[LargeFormat] Anybody home?

[Skip Roessel]

Uncle Dick,
Three words for you in this conundrum: FIRST SURFACE MIRROR.
skip nyc

rstein wrote:

> Dear Jim,
>
>      We are all still alive, more's the pity. It is just too hot to move out
> there. The darkroom is 35 degrees Celsius and the workroom is 42 degrees and
> I just don't care anymore.
>
>     Even the belly dancers have lost their appeal. I tried taking off all my
> clothes and standing in front of a mirror and shaking things, but it was
> uninspiring. I think I am just going to have to wait for cooler weather.
>
>     At least I am not in Canberra or the Victorian Alps. Bushfire season on
> the plains is bad enough but up and down mountains is worse.
>
>     I can report a modest success with the Mighty Shen. The pinholes are
> gone - now it is a case of trying to cope with the wooden Chinese film
> holders shedding bits of fibre onto the film as the darkslides are
> withdrawn. It will be a case of strong scubbing and vacuuming and then
> waiting for time to wear away all loose bits.
>
>     But let me ask you and the other list members for some good advice.
>
>      I need to shoot straight down with my 4 x 5 Linhof E monorail from up
> near the ceiling of my studio - the models will be sprawled out on the floor
> under the camera.
>
>     I need to suspend the E adequately - and stop vibration as it works -
> and adequately view the focussing and framing as we move the models about. I
> do have a rightangle finder for the E that will let me get my eye up there
> but how do I get my eye up there whilst suspended over the model?
>
>     The ceiling is only 10-11 feet high.
>
>      Uncle Dick
>
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