[pure-silver] Re: Embarking on a somewhat new adventure
- From: davestarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:42:07 -0800 (PST)
Thanks for the tips, Richard. The lens is a 135mm F4.7 Wollensack Raptar in a
Rapax shutter. After I posted yesterday, I discovered the shutter speed can't
be set faster than 1/200 - the ring just stops turning. I do have a 135mm
Nikkor-W I can use temporarily. The range finder's a Kalart, the camera serial
number is D-112254.
I also went to freelists & got my email verified & subscribed.
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--- On Fri, 12/31/10, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Embarking on a somewhat new adventure
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 3:27 AM
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Starr" <davestarr2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 3:10 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Embarking on a somewhat new adventure
Today, the mailman dropped off my new toy - a Busch Pressman 4x5 in excellent
condition. It looks almost new; not bad for $200.00! It should be a nice
compliment to the Tachihara & Cambo SCX.
The adventure is - - - shoot only 4x5. The RB67 pro-S is (was) for portraits,
which can be done with sheet film, and the 35mm is (was) for weddings, which I
choose not to do any more, and for casual snapshots, which digital (gasp!! -
sorry!) can handle. Not sure how it'll all work out, but it should be fun.
Plus, it'll cut down on the amount of varied equipment, film, and processing
requirements. Not to mention that when I saw my first 4x5 negative a few years
ago, I was hooked.
All I need now is a flashgun for the new toy. And, maybe a supply of press-25
bulbs.
What did you get with it, what lens, etc. The Busch is an excellent camera,
strongly built. Some late ones were made with a built in combination
rangefiner/viewfinder. Earlier ones had the same Kalart RF as the Speed/Crown
Graphic. Busch also came with Kodak Ektar lenses as well as others. The Ektar
was probably the best of the press lenses.
BTW, Busch made a camera to meet the military spec for the Speed Graphic,
it had a self-capping focal plane shutter of much more advanced design than the
SG shutter. I've never actually seen one, but they were advertised. They must
be quite rare.
I still see flash bulbs at local sales and generally buy them if not
overpriced. Presumably, they are still good. Flashbulbs put out more light for
a given weight and amount of equipment than anything else except flash powder,
and you really don't want to work with that.
I had a Busch camera years ago that a burglar got, I still miss it.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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