My Archivist daughter just sent this ULF camera notice to me:
The Nebraska Department of Roads Photo Lab is scrapping their Robertson 41" Tri-Color Horizontal Copy Camera (see specs below). They are no longer using it for anything significant and need the space it occupies for other purposes. I will be sorry to see it go because we have used it to reproduce many of our oversized drawings. I am not sure what we will do now to copy our really big stuff.... Anyway... I am posting this in the hopes that someone might be interested in it, or at least may be interested in some of the parts. Realize that this is a huge camera, and it will cost quite a bit to remove it from its present location.
Serious inquiries should be directed to Jay Bailey at 402-479-4306 or at jbailey@dor.state.ne.us by February 4, 2005.
Please feel free to forward this to any interested parties.
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Robertson 41" Tri-Color Horizontal Copy Camera
Camera Track - Bi-rail with one-piece rectangular tube center support, mounted on floating rubber three-point suspension. 18 ft.
Groundglass - Mounted in cast metal swinging door. 40"x40"
Bellows - 1 conical section and 3 square sections (maximum extension 120").
Electric Lensboard Movement - Both vertical and horizontal with darkroom controls.
Lens - 30" Nikkor Apochromatic, color corrected, flat field type, including quick change lensboard. (manual iris diaphragm control included).
Lens - 42" Goerz Red Dot Artar with lensboard.
Lens - 24" Goerz Red Dot Artar with lensboard.
Vacuum Film Holder - Perforated vacuum plate mounted in cast swinging door including pump and motor.
Electric Foot Switch - Wired to operate pump and motor unit.
Carlson GammaMatic Timer - Wired to gamma strip on copyboard.
Lighting - Lumax 6S4 consists of 1 6kw power supply with 4 outlets, 4 1500 watt light heads w/ 24' cable. Uses linear xenon bulbs.
Dual Drive - Electric screw drive with darkroom counters.
Copyboard - 60"x80" 1/4" optical glass with translucent plexiglass back. (Vacuum motor included.)
Lenscharts and manual - Lens settings from 20% to 400%.
Overall dimensions of camera including support frame for track: 13 ft. wide x 24 ft. long x 9 ft. high.
The camera was originally installed in 1970.
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Karen I. Wagner
Capitol Archivist
Nebraska State Capitol
Office of the Capitol Commission
PO Box 94696
Lincoln, NE 68509-4696
402-471-0444
kwagner@notes.state.ne.us
The Nebraska Department of Roads Photo Lab is scrapping their Robertson 41" Tri-Color Horizontal Copy Camera (see specs below). They are no longer using it for anything significant and need the space it occupies for other purposes. I will be sorry to see it go because we have used it to reproduce many of our oversized drawings. I am not sure what we will do now to copy our really big stuff.... Anyway... I am posting this in the hopes that someone might be interested in it, or at least may be interested in some of the parts. Realize that this is a huge camera, and it will cost quite a bit to remove it from its present location.
Serious inquiries should be directed to Jay Bailey at 402-479-4306 or at jbailey@dor.state.ne.us by February 4, 2005.
Please feel free to forward this to any interested parties.
*********************
Robertson 41" Tri-Color Horizontal Copy Camera
Camera Track - Bi-rail with one-piece rectangular tube center support, mounted on floating rubber three-point suspension. 18 ft.
Groundglass - Mounted in cast metal swinging door. 40"x40"
Bellows - 1 conical section and 3 square sections (maximum extension 120").
Electric Lensboard Movement - Both vertical and horizontal with darkroom controls.
Lens - 30" Nikkor Apochromatic, color corrected, flat field type, including quick change lensboard. (manual iris diaphragm control included).
Lens - 42" Goerz Red Dot Artar with lensboard.
Lens - 24" Goerz Red Dot Artar with lensboard.
Vacuum Film Holder - Perforated vacuum plate mounted in cast swinging door including pump and motor.
Electric Foot Switch - Wired to operate pump and motor unit.
Carlson GammaMatic Timer - Wired to gamma strip on copyboard.
Lighting - Lumax 6S4 consists of 1 6kw power supply with 4 outlets, 4 1500 watt light heads w/ 24' cable. Uses linear xenon bulbs.
Dual Drive - Electric screw drive with darkroom counters.
Copyboard - 60"x80" 1/4" optical glass with translucent plexiglass back. (Vacuum motor included.)
Lenscharts and manual - Lens settings from 20% to 400%.
Overall dimensions of camera including support frame for track: 13 ft. wide x 24 ft. long x 9 ft. high.
The camera was originally installed in 1970.
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Karen I. Wagner
Capitol Archivist
Nebraska State Capitol
Office of the Capitol Commission
PO Box 94696
Lincoln, NE 68509-4696
402-471-0444
kwagner@notes.state.ne.us
