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[photosmyth]

I have a super graphic that I am accessorizing with a couple lens I bought from a studio outfit. The first is a real nice super angulon Linhof 1:8/65mm That I am hoping won't be to wide for the camera. I am going to mount it on cardboard as 1 poster suggested. The second is a monster Ilex-Caltar 6.3 (305mm big glass) 12" lens. The inside mounting screw ring is a full three inches, and the shutter is so big it just might not squeeze between the two thumb levers that lock the lens board, but its too close to tell. I have looked around at lens boards and haven't found any with the complicated shutter release/flash sync mechanisms, but I don't think the Linhof is really hand held friendly anyway, and the Caltar is like a telescope mounted on a minox, I wish I could change the shutter. Has anybody used these lenses?
I have also read about the battery drain problem were some people have mounted a switch. A good idea, but more work.
Finally I am doing a month long shoot in Italy using quick loads for maximum time and space utility, but I am having trouble finding an e-6 processor and a quickload distributor in Italy preferably in Rome?

[45PSS]

The 12" caltar is in an Ilex #4 shutter. You will have to watch the clocking of the lens to prevent the controls from interfering with the board lock tabs but it does fit and the lens will focus to about 20 feet. I made my lens board out of black acrylic 3/16 thick. I used a router bit in a dremel and formed the edge flat with no lip and it locks with no light leak. A super board with release mechanism will be very hard to find and would not work with an Ilex #4 without modification.

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[ This Message was edited by: 45PSS on 2004-12-23 17:52 ]

[Dan Fromm]

[photosmyth]

Thanks for the responses. I only ment to test the lenses with the cardboard. There are boards available for $15 (not super), but the black acrylic looks like a good idea. I would never have thought of using a dremel. Pep Boys has a tiny one I bought for $10 (60 tips/metal case) that still amazes me all the things I can do with it. I have buzzed away days just cleaning contacts on light gear, battery compartments, and cable connectors. I even rigged my vacuum to it with clear plastic hose, and added a flex light. Edward Weston said;
"Photography to the amateur is recreation,
to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable
it may be."

To see it may be a pleasure, but to capture it is divine. Franklin Smith

[djon]

Nice quotations. It's important to remember, howevever, that Edward Weston got more "pleasure" from photography than most of us dream of. Think of the men and women he knew, in particular of the women and the parties!

[45PSS]

Craftsman rotoary tools are made by Dremel who is owned by Bosch.
Merry Christmas

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