Can anyone tell me when 5" x 4" sprung backs were first introduced in Britain? I ask because I have such a back made by L Gandolfi (so I assume before 1928) and just wanted to see if there is anyway that I can tighten up its date of manufacture further?
I've been building a step and repeat back for a 10" x 8" Gandolfi. First attempts to use are both encouraging and surprising. This image of a 5" x 4" Welsh made Nesbitt camera (~1990) and 1970s Welsh made PPE lenses, is made up from a number of full frame 35mm sections and was taken on an...
Just for fun. The Grubb Patent Doublet dates from about 1857-60 and is considered by some to be akin to a RR lens. Surprisingly good with a home made plastic Waterhouse Stop and roughly fixed onto a Sony A7II. eventually it will be sorted out and fitted to an LF camera but for the moment this...
Wray were another of those British lens manufacturers who started making photographic lenses somewhere around the 1880s - maybe - the exact date isvague. I own several Wray camera lenses; all are barrel lenses in brass, and all share the same mounting thread which is also used by some Taylor...
Although I signed up some time ago and I've posted a few times I don't think that I've actually introduced myself. I'm based just outside the Snowdonia National Park and have shot on large format on and off since about 1980. My interests these days are a bit eclectic as I've specialised for much...
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