35mm view camera

Murray@uptowngallery · Jun 1, 2008

Any one ever spend the time to make a 35mm camera with ground glass?

I have some lenses for 126 & 46mm longroll format to play around with, and while a 2x3 Speed may be the easiest thing to do, I don't think I'll come close to covering 2x3 (film waste).

Anyone ever do anything this silly before?

Nick Zentena · Jun 1, 2008

Portrait lenses then? You'd figure they might be long enough for 2x3.

Aren't there adapters to mount Nikons on the graflok backs?

richard ide · Jun 1, 2008

I made an adapter to put my Nikon F2 on my Cambo. You can get lost in the image circle.

David A. Goldfarb · Jun 1, 2008

There was a very finely machined 35mm monorail camera made by Kennedy Instruments. I think it was made in the early 1970s. Here's a photo--

http://www.trenholm.org/hmmerk/HMbook12.html#anchor6506437

Anupam Basu · Jun 1, 2008

richard ide said:
I made an adapter to put my Nikon F2 on my Cambo. You can get lost in the image circle.

Here's mine. Cost about $5 to make. More Dead Link Removed.
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Dan Fromm · Jun 1, 2008

Murray, I b'lieve there's a 35 mm back for a Graflex Photorecord camera that will attach to a 2x3 Graflok.

Kino · Jun 1, 2008

Say, that's a good use for my spare SRT 201 body I never use!

I assume you calculate exposure the same as if it were a "normal" set of macro bellows with lens?

Anupam Basu · Jun 1, 2008

Kino said:
I assume you calculate exposure the same as if it were a "normal" set of macro bellows with lens?

Yes. Or just use the TTL meter in most 35mm bodies.

Greg_E · Jun 1, 2008

35mm back for a Mamiya 645 for the film holder? Could even make it both 645 and 35mm. Gives you a dark slide so that you could make a sliding back to go between the ground glass and the film without fear that the film will be exposed.

Not really as small as would be possible with a dedicated 35mm rig, but it might be worth it since the backs are readily available.

jolefler · Jun 1, 2008

I just received a Rolleiflex Standard as a project. Due to the fact I now only keep 35mm film in house, I also bought a GG back & film holders for it. No view cam movement, but a very compact package for a 24X60mm format. If my prior calculations were correct that should enlarge to 4"X10" full frame.

I just did my first shots with it this morning of a sprawling one story F.L. Wright house. Hope it worked out!

Jo

Nick Zentena · Jun 1, 2008

Greg_E said:
35mm back for a Mamiya 645 for the film holder? Could even make it both 645 and 35mm. Gives you a dark slide so that you could make a sliding back to go between the ground glass and the film without fear that the film will be exposed.

Was there a RB 35mm back? Would be the easiest no?

Tom Hoskinson · Jun 1, 2008

Murray@uptowngallery said:
Any one ever spend the time to make a 35mm camera with ground glass?

I have some lenses for 126 & 46mm longroll format to play around with, and while a 2x3 Speed may be the easiest thing to do, I don't think I'll come close to covering 2x3 (film waste).

Anyone ever do anything this silly before?

7 or 8 years ago I made an adapter plate to put my Contax SLR cameras on my 4x5 Ikeda. Works great! I use it mainly with long focal length Apo lenses.

I use the TTL metering in my Contaxes, of course.

Later, I made an adapter plate to put my Hassleblad body with metering prism - on my 4x5 Ikeda - that also works great.

Ian Grant · Jun 1, 2008

There was an Ilford 35mm monorail camera, sometime in the late 50's.

Ian

Murray@uptowngallery · Jun 1, 2008

Thanks all. Good ideas. I'll try something.

I keep forgetting the nuisance of the 35mm camera flange distance for shorter lenses...

Kennedy Monobar...that would be cool...

Ian Grant · Jun 1, 2008

Of course David had the right company but the wrong date, 1958 not the 70's, for the Kennedy Instruments Monorail, the company was owned by Ilford, I have an advert for it in a book in the UK.

Ian

David A. Goldfarb · Jun 1, 2008

Thanks for the info, Ian. I hadn't realized it was that early.

Kino · Jun 1, 2008

Murray@uptowngallery said:
Thanks all. Good ideas. I'll try something.

I keep forgetting the nuisance of the 35mm camera flange distance for shorter lenses...

Kennedy Monobar...that would be cool...

What about using MF lenses? No need to limit yourself to 35mm with you have standards movement. The Carl Zeiss lenses for the Pentacon Series should give you some room to move the standard, but it seems the less expensive graflex lenses would be great too; 127, etc.

Yes? No?

Edit: Actually, forget the MF lenses; buy a cheap shift lens from Arax and use it on a MF body if you want to do that...

Dan Fromm · Jun 1, 2008

Kino, the killer is that there are very very few lenses for larger formats that are usefully shorter than normal (43 mm) for 24x36. And unfortunately there are very very few shorter than normal lenses for 24x36 that cover usefully more than 43 mm.

Greg_E · Jun 1, 2008

I thought there was a 35mm back for the RB or RZ, but I'm not really sure.

I just automatically go for the 645 stuff because that's what I have and I have made mounts for those backs, not really too hard to make.

AZLF · Jun 1, 2008

I bought this off ebay a few years ago. I couldn't give you a good reason why. I think it was for a long roll portrait camera using 35 mm perfed film. I played with it a bit and it works. It has an electric motor that moves the film forward onto a take up reel one frame for each push of the hand held push button. It locked onto the back of my Omega E without difficulty.
I sacrificed one 36 exposure roll to see how to work and load it and loaded another in the darkroom. I shot a few shots with it but as I recall the second roll is still in it. :rolleyes:

benjiboy · Apr 3, 2011

35mm Monorail camera

I was in my local pro dealers store recently talking to the repair technician about camera movements for 35mm SLRs, and he mentioned a device that Ilford used to market in the 1950s, I told him that I remembered it being shown in the new product section of British Journal Of Photography way back in those days.

I thought that it might be of interest to my fellow APUG members. http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/KI_Monobar.html

bobwysiwyg · Apr 3, 2011

Wow, interesting. Sure would be fun to play around with one of those. Thanks for posting it.

Mainecoonmaniac · Apr 3, 2011

This is cool. I remember a local man here in Sacramento, Jim Galvin made a 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 view camera. It was beautifully made like the 35mm on this thread. I guess this is the first LensBaby

benjiboy · Apr 3, 2011

Mainecoonmaniac said:
This is cool. I remember a local man here in Sacramento, Jim Galvin made a 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 view camera. It was beautifully made like the 35mm on this thread. I guess this is the first LensBaby

Lensbaby , eat you're heart out.

David A. Goldfarb · Apr 3, 2011

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