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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2007, 11:35:22 AM » |
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Ok, since I apparently don't have a handle on hyperfocal focusing, anyone know of a good link for me to bone up on?
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« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2007, 11:51:54 AM » |
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Results!   I may not know what I'm doing, but the image is definitely sharp (considering it was shot at 1/5 second with moving kids...  ):  Funny thing is, the second picture is at f/36, while the first is at f/18. Not sure why the second vignetted so much. Oh, well - academic once the Angulon arrives! |
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« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2007, 11:52:57 AM » |
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Well, the cone's too long for the 90. Extends it out passed infinity focus, so it close focuses really well, but not far away. Think I'll be starting over and keeping this rev for the Tessar. Drat.
At least the 1/F = 1/X + 1/d equation gave me a real result (focuses down to 23")...
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« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2007, 12:28:08 PM » |
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Well, I chopped about 3/4" from the front of the cone, which turned out to be about 1/8" too much after I'd rebuilt the front standard. Made a stepped lensboard, and it looks good.  Took a test shot last night - forgot to stop down (:banghead:), but you can see it goes sharp nicely wide open at about 11':  Checked the focus distance today - comes sharp wide open at about 17'. Gives me infinity at f/11, and 4'2" to infinity at f/32. More testing coming. And posting...  |
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« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2007, 05:11:22 PM » |
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Looks like you got it! I took a shot with mine yesterday. If I can get the scanner to quit acting up, I'll post it in the other thread.
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Glenn from Wyoming
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« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2007, 05:39:14 PM » |
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Looking forward to it, Glenn. In the mean time, here's proof that this is the ultimate LF snapshot machine!  (I think it's time for a better flash... ) |
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« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2007, 12:54:29 AM » |
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That looks good. Not necessarily a better flash, just more of them around the room. If you get cash for another two or three old guns you can also pick up an optical cell trigger for each one.
Do you get the sun streaming into the room at midday?
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« Reply #22 on: November 25, 2007, 06:13:52 PM » |
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Lots of cheap flashes off ebay and some remote triggers. Some guy on there sells those little triggers for about 8 bucks. BTW, my test shot is up on the other thread. I wish I could get those nice scans like you have here.
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« Reply #23 on: November 26, 2007, 07:00:07 AM » |
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I'll have to look into a trigger. I have an old flash which may have a hot shoe. Hmm...
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« Reply #24 on: November 26, 2007, 02:53:50 PM » |
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You might try just rigging up some steady lights. Some of those relatively cheap clamp lights with ceramic bases (instead of plastic) so you could put in some high wattage bulbs might add just enough light on the background that you were able to get past the "spotlight on the family" look. A handful of those are pretty cheap. Put them all on the same plug bar and you can turn them all on and off at the same time to keep the bulbs from burning out too quickly.
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« Reply #25 on: November 26, 2007, 06:40:12 PM » |
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Good idea, Jorn. You can also find lots of movie light bars on the auction thingy, and photo flood bulbs are available. Them things is bright! I know. I have a few. Other than that, a good 3 cell flash gun and a passsle of Press 40 bulbs will get things lit up. Homeland Security may come a knockin' though.
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« Reply #26 on: August 30, 2010, 07:42:28 AM » |
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Resurrection Notice: A while back, I sold the Angulon 90/6.8 off this camera. Then, I cannibalized the bracket handle for parts. And the Graflok went to the Seneca 5x7. Well, after seeing a post on LFf about a Sinar Handy with a helical focus mount (a someday project), I got reinterested in the Neretta. So, I bought a 90/6.8 Optar yesterday, a batch of bracket handles, and am about to pull the trigger on a Grafmatic. The bare body was always, IMO, poorly finished, with a single coat of oil to darken the mahogany. Well, I'm rectifying that now:  The finish is a tung oil/varnish mixture. Several coats will improve the look and feel of the mahogany dramatically. So, pieces and parts and miscellaneous bits are on their way. The Neretta will be whole and back in action soon! |
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« Reply #27 on: August 30, 2010, 12:33:36 PM » |
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Nifty thread resurrection, Scott! I wasn't a member when you first posted this back in '07. Looking at your Neretta gave me the idea that, when I build my own wooden-bodied 120 camera (I have this gorgeous Kodak folder lens/shutter combo waiting patiently), I will probably use a lens board. All I need is a table saw, some lovely wood, and some skills.  |
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« Reply #28 on: August 30, 2010, 12:36:37 PM » |
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You get to that point, Pete, gives me a holla. I'll he'p ya out.
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« Reply #29 on: August 30, 2010, 03:18:48 PM » |
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LOVE IT LOVE IT
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Film photography and the Soviet Union are not dead. Just downsized.
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