Murray - I measured a couple of pieces of undeveloped scrap film and found
the 5X7 to be 1/16" less on both dimensions than the nominal size, that is 4
15/16" X 6 15/16". Surprisingly, the 4X5 was slightly smaller on both
dimensions - 5/64", or
3 59/64" X 4 59/64". These measurments were taken wit
This page shows modification of a Super Graphic, but some of the ideas may
be usable for other Graphic models:
http://cameraquest.com/supercov.htm
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Michael,
The process camera is probably the way to go for you, if you can find
one. Maybe you will get lucky and find one that includes a Red Dot Artar or
two. You might give us your location. Some list member may know of something
for sale in your area. The 4X5 or 5X7 enlarger conversion is so
Michael,
If you can't find a process
camera within driving distance so you can pick it up, be sure you know the
shipping charges before bidding on one on eBay. I wouldn't trust the seller's
"estimate" of camera weight, either. Being "...in a fairly rural area.." may
work in your favor; s
John,
There is a chart on the JML website:
http://www.jmloptical.com/level2/index.aspx?pagename=ProductInfo/lenssystems_info.aspx
that you may find interesting. However, so many similar focal length
lenses are listed, it may be difficult to tell which lens you have. Also,
if your lenses ar
I feel the high Cirkut prices of a few years ago were from pros using
the cameras to shoot group photos and making a lot of money with them. The
newer 2 1/4" pan cameras and custom pan labs with special enlargers and/or
digital have given the pros a more reliable way to do groups so they aren't
Here is the URL for the alt-process list archive:
http://www.usask.ca/lists/alt-photo-process/
Subscribe instructions are toward the bottom of the page.
Leonard
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Subje
There may be a better link, but this is one that happens to come to mind:
http://www.unblinkingeye.com./
He has links to a number of pinhole sites, and the alt.process list. I
didn't see a pinhole list mentioned, but I may have missed it.
Leonard
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Dirk,
My first thought is the sliding front panel design used by Deardorff.
Pictures on the Deardorff website show this somewhat:
http://deardorffcameras.0catch.com/ If you compare pictures of the 4X5
Special you can see there is a panel which carries the removable lensboard.
This panel can sl
Jeff,
You may find a clue on the Deardorff website:
http://deardorffcameras.0catch.com/
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Subject: [Cameramakers] Varnish for Deardorfs.
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> Hello..
> To keep
Murray,
I recall an old-timer telling me when he did aerial photography with a
Speed Graphic, he would make a "wind guard" from thin aluminum sheet to
protect the bellows from the wind. It seems boxing in your bellows with some
light, rigid sheet material (aluminum roof flashing, thick corregat
Ted - That is quite an interesting page you found. One of the figures given
there may cause some confusion. I believe the image circle given for the
260mm Nikkor of 800mm is at 1:1 magnification (this is commonly the way
process lens coverage is listed). The lens focused at infinity would have
cove
Here is one site worth looking at:
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-demo-scanner-cam.html
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Subject: Re: [Cameramakers] Cute little HP scanner; potential 4x5
If you go to Google (http://www.google.com/), click on "Groups", and do a
search for "film holder repair", you will find quite a number of ideas for
tape.
I'm sure 5X7 film packs were discontinued many years ago, so your holder is
a nice collector's item. I don't think even 4X5 packs are availabl
John - If you go here on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1337906266 you will see
a pair of 10" Paragon cells the seller says came from a #5 Ilex Acme
shutter. Actually, from the buyer's ID, it looks like you may have been the
buyer. One source I have gives the front threa
Marty,
If you go to http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search and search for
Scientific Lens Anastigmat, the second search result will give you some
interesting information. Be sure to click on "View Thread (6 articles)".
The US stops are explained.
Your box camera idea sounds
An interesting reference book on tricolor photography is "Photographing in
Color" by Paul Outerbridge, published in 1940. It contains photos and
details on Devin and Lerochrome one-shot cameras. Also a sliding back for a
view camera to hold three film holders and take three successive phot
Gene,
Is there any chance you could slot the side of your lens barrel for
waterhouse stops? I know this is much easier said than done, but if the
front/rear iris is killing your coverage, it might be something to
consider. Depending on the f-stop range you normally use, you may not need
to
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>were intended for so someone can put them to use. Incidently, this is
>for a camera I'm building to use some aerial lenses I have. An actual
>Cameramaker activity!
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>Gene
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>Gene
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>Leonard Robertson wrote:
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>> Gene,
>> I measured t
Gene,
I measured the width of a septum from one 4X5 bag mag I had handy and it
is 100mm or slighly more (maybe 100.5 mm). That is a rough measurement with
a metric tape measure. Tomorrow I will dig out more bag mags and Starrett
calipers, and try to see if there is any variation in the mag
ot;T"
>setting. In a dark room I think I could probably still get a pretty
>good exposure by manually opening the shutter, triggering the flash, and
>closing the shutter, but I don't think that's what you're after. I
>would be curious if the RB is different and
Gene,
Yes, the RB D has an "open" position for the focal plane, so you can use
lenses with leaf shutters if you like. I think this is true for most
Graflexes, other than maybe some of the early models.
The lens board on the D is 3 3/4" X 3 3/4", so there are size limitations
on wha
Mike Hanemann in Oregon was running the Graflex Historical Society, but I
don't know if it is still active or not. You can contact him at:
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Roger - Please give more details on your Series D Graflex, especially the
"vibration-free" part. You have my sympathy as far as your apparen
On the Bostick and Sullivan site is a list of classic and modern lenses
covering 11X14:
http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/Alt_cameras/large%20format%20lenses.htm
Assuming you will do B&W contact printing and shoot at f45 or f64 (to get
depth of field), the difference between modern a
Hi Gene,
I found the 3" Pacific Optical lens in a recent Surplus Shed catalog. They
give the front element diameter as 4 3/8" and the rear element diameter as
4 1/8". However, the lens shown in the picture appears to have a much
smaller rear element than front element. What does your lens
Gene,
I'm curious - what 3 inch lens are you using? Have you been able to check
the coverage for 4X5?
Leonard
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