly *sigh* So if anyone knows where I can get the vertical rod or wants to sell one. I would appreciate it.
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