I decemented a couple old, yellowed, bubbled-up lenses today to find them
just brilliant once the balsam was washed away. (It's exciting. Try it!) Now
I'd like to cement them back together and try them out. What cement is
recommended? I don't need something that requires exotic ...

I have a question for the experts in this group:
Are the newer large format lenses good enough to demand
scanner resolution of even 2500 DPI?
Joe

See this: http://elearning.winona.edu/jjs/temp/imagon.jpg
The lens is at the top. Simple, eh? Well, that's exactly like the old lens I
decemented today. By exactly I mean the same two lens shapes in the same
position, and about 200mm. No someone will tell me that the shapes mean

I'm trying to find a Domke OutPack backpack and I believe it's been
discontinued. Is this correct?  Do any of you here use one? Would you
recommend it (if I can find one) or have you found better ones? This would
be used with a Wista SP and approx. 3 lenses, Quickloads, meter, ...

I'm looking to buy a backpack for my Shen Hao, 3 lenses, 5-6 film holders,
and maybe a small 35mm SLR with a lens or 2.  This is for day-trips such
as a 4-5 hour hike.  
I'm considering a Lowepro Nature Trekker AW II and a F64 "large" backpack

I wanna try making a homemade lens board for my Shen Hao.  I'm thinking
wood will work if I bevel down the edges.  Any ideas on where I can find a
thin sheet of appropriate wood?  Cherry wood?
My hobby store has strips of basswood, but not wide enough.  Hardware

This is probably a dumb question, but the 250mm soft focus lens: It's a
regular lens that one can use like any other LF lens; additionally,
there are two disks (=filters?) that one can optionally use for
increasing soft focusing?

Can anyone please describe the differences between the Cambo SC and SCX, eg
movements, weight, features. I've tried to look them up on the net in
various ways and have found nothing that helps to answer my question.
which applications is each better suitted to, assuming there are ...

I've come across a large stash of process lenses etc.  I've been trying
to find info on some of the lesser seen optics and decided I'd post a
list to see if anyone has used any of these.  As you would expect, the
majority are brass barrels.  Opinions on any of them?

Something has always puzzled me about process lenses, and I'm sure someone
here can answer it for me:
Why do process lenses often have such small  _minimum_  apertures?
In barrel one often sees f90 or f128 or even smaller, and when mountd in

Someone was looking for gaffs in The Aviator? We just saw it. Good film!
While I'm no nut for finding errors, I did notice a couple instances where
it was clear the photographer was hitting the hot flash button instead of
the shutter. I'm not sure how many of those flashes were ...

Is anyone looking for a state of the art camera - 'secondhand'.
Take a look at www.brincker-grafik.dk/linhof

Just curious...  what would be the effect of a square pinhole (or a pinhole
the same aspect ratio as the film format). Would vignetting still be radial?
Would overall sharpness be less? Would overall sharpness be less/more/same
than an equivalent circular pinhole of the ...

Folks, these are amazing pictures.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
Several thousand COLOR pictures from the Russian Empire taken with a
view camera.

We have selected Springfield, MA May 20-22, 2005. The trade show is free and
the New England Large Format Group will be doing field trips to local sites.
steve simmons