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Marley's Ghost

Marley's Ghost

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Test shoot to dial in Fomapan 400 5x7 on my Kodak 2D to my way of working ... this is the third sheet.
Rated at 200 iso - developed in Ilfotec HC for eight minutes at 20 degrees c
I really love the tonality!
 
They are lovely subjects for B&W with all that aluminium, black and gray though quite a challenge as product shot I Imagine
Did you use the 203 Ektar?,
 
HowLarge said:
They are lovely subjects for B&W with all that aluminium, black and gray though quite a challenge as product shot I Imagine
Did you use the 203 Ektar?,
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Nope that was my 210mm f5.6 Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar as it has flash sync ... and that was shot with a Pixapro beauty dish with a grid and Elenchrom flash
 
Ah flash sync would be must , cameras are such great subjects
 
Looks dialled in to me. Nice one.
 
I believe it should cover 8x10 so I have been saving the Repromaster for the finishing of my home built 8x10 beast. It's coming on well when I find time to work on it!
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HowLarge said:
Looking very near a test run , did you laser the comb joints?
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Yep, pretty much everything was laser cut :) I have to finish the back and fit the ground glass ... finish up the front standard support and I will put some film through it (before I take it apart to neaten things up and stain the woodwork etc).
 
It’s gong to be great , rear standard struts to be added to the L brackets? That’s a mod I want to make on my 5x7 Intrepid no support struts so the rear std is not well held in position and the hinge plates wangle their tiny screws out. They should copy their 8x10 design
 
HowLarge said:
It’s gong to be great , rear standard struts to be added to the L brackets? That’s a mod I want to make on my 5x7 Intrepid no support struts so the rear std is not well held in position and the hinge plates wangle their tiny screws out. They should copy their 8x10 design
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Yep rear standard struts with zeroing notches ... I'm using neodymium magnets to centre most of the front movements. I want to try and do a bail back on this ... the last time I did a 5x7 back I made a spring back, but I'm fed up with the way my Kodak Specialist and 2D spring backs disturb the whole camera with their clunk!
 
Bail back very nice to have ,mechanically simple but getting the right grade of metal to bend and the cross section right so it’s light and rigid will take some thought , I got some vice jaw attachments to make neat tight bends and am thinking some type of stainless steel strip due to it usually being springy/tough , small bearings to run the lever points .
 
Alternately you could make the ground glass frame removeable, like I did on home-made cameras shown somewhere on this forum. A very simple and rigid design. And very easy to make.

Alan
 
Alan Clark said:
Alternately you could make the ground glass frame removeable, like I did on home-made cameras shown somewhere on this forum. A very simple and rigid design. And very easy to make.

Alan
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Interesting ... any idea where the posts are?
 
This is what I mean. The first photo is of an old half plate camera. I altered the back to take modern 5x7 film holders, and incorporated the removeable frame idea. The frame that holds the ground glass is the same thickness, and same height, as the film holder. In use, after
composing and focussing, it is slackened off and slid out. Then the film holder is slid into place.
The second photo shows the same arrangement, used on a home-made 5x4 box camera.3 camera back with ground glass screen half out.jpgbox camera back.jpg
 
Thanks. I should have said - the two thin wooden strips that clamp the ground glass frame (and the film holder ) to the camera back, are slightly flexible. They are hollowed out slightly in the central area of their inner face. So when pressure is applied their ends touch first, then the central area. This distributes the pressure evenly across the whole of their length.

Alan
 
Definitely the simplest way , would save a lot of time in fabrication I have a diy camera that I did not make but has a similar slide in
with a full 3 side frame to keep light at bay. There is a bit more risk of breaking the GG when it is away from the camera but with the larger formats I think the holders are so precious they get taken care of with a dedicated bag where the GG can go rest.
 
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