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Ground Glass ?

Regular Rod

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Does anyone know where I can buy a 6½x8½ (whole plate) ground glass in the UK please?

RR

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there were a couple results on ebay but now they're not there. Most of the guys selling gg's on ebay will cut you any size you want.
 

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wildbill said:
there were a couple results on ebay but now they're not there. Most of the guys selling gg's on ebay will cut you any size you want.
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I sell Ground Glass screens via ebay not very often as it's not so good for variable sized items and communication, and they take a high cut. I stock Speed/Crown Graphic and a few other common sizes and I'll make any size I'm asked for at no additional cost (for similar sizes) and will do the odd specials for vintage MF cameras. I keep a small stock of thinner glass for MF and the occasional German 9x12 cameras that can't use 2mm.

To be fair I've kept a low profile the last year or so (family health issues and then moving house) but get a lot of repeat orders for GG screens and also shutter cloths/curtains - I supply a leading US restorer, there's a lot of shutter cloth in 7x5 Portrait Graflex's.

Price wise I always undercut the US sellers (of modern new screens), since Dave Parker - Satin Snow (US), and Geert (GVB) in Belgium, stopped making screens the US glass rocketed in price. I'd rather be fair than mercenary.

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Ian's ground glass is a thing of beauty! It fits perfectly and produces a lovely clear image. Thank you Ian.

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Hi Ian, it is very glad to know you sell gg, I have a horseman 985 6x9 camera, I was trying to adjust the focus screen but unfortunately broken the gg. Do you sell that screen?
 

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Ian, would you be able to make a 2mm glass with bevelled edges and a very uniform grind, preferably finer than 40 microns, without bright spots, to be used for a masking application, placed in the negative carrier of an enlarger? Ideally, the non-ground surface to be antireflective coated, but plain is ok. I am also looking for a 2mm flashed opal glass, if you have any tips, please share.
 

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Should be able to help, PM sent.

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Bill Maxwell has long offered focusing screens for medium and large format cameras, wonderful screens which are super bright! Decades ago I was taking a commercial photography lighting workshop and someone had one on his monorail...I bought one for my Horseman LS.

Not sure if he still offers them, but on Facebook he still has a listing

maxwellprecisionoptics@yahoo.com or phone (770)939-6644
 
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