Recent content by Dan McCabe

Help! I recently purchased a Leica Elmarit R 135mm f2.8 for my Leicaflex cameras. It has a early serial number of #2244773 which makes it circa 1968. It is in excellent condition and very sharp, love it! However, I cannot find a filter size to fit. 52 mm is to small and 55 mm is to large...

I think I found the right place to post this. I'm looking for a severely damaged, water, impact, fungus or separation, Hasselblad 120mm F4 Makro-Planar CF lens, for parts. My lens has a stripped pinion gear on the shutter cocking tube/shaft from the lens mount to the shutter. It could be...

Very interesting! I will look into it. Thanks

I agree, if I were going to do some serious work with this camera. For the more serious optics I just use my Hasselblad with its 5 lenses or my 4x5. This is just something I am restoring in my collection and would like to keep it more original with its normal lens. I like to restore and then...

That what I was afraid of. I'm now looking at a couple of Zeiss Tessar 100mm f3.5 in Synchro Compur, a much better shutter and a good lens. Thanks again for your help!!

Thanks Dan From! I'll need to study these charts and determine what make my Graphic Kodak Flash Supermatic shutter is. It says made by Kodak but maybe it wa Thanks Dan Fromm! I will need to study these charts further. I need to determine what my Graphic Kodak Flash Supermatic shutter is...

I have a Century Graphic 23 with a Kodak Ektar 101mm f4.5 lens in a Kodak Flash Supermatic shutter. I have never liked this shutter since I worked on them at National Camera in 1973. Like mine, most of them are flat worn out and erratic, no matter what you do to them! I'm looking at a...

Yes, I have 6x9sheet film holders. I'm not switching to sheet film from roll film just trying to add to it as I used to do back in the 1960's and 70's. I have tray processed 4x5 for years. Thanks

Does anyone out there know where one can get 6x9cm B&W sheet film, maybe out of Europe somewhere? Is there such a thing as a sheet film cutter to cut down 4x5" sheet film to 6x9cm? I'm fine using 120 roll film with my super Technica but it would be nice to do some individual shots sometimes.

Using, not butting this camera!

Thanks guys for your help! This Technika has holes in the rail for the infinity stop detent balls. I went ahead and drilled new holes in the rails when the 180 lens was precisely focused on the ground glass. I now use this position for this 180mm lens and this works perfectly. No, this lens...

At 73 I have been a photographer, analog camera repairman and collector for over 50 years so I am not new to this. However I am recently new to Linhof Technika. I have acquired a Linhof Super Technika III with the typical 3 lenses, 65,105 and 180, with both a 6x6 and 6x9 backs. The 105mm lens...