Farside

<p>Those really are rather good.<br>

Makes me want to get a colour kit pronto.</p>

<p>The film magazine looks as if it holds considerably more than 60 shots, or 60 inches - 60 inches is about a single 35mm cassette, so I'd hazard a guess it holds more like 60ft.<br>

Otoh, I think it's likely that '60' bears no relationship to what it does, or holds - it's just a WD type number, which in my own experience of exWD kit is largely the case. One reason is, they didn't want somebody with ears on twigging what's fitted or what's being talked about; another reason is the love of obscurity, sometimes for no good reason. :)</p>

<p>"Gene M" wrote:</p>

<p>"If you can sit anywhere in your house and see less than ten cameras (without turning your head,) you're not a hoarder, yet."</p>

<p>Phew, lucky escape there. Just nine.<br /> A couple of years ago I was collecting all the 35mm lenses I could never afford when I was younger, and eventually stopped. I pretty much don't need any more 35mm stuff. But you never know.<br /> Now I've decided on a theme - a halfway decent camera (or two) from each decade of the first half of the 20thC, that film is still available for - no shelf queens here. Mostly this means German folders, but that's ok, I like them. I can handle it.<br /> I don't have a problem. Not me, nosirree.</p>

<p>My Pentacon Six makes contented little chuckling noises when I wind it on, as if it's looking forward to being used for the next shot. "Little German gears", is right.<br>

Of course, those little German gears could be getting ready to escape to freedom - it was made in 1972, after all.</p>

<p>Oh for Ged's sake, get over yourself, Cliff.<br>

You're not the only one that's ever been in a wheelchair, and yes, I agree the world is full of selfish gits.</p>

<p>The 545 back will take Fuji Quickloads; although I've not tried any yet, I do have one sitting ready to use.<br>

I recently made a spring back conversion for an Ihagee 9x12, which fits my other 9x12 cameras too.<br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2664/3933975781_303123a923.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="373" /><br>

Full story of the conversion here<br>

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15509115@N05/sets/72157602917963430/</p>

<p>If the Ikon is working, it's worth shoving a roll through it. The Agfas were notorious for leaky bellows at this age, so check it out with a flashlight inside the bellows in a dark room and look for pinholes. The Polaroid, if one of the packfilm Polys, can be loaded with a Fuji pack and used, but depending on model might be great, might be disappointing.<br>

The Ernemann sounds like it might be a 9x12 - difficult but not impossible to get sheet film for, easier in Europe (Foma), again check the bellows and shutter.<br>

In short, you might have a handful of usable cameras. Best of luck.</p>

<p>Whoops, modify what I've just posted. The far-away line IS electrified, so this makes it probably on the last gasp of the steam suburban and long distance services.</p>

<p>Pic number 4, of Glasgow Central, is in a narrow timeframe - the BlueTrain electric lines are up and the steam engines are on their way out - from what I recall that would have been about a two year period in the mid-60s. Come to think of it, I used to do just as that lad was doing, collect train numbers in GC, and he does look vaguely familiar - he's about the age I was then, so there's good chance I did see him there, or even knew him.<br>

If you notice, the far away line isn't electrified, and this pre-dates the electrification of the main intercity lines, at least in Scotland. The far away platforms were used exclusively for long-haul express services, while the nearer platforms, including the one with the lad and the near engine, were suburban and outlying areas only.<br>

I disctinctly recall getting a red-hot smut in my eye on a Glasgow-London express in 1966/7, through leaning out of the carriage windows. Steam engines were romantic, but they were also filthy things.</p>

<p>Regarding the Capa pic. It was so crap it must be real - if he was going to stage it, it would look far better than that. He heard the shot, saw the soldier falling and, being Capa (or anyone with half a clue with a camera in a war zone) always had his finger on the shutter, so caught the dying soldier as he fell to the ground.</p>

<p>Reviving an old thread here, but it cropped up when I searched for a drop shutter.<br>

