[LargeFormat] Field Equipment

Jay Allen largeformat@f32.net
Thu Jan 17 15:21:40 2002


Large format Field Equipment For B&W

1. 11x14 Korona with 20 inch Turner-Reich (brass B&L air shutter) with
32 and 45 inch elements. (11x14 contact prints and paper negs)

2.  8x10 & (5x7) Kodak #2 (cherry) with 10,12 & 14 inch Commercial
Ektars. Enlargements from cast iron 8x10 Elwood.

3. 5x7 & (4x5) - Agfa-Ansco (wood), lenses - Kodak soft-focus in Ilex
shutter, 135 wide field Ektar, 207mm F:7.7 Kodak. Enlarger: 5x7 Omega
cold light. 

4. 4x5 & (2x3 roll back)- Speed Graphic (Top Range finder model).
Lenses: 100mm Wide Field Ektar,150mm mc Schneider, 15 inch Graflex
Telephoto. Enlarger: 4x5 Dejur Professional w condenser and cold light.
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I also collect and use Graflex SLRs:

1. Auto Graflexes 3x4 & 4x5
2. Series Ds 3x4 & 4x5
3. Series C  3x4 Cook F:2.5 lens
4. Series B  2x3  w f:4x5 Ektar
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5.   5x7 RB Home Portrait

Lenses used on Graflexes:

Soft: B&L Portrait Plastigmat
        Cook F:2.5
        Kodak Soft-focus
        Verito
        Graf Var.
        etc.

other Lenses:
         Tessars F:3.5, 4.5 and 6.3s
          Cook Aviars, Protars, Turner
          Reichs, Ektars, Cook 2.9, etc.

On another day, I will cover the rebuilt 11x14 Century Studio Camera.

Jay Allen