Medium + Large Format Thread Part 2! Because large format takes a long time.

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FasterThanLight: Mar 26, 2003

xzzy posted:

Hey LF types, a quick question. I need an iris I can butcher for use in DIY lenses, and based on scouring ebay it seems like the shutter from a LF camera would be the easiest option. The Ilex stuff in particular can be had pretty cheaply.. only problem being I'm not 100% sure how to spot a decent one.

Does this sound like a good choice? Is there a better source than ebay for these things?

The shutter is irrelevant for my purposes, I just need to control the aperture. The threaded mounts should make it easier to mount as well.

What sizes do you need? Old medium format (or even 35mm) folder shutters are probably cheaper and more accessible. I have a few large format shutters in various states of disrepair that I'm not using, but they may be overkill.

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FasterThanLight: Mar 26, 2003

hcenvirons posted:

I got a Fuji GW690II off of ebay and I'm looking forward to taking it out this weekend. I haven't ever used a rangefinder, though and this viewfinder is kind of weird. It shows the image in this sort of hazy blue color with a yellowish dot in the middle. The goal is to adjust the focus so the dot's image overlaps with the scene itself right?

There are also these weird broken bars on the inside of the viewfinder which change when I focus on objects closer and further. It's not a zoom lens so I'm not entirely sure why they're moving.

Yep, that's how rangefinders work. The weird broken bars are your frame lines - viewfinder parallax error will be slightly different if you're focusing close vs focusing at infinity, so the frame lines move to correct for it.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2013 19:51

FasterThanLight: Mar 26, 2003

aliencowboy posted:

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-cameras-camcorders-Speed-Graphic-W0QQAdIdZ475605484

Oh God, should I?

The back on that thing looks weird, it might be the "graflex" type that doesn't take normal film holders.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2013 13:00

FasterThanLight: Mar 26, 2003

eggsovereasy posted:

How do you process film larger than 4x5? In a tray in the darkroom or do they make really big tanks for 11x14 ones?

I use paper development drums for 8x10. It's more or less a giant daylight tank, but it's hard to fit more than one sheet in the tank at a time.

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