Robert, the expression ".....being economical with the truth...." is fairly popular in the UK, well popular in the sense that I'm fairly fond of it and Matt clearly is too...........
It was 'coined' by a one time Secretary to the British Cabinet during the trial of a guy (now long since dead) which involved the British Security Services
andrew
I've been needing a 5x8 for a stereo pair of Darlot lenses. Now I have one. It's a tailboard Rochester Optical New Model, with a nice NY landscape lens, red bellows and 3 glass plate holders. One is going to become a wettplate holder....
Garrett
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That's totally sweet, Garrett! Good find!
nice Garrett, very nice
looks like a good locking catch, too....................
amdrew
Yeah, it's pretty with the cherry wood too. I've just been engineering one of the holders (which also use that lock) to use wetplate....I've gotta shoot something today. Um...I mean photograph...
Here's another shot. It's a R.D. Gray lens I've never had before "Extra Wide". We'll see...
Garrett
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Royal !!!Originally Posted by emileway
Kodak no.33 Camera I got off ebay. It was more or less a basket case. One thing I didn't realize when I started was that this camera originally was designed to take two 3.5x5 pictures on a 5x7 piece of film. It had a sliding blind in the back. I pulled that out. It's working well. Bellows by kit from Sorin at diycamerakit.com
Before:
After:
oops...
here's the before
Paul
Very nice restoration here - like the new bellows too - must have a look at your website, when time allows
rgds
andrew
Thanks Andrew. It was fun. I used to restore boats and musical instruments (not at the same time) so it was nice to have a woodworking project again. Sorin was awesome with the bellows. If you need bellows I highly recomend him, here's the link.
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