Re: [Cameramakers] 'cage' camera vs. room camera.

2002-12-09 Thread John Yeo
In soviet russia, pictures take you. > With the large 2-room process cameras, the photographer is inside the > camera! ___ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers

[Cameramakers] Solenoid Source (I'm assuming electrical)

2002-12-09 Thread Uptown Gallery
I had tracked down the source of miniature solenoids used in the Ilex and Melles-Griot shutters. I can't find the name right now, but Electro-Mech comes to mind. That might be part of the email address, however. I think I found them in Thomas Register (www.thomasregister.com), I think in Californi

[Cameramakers] 'cage' camera vs. room camera.

2002-12-09 Thread Uptown Gallery
With the large 2-room process cameras, the photographer is inside the camera! There's a variation on the mouth pinhole camera! Murray --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.391 / Virus Database: 222 - Release Date: 9/19/

[Cameramakers] really big prints - cheaply?

2002-12-09 Thread Robert Monaghan
This is one of the issues which makes digital printing so interesting; it is already feasible to do very long panoramic prints, and I'm told some color printers will print to the edges of the 13" wide paper. I suspect it is or will be possible to slice images into a series of strips, and then hav

Re: Re: [Cameramakers] Sources for solenoid

2002-12-09 Thread Alan Zinn
At 12:14 PM 12/9/2002 EST, you wrote: >Hi Alan, > >Thanks for the Radio Shack reference. I given up on them years ago since >they seem not to be interested in stocking parts that I need but I'll go >see if they have any that I can use. (Huh, are all Radio Shack stock the >same products or do e

Re: Re: [Cameramakers] Sources for solenoid

2002-12-09 Thread DaiNaka
Hi Alan, Thanks for the Radio Shack reference. I given up on them years ago since they seem not to be interested in stocking parts that I need but I'll go see if they have any that I can use. (Huh, are all Radio Shack stock the same products or do each store "regionalize" to the location? Th

Re: [Cameramakers] Cage Camera

2002-12-09 Thread John Cremati
I am using a similar extruded aluminum rail in interchangeable lengths at 48 inches and 72 inches as my Optical rail for a 20x24 camera.. They have a slide mechanism available with a brake on it that will act as the rail clamp and a tripod mount.. .. The manufacture I am using is Bosch.. It is

[Cameramakers] Cage Camera

2002-12-09 Thread rgriego
I saw a very intersting idea on this forum about a "cage camera". That got me thinking about the Aluminum extrusions we sometimes use for rapid prototyping of fixtures for an assembly line that I used to write software for. Kind of like a grown-mans erector set on steroids. It would be trivia