On 02/04/2001 17:23, Collin Brendemuehl suggested, in reply to Dan Scott:
>A basic Crown Graphic body will run you about $150 to $200.
>A Busch Pressman 'D' body will run you about $100 to $150.
> -- I think they're better than Graphics, myself. More durable.
>For about $500 you can add a really nice Nikkor or Schneider lens.
>
>Sounds like a blast. Have fun.
>
Instead of going to all that trouble, why not pick up a 120 roll film
adaptor back for Graflok, and shoot a larger negative. 6x6, 6x7, and 6x9
are available (12, 10, or 8 exposures per roll) Or Buy a "Baby" Graphic
(2 1/4 x 3 1/4) and put a roll film back on that? Or, with the right
thickness of film, you can cut 4x5 sheets down with a paper cutting
blocked off for the film size and load it in filmholders for the Baby.(I
used to do that a lot. Remember which side is the emulsion, cause only
every other sheet will have notches! Wear gloves!)
With a set of step-down backs, you can shoot 120 film on your 8 x 10
Field Camera! I have... My 420mm f:9 APO-Nikkor makes a hell of a
telephoto for 120, though sorta dim to focus.
>
>At 05:43 PM 2/4/01 -0600, Dan Scott wrote:
>>Is there anything special about the way the swings and tilts work on large
>>format cameras (I'm thinking of the simple old wooden ones, not modern
>>studio cameras) that would keep someone from, say, taking the bellows off a
>>junk folder and cobbling together that with a pentax body and making their
>>own Franken-PC lens? I understand the lens used has to cast a large enough
>>image to cover the film, but what else would one need to be mindful of?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Dan Scott
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
JoMac, Imagineer with Camera
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