Hey, I could get a 92 mm one from Surplus Shed and grind it down to 40.8 mm! Too thick to screw the Series VI ring back in though. I looked for one that was...
I was looking at my NuArc 14x18 totally manual process camera and I can not believe how easy it would be to convert it to a 8x10 to a 16x20 enlarger ! This...
John Cremati
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Oct 2, 2004 4:53 pm
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Sounds good John, I am looking forward to seeing the pictures. Darcy...
I can't find my original posting about the Ednalite 6" symmetrical triplet copy lens I got from Surplusshed. I am trying to finish an 8x10 ground glass with 5 ...
Be carrefull with the fact of the apparent quality of the image you see on the ground glass and the quality of the image recorded by the film. The human as the...
Michel Dusariez
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Oct 3, 2004 8:03 am
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Yes, Michel, this human in particular is happy just to see an image on glass! I am easily amused with my hardware experiments, most of which are more effort...
Thanks for you reply, and have lot of fun with your experiments and maybe ...why not..... Michel. ... -- http://www.pano360.org/ ...
Michel Dusariez
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Oct 4, 2004 8:33 am
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Hi Bryan I just downloaded the zip file and scanned it for virus but couldn't find anything. The file seems to be clean. Sorry for not looking into it for so...
I could have worse habits... if I were an agitator, I'd go post some of them on photo.net - the camera appliance operators get all upset over people attempting...
My first LF was about that: a 300mm f4 lens, plastic, AND multicoated for $15. A pair of shutters for $20 and some leftover doorskin plywood did the job. The...
john frost
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Oct 6, 2004 12:34 am
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zone chart I've got one of my mysteries figured out (IF statement to decide whether beyond RF point)...another puzzel & it'll be done (or ready to modify...
Your scarlet streaks are from the light trap over the red window. Put some gaffers tape, or black electricians tape over the window. Even 120 can get fogged...
john frost
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Oct 7, 2004 6:35 pm
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I'm going to tape the you know what out of it...the red windows, the door lines etc. I suppose any bellows pinholr that leaks that badly should be obvious. ...
Hi Folks (guys?), I realize that this forum is more dedicated to large cameras, and I want to get to that, but for the moment I've been working on a very small...
Your lil' camera is just wonderful.....Never seen anything like it... The conststruction of your bellows is a amazing in itself.. Is it made of light tight...
John Cremati
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Oct 10, 2004 8:21 am
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... The bellows in the picture is just folded up printer paper. Since it won't have to be completely light tight or have to hold up to a lot of use I'll...
Is there a manufacturer's name and address on the "Rubberize It"...
John Cremati
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Oct 10, 2004 9:32 pm
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... It's "Homax", here's a link: http://www.homaxproducts.com/coatings.html I was looking for the spray(!), requested it at the big hardware store in town, it...
This is a very interesting little lens!... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3845991781 John Cremati...
John Cremati
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Oct 17, 2004 9:15 pm
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Probably the original application was making images on film (or maybe on a video camera tube, where I have seen similar lenses) when doing x-ray examinations...
r.mueller
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Oct 17, 2004 9:49 pm
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Hi All, Anybody from Boston, MA area here? I was building a large format camera and it is ALMOST done. But due to lack of space and instruments (I am living...
Howdy all. I found some great blackout material for bellows from Roc-Lon. It is less expensive that blackout material aimed at the photographic market and was...
conservative hand counting vs exposure for 220 roll counterless camera. Use half the exposure numbers for 120. This may be an exercise in utility or futility, ...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the cameramakers group: What film stock do you use in the camera you built o Slide o B/W Neg o Colour...
cameramakers@yahoogro...
Oct 18, 2004 7:08 pm
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Are your numbers based on calculation or experiment? What mechanism is used in commercial cameras to provide for the variable number of turns depending on the...
It is an extreme suggestion and only works if you have great good fortune, but old magnetic cards for calculator storage work very nicely as stiffener ...
r.mueller
r.mueller@...
Oct 18, 2004 9:30 pm
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Hi, I had requested samples of your fabric but they never sent any.. I was really looking forward to it... . I will have to call them again... I intend to...
John Cremati
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Oct 18, 2004 10:46 pm
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Sorry for the long answer below, but I ended up with a simple solution after trying to make it more complicated than needed. I went thru a lot a tail-chasing...
Hey folks, if you use anything for stiffeners that's fairly rigid like film base, thick mylar, or anything that you could conceivably poke/cut yourself on, be...
I didn't answer the question about commercial camera counting...and what I know is hearsay... As you know, 35mm uses a sprocket where the teeth move in...
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