Marv, That's a hoot! I used the brass tube from the hobby store. Epoxied it on! Well, if nothing else I can tell you your plan will work. f16 is pretty sharp, f4.5 nice for partraits. You'll be pleasantly surprised, I think. It's no Medalist Ektar, though.
Gene Marv Soloff wrote: > > Gene Johnson wrote: > > > > Marv, > > > > I've done just what you're doing. Mine is the coated 3 element Anaston > > in the Kodamatic shutter and works amazingly well. Find a lens shade! > > Flares pretty badly into the sun. You're right, it's a lot of camera > > for the money. Looks nice too. > > > > Gene > > > > > > Gene: > > Good to know. I ground out the risers and smoothed the casting. A > repaint with Kodak #4 is drying as I write. Tomorrow, I'll increase the > diameter of the locating pins with small brass tubes epoxied over them, > and mount the correct winding key. Groundglass tests indicate the > infinity setting of the lens is correct. > > The project is a hoot. I'll compare the negs from the Tourist to those > from my converted (for 120 film) Medalist II. Should be interesting. > > Regards, > > Marv > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
