I bought some blackout material made by Roc-Lon - it's made for the drapery industry and retails for less than the blackout material for photographic use. It's...
Hi there cameramakers. I have just put up a Baby Deardorff 4 X 5 clone project on Ebay, a fun project, have no time for completion. Check it out #3864687505 ...
Apologies if I already posted this. If not, save the apologies for my next faux pas (could happen at ANY time). A Canadian poster referred to a source for...
... That was another poster, but I chimed in and agreed with her regarding "blackout cloth". HOWEVER....(there's always a "but") I recently did a bit of photo...
Hi John, Recently joined this group. Actively use a Canon 20D slr. Very interested in camera technology. I see by your posting you live in Stittsville - manys...
I tested the Roc-Lon blackout material in a dark room, over a 500 Watt Quartz-Halogen work lamp and even after 5 minutes I could not tell where the lamp was -...
How odd - Calamity Jane posted just before me, and that's whose post I was thinking of. Murray __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail -...
You're brave...I'm always afraid of starting fires with those lamps... Does the aluminum and black-out cloth bellows recipe follow the other do-it-yourself...
Hi everyone, If you think the stuff gets stiff as a bellows, try making a dark cloth out of it. Two years ago my wife made me a darkcloth for my 8x10 out of...
Since it was -30C this morning, I tested a piece of the Roc-Lon drapery material and it does stiffen up some in the deep cold. As long as the focal length of...
Maybe a cold rigid bellows is (bellows IS singular, right?) better in the winter - won't flap as much in strong wind? Murray __________________________________...
I have several Mamiya RB67 bodies (Pro, S, SD) and numerous lenses, finders, etc. Does anyone have any ideas on a cool project I might try with one of the...
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Michel Dusariez
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Hi not sure rb lenses but mamiya press lenses cover 6x12 format! you should mount one temporarly on 4x5 camera and shoot an image on f16 and f22 to see the...
Hi Mamiya did make an accessory that allows the lens on a RB ( i think, or is it only RZ ) to be tilted, so there should be some spare coverage ? The lens for...
Does any one have a tripod apron that they can measure for me? I want to start manufacturing them, but I have never had one or looked at one. I am selling...
Sorry I do not. Do you (or anyone else) make a cover for a 70-200mm and pro body. I have seen a Nikon cover for a 300mm 2.8 and body but never anything...
Sorry I do not. Do you (or anyone else) make a cover for a 70-200mm and pro body. I have seen a Nikon cover for a 300mm 2.8 and body but never anything...
This sounds interesting! Does anyone have comments about this book or other information sources? ... From: Michel Dusariez [mailto:dusariez@...] Sent:...
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What is a tripod apron? A privacy panel? I envision a 'teepee'- or tent-like shroud. Wouldn't something like that increase the wind-loading outdoors? Thanks ...
Google is your friend ;-) http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/jrp_faq/what_tripod/tripods_6.html a bigger picture (if clicked) ...
Stephen George
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Jan 12, 2005 10:05 pm
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Hi Chris, http://www.kinesisgear.com/c/C580.html They seem to have a whole range of these sort of things Steve standard disclaimer: I have no association with...
Stephen George
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Jan 12, 2005 10:30 pm
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Hi Murray, I just noticed on a few web sites that people do use aprons (loaded with stones) to provide stability to their tripods, interestingly I also found...
Stephen George
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Wish I was up there. I'd be willing to take some of this stuff. ... ===== Kurt Thompson katphood@... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
Thanks very much to those of you who responded with ideas. I have several RB67 bodies and can get more fairly inexpensively on eBay, so I’ll probably try...
The RZ shift lens relies solely on the focal plane ... Gene: All the RZ lenses have shutters in them. The RZ body does not have a shutter. The RZ body controls...
... shutter. The RZ body controls the lens by having a shutter speed dial on the body whereas the RB lenses have both the shutter speed and aperature on the RB...