My recommendation would be to fit your camera with an enlarging lens, you'll be pleasantly surprised. They are inexpensive and normally quite fast. You can pick 'em up for almost nothing. Who needs a shutter. Shoot ISO 25 film while we still have it.
I could part with a schneider 210 symmar-s 5.6 for say $300. It doesn't cover 5x7, which annoys me greatly because that is what I am using mostly now. But for 4x5 it's a winner and a super starting lens.
Okay that's my "high end" offer.
My low end offer would be a tominon 135 f/4.5 enlarging lens (no shutter) which can be hand shuttered to give good results in 4x5. That I would part with for shipping costs of, say, $10.
My recommendation would be to fit your camera with an enlarging lens, you'll be pleasantly surprised. They are inexpensive and normally quite fast. You can pick 'em up for almost nothing. Who needs a shutter. Shoot ISO 25 film while we still have it. Hell, you can shoot to paper if finances are that tight.
Or for even slower film (EI 6) Ultrafine Direct Positive Dupe Film, around $1/8x10 sheet in 25 sheet packages.
erie
Tape some aluminum foil to the back of the board you're holding and push a pin through the foil. Bingo, really cheap lens. No glass to clean.
I thought Kodak quit making all their dupe film?
I thought it would be a bit tricky getting times right without a shutter. I have planned for some outdoor/daytime shooting. How would you go about doing that anyway? Lens cap? and won't that effect the sharpness of the image even on a longer exposure time? (The removal and replacement of the cap that is)
Just how handy are you with a drill, saw, clamps, etc?
I could spot you a Packard shutter and a lens that will cover 4x5. 180mm Tessar or so...
Gets you in the ball park. How are you fixed for sheet film holders?
tim in san jose
I think I remember reading that some lens boards are not drilled with the hole on center. If not, what is the degree off of center and what is it's propose for being off center?
My first choice with an enlarging lens would be Schneider Componon-S.
Another tip, the Schneider Componon 135 and 150 cells will come right out of the barrel and spin into a Copal 0 shutter with no machine work required. Tektronics Polaroid used to sell a little crt camera called C4 that has a useable Copal 0 shutter. Sometimes you can get them for + or - $25 on ebay.
The only Componon-S I came up with was a 50mm, I don't imagine that is going to work. I found a Schneider Componar 105mm that will hold in my standard board by itself, but will it fit into a shutter?
Better question! Does anyone have a web page that gives the info on what size hole is needed for each kind of shutter?
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