You may want to try various view camera makers and independent parts dealers (try the back of Shutterbug magazine). Last I checked, replacement ground glass and fresnel lenses were not too spendy. Mike >At 9:08 PM -0500 3/1/01, G.Penate wrote: >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Sam Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > Does anyone have a source for fine ground glass? The ones available >> > from my local glass shop is not fine enough for view camera use. >> > >> > Also fresnel lens sources? The office supply variety can be very poor >> > optically. >> >>Edmund Scientific comes to my mind. > >Unfortunately all they have are sandblasted ones, which I don't >believe would work as well as the etched variety - not as bright. But >I can't speak with authority here. Anyone knows for sure? > >>You can make your own GG, also. It takes some grinding compound, water, >>elbow grease and 10 minutes or so. > >I did that once. All I could say is that theoretically it could work. >My results however resembled the sandblasted kind, with more >unevenness. > >The best home remedies so far seem to be chemically etching it, or to >tape 3M Magic tape on glass or plexiglass. > >At one time I came across some rigid fresnel lenses with goundglass >surface on the other side, big enough for 5x7. Wish I had bought a >ton of it. > >Sam Wang > >_______________________________________________ >Cameramakers mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
