Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, I hat to tell you this, but all of us are older than any of our teeth! Jerry Jim Hemenway wrote: > Hi Jerry: > > Yes, a Novar Anastigmat f6.3 13.5 cm. This one has lever focusing, > and a groundglass back can be slipped into where the film holders go > for more accurate focusing. > > I'm older than some of my teeth, am gong to hit the sack now. > > Jim > > > > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >> Jim, >> >> Those old 9x12cm cameras can produce great results. Is that a Novar >> lens on it? I saw one >> recently that someone had put a Goerz Dagor lens on it. It had the >> weirdest focusing system. >> Not a rack und pinion, just pinch and slide! >> >> Yes, two years older than me. >> >> Jerry >> >> >> Jim Hemenway wrote: >> >>> Hi Folks: >>> >>> I went to the Brimfield Antique Flea Market a little over a week >>> ago... <http://www.hemenway.com/Brimfield-07132007/> >>> >>> While there I bought this quarter-glass-plate camera. >>> >>> I wanted to take some photos with it but don't have any glass >>> plates, especially in Ektachrome. >>> >>> So I cut some pieces of poster board and discovered that 3-1/4 x >>> 4-1/4 would fit perfectly, and that the springs behind the film >>> would push it against the film plane just as it would with a glass >>> plate. >>> >>> I cut some 4x5 to size and shot a couple of photos at Lanes Cove on >>> Sunday afternoon. >>> >>> My lab graciously offered to do a special E-6 run for the odd size. >>> >>> Here's the results: >>> <http://www.hemenway.com/Zeiss-Ikon-TAXO-07222007/> >>> >>> Life can be fun. >>> >>> Jim >>> >> >>