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Another thought about sharpness issues Jim, since you mentioned that your #6 is a composite of several cameras, have you checked the film plane in the magazine to see if it matches the ground glass focus? I have worked on cirkut cameras that were off by over 1/8 inch. Mostly this is a...

Couple of notes about drilling springs... Just wanted to pass on a few tips about cirkut springs and this probably applies to a lot of other springs as well. I have repaired dozens of cirkut springs over the years. The broken springs usually break on the ends and can be shortened without...

As far as I know Kodak is still producing 10 inch Cirkut film. I have a fair supply (over 2,000 feet of Portra 160) but 400 is also available. Photo sales of large groups is usually very good. I have had more than several where more prints were sold than there were people in the photo. The...

This was a semi organized photo. Yes, other people helped, but getting everyone to line up 25 feet or more from the camera isn't that hard. Elders sat in chairs, kids on the ground and everyone else just crowds in behind. Some people don't pay attention and blur but a lot of people hold still...

Just thought you might like to see a 78 inch long print from a # 10 cirkut camera. There are almost one thousand people in the photo. The slow shutter speed didn't help, but it isn't too bad. The image was digitalized and posted on gigapan.org's site, but I assure you is is a film image...

I have a 127mm Hypergon lens with "Hypergon Japan" engraved on it. It is definitely a "modern" lens (my guess is 1950's). The barrel housing blocks the extreme angle of view, but I believe it could be cut back on a lathe. Right now it covers about the same as my 75mm Berlin Hypergon. The...

Just a quick note to tell you that I know Cirkut photography is alive and well in Alaska and a few other places in the world. Cirkut cameras still find use in several ways where digital or modern equipment is not as good. For example photographing 500 people in a group, the cirkut provides a...

How about posting a pic of the damage. I've repaired a lot of cirkut cameras that were "totaled". Fixing it might be easier than you think. I've worked on a few Deardorffs and it is not difficult to make parts for them. Shoot some photos and describe the damage better, I'm sure we can get...

Color printing of cirkuts is easier than you think. Light source is four coffee cans with light bulbs inside and 6 inch color gels over them. The lights are pointed up to the ceiling that is painted white so it softly puts filtered color light to the negative. And please, don't say it won't...

This is an image that was taken with a #10 Cirkut camera in Harbin China in 1985. The entrance to the Harbin Boiler factory seemed like a great place to do a quick pan shot of a small group of Chinese people in front of very awkward signage typical of the time. It was the end of September...

Jim: Your image is nicely composed for a first time cirkut user. The mountain peak, buildings and mine dumps make the photo work. BUT.... Needless to say your development technique is a bit off. The dark vertical lines are mostly from development, not from banding so you should be able to...

Take a 10 inch spool and saw it roughly in half, then take one end and cut another 3/4 inch or so off. Get a piece of wooden dowel that fits the inside of the spool and you now have an adjustable spool. When you put the loaded spool in the magazine you might have to make a small spacer block...

Blurring issue In a nut shell: Overall blurring is not caused by the shutter speed. Shutter speed variation will cause banding (light and dark) but since the system is a locked gear train, the film has to move at the rate set by the pinion gear. You can get blurring like you have...

Check out this business card.... Here's another business card from my collection. And you might like my website about the George Lawrence San Francisco project. www.RonKleinPhotos.com Ron in Alaska

Sheelor's Big camera I own the big 22 inch cirkut camera that Floyd Shellor had made in Tonopah, or at least I own what's left of it. The camera is missing the lens, bellows, and turntable, but I do have the tripod, basic camera body, and the film magazine with one empty spool of film...