[LargeFormat] Keeping busy :)
Ole Tjugen
oftjugen at online.no
Wed Apr 19 09:05:32 EDT 2006
I've been quite busy lately, not only at work. First of all it was getting
the two fine old folding plate cameras operative: One 24x30cm, one
13x18cm. That's in addition to the 30x40cm and the 18x24cm I already have,
and a large number of 6.5x9cm and 9x12cm cameras.
I'm afraid the 30x40cm camera has lost its universal lens board again. I
had one mounted on it for the Gathering last fall, but that's back on the
13x18 it came from. Another one is mounted on the 18x24cm; and the biggest
one of all was a very nice fit on the 24x30cm camera. Makes sense - lenses
up to 11cm diameter are more likely to be used on the 24x30 than the
smaller cameras...
Anyway: I've been playing around with the 24x30, various lenses, getting
the film holders light tight and all that. Then I went to do a "test
shoot" with a 150mm wide angle Aplanat lens, and discovered lots of leaks
in the bellows. I'll get new bellows made - it's too complicated for a
first try with 14 pleats and internal taper (and not external taper), and
it also has to compress down to 4cm and stretch to 90cm.
Tonight I have a few sheets of film to develop. I did a comparison shoot
of two 90mm Angulons - one 1939, one 1951 - on 5x7" film to see if there
is a difference in coverage and/or sharpness.
But maybe my "new" LF camera arrives today - if it does, I'll be spending
my evening trying to figure out a Carbon Infinity. I really look forward
to that, it's the perfect 4x5" for my use!
PS: Anyone need a 4x5" Linhof Color, which is now "surplus to
requirements"? Or a pretty (but not good) old 13x18cm plate camera?
--
Ole Tjugen
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