Do you find the use of an 80A satisfactory when using daylight film
with 3200 K lights ? Is there "something missing"? Would tungsten film
be better? Why? I have not problem with the speed loss. Is you 80A the
same color as mine. My Tiffen is bluer than my Nikon, which is slightly

I bought this Tele Hexar 30cm f6.3 lens recently on ebay, I could not
find any information about this lens, anyone familiar with it? I would
like to know the construction of the lens, such as # of elements # of
groups, coverage and etc.

Since there was a recent thread on airline travel with 4x5, I thought I'd
shared a very recent experience.
I just got back from a short vacation to Las Vegas and back.  I packed my
4x5 kit...a Shen Hao field camera, 8 film holders, 2 lenses, a roll-film

I've been reading a biography of Edward Steichen, and it mentions that
both Steichen and Stieglitz used a SMITH lens on their Graflexs.  I
don't seem to find any infomation on this, and wonder what it is/was
(apparently not just a brand-name, but a specific type of lens?).  TIA.

Sorry for crossposting in both MF and LF NG, but after all the
Horseman 980/985/VH are sort of a cross-product in my mind. :-)
I'm having a very hard time in finding lens boards for my 980 (I'm
looking for a Copal-0 standard board, a Copal-0 recessed board and a

I know Linhof changed the design of the mounting bracket for the Left
Anatomical Grip from a tapered to a parallel mount.  The question is, did
this also modify the spacing/size of the mounting holes for this bracket on
the camera body.  In other words, will the old tapered mounting ...

I am considering trying out gum oil, and other contact processes. I cannot find a source for building, or purchasing an appropriate uv light source. Any Ideas? I am currently shooting 4x5 but may go to 8x10 digital negs.

....Will it cover 8 X 10 ?
I thought I recalled ( but don't quote me) reading an interview with Clyde
Butcher a few years ago where he said that was his main lens for 8 X 10.
Anybody ?

There was a thread down the list here regarding lensboards for the Horseman MF
technical cameras...in the course of the discussion someone suggested scanning
the lensboards and I was hoping to scan or photograph some of the details of
them so that some of the questions about them ...

I am planning to fly from Detroit to Phoenix, Arizona then travel north
visiting the Grand Canyon and the Antelope slot canyons this spring.  I have
never flown with large format equipment before.  I have an arca swiss f
line 4x5 camera, 90mm lens, 150mm lens, 210 lens, 300mm ...

Re: Use for a negative NOT Positive!!
   I just picked up a few packages of Polaroid P/N Type 55 in the big foil
package less the box BUT missing the clearing solution (in the bigger box)
for about 70 sheets total!! I have Two boxes Type P/N 55 with the clearing

So, I'm looking at finishing off this large-format kit I'm building, and I
don't want to pay $43 for two fidelity film holders, so I'm looking on ebay.
Thing is, a lot of them don't say much about the film holders, and I'm
unaware as to whether they're all interchangeable, or not ...

According to http://www.linhof.de/english/, the Aero Technika 45L has a
vacuum rollfilm back. Do the earlier Linhof aerial cameras have the same, or
similar back?

Back in 1997 I remember having to re-glue the bellow onto my
Linhof Technnica III.  Low and behold the bellow is coming off
again.  When I went searching for some answers as to how to fix
it, again, I ran across my posting of 1997 regarding the matter,

I've a copal 0 and copal 1 lens (1 each) and two appropriately cut
lensboards on their way (along with a Shen-Hao IIa field camera).  I
understand I need a spanner wrench to install them on the boards.  What from
this page looks right, or am I way out in left field here?