Bummer! I knew that he was out of the darkroom business, but didn't think it applied to everything.
:-( Jim On Mar 26, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Jeff Kelley wrote:
Jim, I wrote to Steve yesterday hoping to order one his Easy Frame devices and he replies that he is "out of business...."See this page on his site: http://www.summitek.com/products.html Jeff On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I do exactly this since moving a view camera around and changing lenses to find the right framing and perspective is tedious. My viewer, cord, and knots, was made commercially by Steve Peterson (Summitek) http://www.summitek.com/easel.html (bottom left in the picture). I have knots down one side for my SL66 lenses and knots down the other side for my 4x5 lenses. :-) Jim On Mar 25, 2008, at 1:20 PM, ralaubach@xxxxxxx wrote: > > Probably the best tool for large format photography, and also in > light of the heavy equipment schlepping issue, is a simple viewing > frame - Take an 8x10 or 11x14 piece of mat board, cut a 4x5" hole in > the center, and attach a string to the opening in the center of each > of the dimensions. Then mark the string at the distance of the > focal length of each lens you have e.g. 90mm, 210mm, whatever. This > makes a handy viewer - just hold the string below your eye at the > focal length you want to use and frame your shot. Much easier to > move around with this to find just the right vantage point and THEN > move that 4x5, whether it's a folding bed camera or rail camera, > Sinar or Deardorff, or pinhole! Cheap and effective! > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list