It occurs to me I could have a sliding board with hole, as above. The speeds could be set with pairs of rubber bands, one each side of the board to equalise pull and prevent jamming. One set of bands for basic speed (depending on strength of bands, of course, to set a datum point), two pairs of bands for twice the speed and so on. Speeds can be measured with a degree of accuracy sufficient for adequate prediction in use.<br>

There's nothing new under the Sun, of course, so I expect this has already been though of.</p>

<p>Well, no thanks to William Littman who almost successfully put me off reading this thread in the hope of gleaning some useful information. That was his goal all along - if he can't get info about conversions deleted, he will obfuscate, annoy, harrass and generally pollute the forum so that anyone coming along later will give up, thinking there's nothing useful here. A tip for future readers - skim down the thread and ignore anything by WL, it contains nothing of use. Skip over the vast majority of responses to him, for the same reason, and tarry for a while on contributions from the individuals named here in bold...<br>

Many thanks to <strong>Diwan, Noah, Dean</strong> and others who, despite egregious interference, kept sight of the original query and provided the exact information I was after in my attempt to create a useful 4x5 out of a 110A, namely, how far back to bring the new film plane and how to adjust the front standard.<br>

As to my attempt - I really can't be bothered with all that messing around with the RF and it occurred to me that a custom-made slimfit film holder holder would be easy to fabricate from brass angle stock - just a simple frame mounted on the cutaway back door, at the correct distance. The frame would take a standard Lisco holder and the film holder held in place by stretchy springs, Velcro'd elastic straps, or similar. I'd thought of a mostly identical outer frame to go above the Lisco and be held similarly - a few options will occur as I go along, this being purely seat of the pants engineering.<br>

As I see it, building to a standard film holder with elasticity on thickness will allow me to slot in a Pola 545i back (which I've just scored for three Euros - bargain of the year, that one; were they all asleep?), a Pola 405, or a rollfilm back I already possess with a bit of modification to location for that, as it's for 9x12cm. Keeping a slimline custom film holder holder in place will allow use of the standard pair of RF and VF windows on the 110A. This was also influenced by the crazy prices now being attracted by 900s.</p>

"rockycamera"

Hah - guess that'll teach me to read to the end of the thread before throwing in my two Euros.

:)

Keith Rock is somebody who will never be getting any of my money - he seems to have changed his ebay ID to rockycamera now, perhaps to start with a new sheet uncontaminated with negs.

I second the M645ers. Got a BGN M645J body from KEH and I'm using it with a couple of P6 lenses. The UG un-metered prism I got is quite useable, but a bit grungy. Total cost for the body and prism was $64. At some point I'll upgrade the prism and add another body. Then there's all those cheap lenses...<div></div>

To update this a bit, with addresses and phone numbers.

 

Hand Imaging

Mullingar Business Park

Mullingar

Phone: +353 44 9348150

Fax: +353 44 9341991

info@handimaging.com

Prices on website, but a single roll of 120 or 135/36 costs ﾀ5 +p&p+VAT = ﾀ7.03

 

The only place left that does E6 is:

Reproduction 35

68 Merrion Sq Sth

Dublin 2

01 662 1077

For E6 a single roll of 120 or 135/36 costs ﾀ8.50 + ﾀ2p&p = ﾀ10.50 inc VAT

 

Reductions from both places for multiples.

In general, I agree with Ken Rockwell, but does he have to bang on about it so much? 20 paragraphs to say what anyone with any experience knows and can express in one sentence.

 

Acutually, I'm all in favour of the NewGearHeads spending their money on fancy equipment. Somebody has to pay the grossly inflated new prices in order for me to pick up barely-used gear a couple of years down the line.

Oh no, not the only dumb photographer out there at all. When I was but a lad my pal asked me to photograph his wedding with my first SLR - a Zenit E. Trouble was, I'd only just got it and had hardly run any film through it so wasn't yet totally in the habit of stopping down before pressing the shutter. You can guess the rest.

 

Luckily, they didn't stay married for long, so it wasn't that big a deal.