[rollei_list] Re: RPA, Efke 25, fixer with hardener? Glass plates
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:13:36 -0400
I forgot this:
http://www.surplusshed.com/pages/item/m2149c.html
All the best
Larry Cuffe
On Friday, April 03, 2009, at 03:56AM, "Laurence Cuffe" <cuffe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>If your serious, surplus shed have agfa glass plates 9.5"x9.5" ay $39 for a
>box of ten. You could cut these down to fit most of the older cameras. From my
>experience of using glass plate, it is very important to have all processing
>solutions at exactly the same temperature, or the emulsion lifts off. Glass
>plates are still manufactured and used for Holography, and as such tend to be
>red sensitive.
>All the best
>Larry Cuffe
>On Thursday, April 02, 2009, at 06:44PM, "Mark Rabiner"
><mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Yes but can you shoot 4x5 glass plates with it?!!?!?
>>
>>I'm a Cambo Calumet NX fan myself; as that's the camera I just happen to
>>have.
>>Don't know what the situation is at this point in time on 4x5 inch glass
>>plates if they still exist and an adaptor to be able to shoot them with
>>typical cameras.
>>Is their a glass plate club like there are one for stereo photo?
>>
>>How about a stereo glass plate club?
>>
>>Inquiring Rabiners want to know.
>>
>>Who would be into this stuff people involved with Astro photography?
>>It think it might be those guys.
>>
>>
>>
>>Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reply-To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 07:40:54 -0400
>>> To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: RPA, Efke 25, fixer with hardener?
>>>
>>> Elias,
>>>
>>> Check out eBay 300303409180 - this is a great 4x5 starter kit if you
>>> can get if for under $300. Its got both bellows and a 120 film back.
>>> Figure a lens/shutter would go for another $200 used. I have three
>>> basic working cameras now - my Rolleiflex 3.5F, a Voightlander
>>> Bergheil 9x12 cm (which is like a pocket 4x5) and the Toyo 45A 4x5
>>> field camera. I shoot 6x9 cm as well with the Bergheil and Toyo using
>>> 120 film backs. The 6x9 cm format is great for color - easy to send
>>> out for processing. So I end up shooting B&W sheet film and 120 roll
>>> color film. The Toyo requires a more robust tripod then the two other
>>> cameras and often that is the deciding factor as to which camera I
>>> take. I also find that front and back standard movements - swings,
>>> tilts, etc are talked about more then they are used. In any event, a
>>> sheet film camera slows one down and with my type A personality this
>>> is a good thing. My 35mm world is becoming digital very fast.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>> Apr 1, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Elias Roustom wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tell me about it... the day will come, but the little Rollei will
>>>> help me pretend until that happy (and more expensive) day finally
>>>> does come.
>>>>
>>>> After watching Petr set up his 8x10 and make a few shots, I was
>>>> ready to sell all my 35mm gear and start a little savings account.
>>>> But I can't part with working cameras - so I'll have to find another
>>>> way.
>>>>
>>>> E.
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Robert Lilley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ah, Carlos and Elias - two possible large format converts!
>>>>>
>>>>> Rob
>>>>> On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:23 PM, Elias Roustom wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also would like to experiment loading film sheets to the camera
>>>>>>> and developing them, these are new things to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You will have a very good time with the plate adapter Carlos - I
>>>>>> can almost guarantee it. I like using it for landscape, still
>>>>>> life, and portraits.
>>>>>> With portraits, it is part of the act that captures the subject's
>>>>>> attention. What I like most about it is that I don't always have
>>>>>> the need to shoot all twelve frames from a given film. Having the
>>>>>> plate adapter allows me to experiment with a subject, use
>>>>>> different films for the same subject, or develop duplicate
>>>>>> exposures differently, and have a print or scan within two or
>>>>>> three hours. I'm actually proud of how slow that sounds these days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you're missing any of the plate inserts you can use a stiff
>>>>>> cardboard, or have some aluminum sheets cut down for you
>>>>>> somewhere. I remember finding some anodized black aluminum sheets
>>>>>> that were just about the right thickness at a hardware store once.
>>>>>> I use a double thick black cardboard I had scraps of at work -
>>>>>> they work very well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I bought a box of 4x5 ilford film that I cut to size. Scratched
>>>>>> some of it up in the cutting process, but I know what I'll do next
>>>>>> time. Bought the Efke for convenience, and I can't say the Efke 25
>>>>>> is any sharper the Delta Pro 100. Maybe it's in the way I've been
>>>>>> developing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My only problem with the plate adapter is keeping dust and other
>>>>>> particles off the neg. Gets me every time. I've got to find a
>>>>>> better routine, and buy a better dust brush.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's a couple of shots of the Efke 25 sheet film in Rodinal 1+50
>>>>>> (one of your favorites):
>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/2444628920/in/photostream/
>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/2444878043/in/photostream/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have some new shots with Efke 100 that I processed in DD-X that
>>>>>> I took a couple weekends ago with Petr Dvorak (from this list)
>>>>>> that I have yet to scan. I'm without a scanner for the time being...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Elias
>>>>>>
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