I think it will always have a value, Andreas.
Even when there are none left there will still be people who will be interested in knowing about the intricacies of how they worked and how they were repaired when they didn't.
I believe you are adding to the knowledge of the generations who are...
For my RZ67 setup, I use the Feisol Tournament CT3442 and a Markins M ball head. I use the same setup for my MPP 4x5 setup and it works fine for that too.
I would like a decent 3-way for the MPP setup.
Thoroughly enjoyable and I echo the comments about seeing young people in the R&D. I've done photo walks with Harman/Ilford representatives and found them to be incredibly genuine and kind people.
When they start doing factory tours again I'll be popping down to Mobberley. It's only an hour...
I've repaired quite a few to use myself (then sometimes sell) but have particular one's serviced/repaired by specialists if I want them to have that in their history.
Examples of the latter would be a 1936 Kine Exacta rectangular window that I sent to Foto Service Olbrich in Germany and a 1936...
Thank you. I shot my old 4x5 plates at 2.5ISO and the results were encouraging. Part of the reason I am waiting to start the project till Spring and Summer arrive.
I'll experiment from 10 downwards and see what I get.
I definitely will. Probably be late Sping/Summer. I had previously shot a few 4x5 plates which produced interesting results but figured I should seek advice for the project.
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