Dave Carhart

'A' battery, fort knox Maine, US only 1 canon left plus the hot shot furnace in the lower left. Mamiya super 23 with a 65mm, XP2 super, 6x9 format

a hot shot furnace at the Fort Knox (Maine, US) historical site. Mamiya super 23, XP2 super

no, none at all, and the short edges are often uneven, while the long edges are perfectly straight, leading me to believe they are roll film and cut at the processing lab.

true, I only had to adjust the horizontal, the vertical was correct.

just a follow up. the rangefinder in mine was waaaay off. In case anyone else has one where the rangefinder needs adjusting (or a complete CLA). I found this YouTube video from Japan Camera Hunter. It's about an hour long and goes thru an entire CLA of the super 23. the adjustment part for the range finder is very simple, requiring removal of 3 screws and the top cover, then a simple 1 screw adjustment. it also goes thru the CLA for the 100mm 3.5 lens. link to youtube video

my last couple of film and chemistry purchases have mostly at Midwest Photo, which for film is running about 75 cents a roll less then B&H, though I've called B&H and have gotten good discount when buying 25 rolls of FP4+. so either bulk 100' rolls or >25 rolls is the way to go, if you have a favorite.

I'm getting tired of drab winter grays, so today I wandered around Searsport, Maine, with my full spectrum camera and an IRChrome filter

I had the intention of using this for "sweeping landscapes" when I bought it. and since it was obviously designed with visits to a chiropractor in mind. It will be permanently mounted on a tripod very close to the car. And yes, I've been wondering if I should have just bought a 4x5 system, but at least 120 film is cheaper then 4x5 film.

Kennebec Arsenal, Augusta Pentax 67 Ilford FP4

I got a Mamiya super 23 off eBay today. came with a 100mm 3.5 lens, 65mm 6.3 lens, a 6x7 film back, a 6x4.5 / 6x6 / 6x9 film back, a ground glass focus screen, a cut film back. a couple of other assorted do-dads I'm still figuring out. I put a roll a XP2 thru the 6x7 back and a roll of Portra 160 thru the 6x9 configured film back. and I'm please with the results (assuming I don't use the rangefinder part and focus using the ground glass Fresnel back). and except for 2 on each roll where I forgot to remove the dark slide (way too many thing to keep track of) 6x7 XP2 in the 6x7 back I seriously need to practice focusing using a loupe and ground glass.

that does look to be the one. looks like Kodak made a roll holder for this size in the early 1900's that could be put in a Kodak Brownie and give you 24 exposures.

I have 400 - 500 old B&W negatives of family photos. The oldest is my grandparents "courting" around 1912 those negatives are 85mm x 115mm. There is no markings on the edge of the film to identify them. anyone here know what film type they would be. Google wasn't able to answer it. It came pretty close with type 108, but not quite. the newer ones of me and my sisters growing up are either 116 or 616 film as the are slightly smaller in width. I've attached that picture.

when your Old Town Maine, you just have to build your Christmas tree with ... well Old Town Canoes of course (and Kayaks)

all gone.