[LargeFormat] Any GOMZ-LOMO FK owners out there?

[Robert Mayrand]

Hello Marco,

Quite surprise to see you here.....did'nt know you were a member of this
discussion, if this is your first time...Welcome aboard. I didn't know there
was a russian large format available, if I knew I would have been less
surprise. I'll have to go check your picture right away....can't wait to see
this thing!

Robert Mayrand
Sputnik owner!




On 1/27/02 10:39 AM, "Marco Pauck" <marco@pauck.de> wrote:

> I just got a FK 18x24 large format camera, the version
> manufactured by GOMZ-LOMO. After some CLA, it's now ready
> for the field:
> 
> http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/opened.jpg
> http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/closed.jpg
> http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/lens.jpg
> 
> Yes, I plan to actually use this archaic camera! ;-)
> 
> Well, for me it's just the usual kind of self abuse by
> East European equipment, but I'm wondering how this camera
> was deployed by the poor Russian fellow photographers,
> especially considering that it was manufactured until 1987
> (according to Princelle). Was it actually used? In the field
> or in the studio? Any anecdotes?  ;-)
> 
> One point is that the film holders are for glass plates,
> not sheet film. Where glass plates still common in Russia
> during the 80ths of the last century? Or is there a later
> version of the film holder that is prepared for sheet film?
> 
> Any tips for converting a glass plate holder to sheet film?
> 
> Marco
> --
> Marco Pauck -- marco@pauck.de -- http://www.pauck.de/marco/
> For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple,
> neat, and wrong.  -- H. L. Mencken
> 
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