Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/11
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I finally got a BOOWU-M and adapter for my 50DR and need to do the same
thing.....what dev/time etc. did you use and how were results? Have you
ever copied with Techpan or Agfapan?
At 09:33 AM 5/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Morning LUGgers:
>
>Just to start a new thread I'll tell you what I did with my Leicas yesterday.
>
>A co-worker brought me some old black and white prints of his wife when she
>was a child and asked me to make copies (yes I know there are machines that
>will do this instantly.
>
>After flattening the prints I used my Leica equipment to phtograph them. I
>mounted an M4, loaded with Illford Pan F+ on a cheap copy stand. I attached
>a Viso III w/ eye level prism, a universal focus mount and my 65 Elmar (all
>German for those who give a d---.) I lit the photos with two 60W light
>bulbs at about 45 degree angles. Exposure as determined with a Sekonic
>Studio Delux with the flat diffuser then corrected for magnification with a
>simple guide copied from a VERY old Leica Photography (30s or 40s vintage)
>
>The exposure calculated at 1/2 second @ f8. I shot each photo at 1, 1/2,
>and 1/4 sec. at f8, using a Leica cable release with the Viso set to slow
>mirror lift.
>
>All my Leica equiment worked flawlessly as it usually does.
>
>Ken Wilcox
>
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>
>
>
Mike Leitheiser
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