The Great Sensitometer Shootout....

spookyphoto · Thursday at 2:09 PM

Kino said:
Once upon a time, I owned a beautiful Eastman Kodak Type IB Model IV Intensity Scale Sensitometer that had been hot-rodded by the USAF on WPAFB. Bought it in a salvage sale at WPAFB for the grand total of $5 (back when they still had onsite auctions open to the public).

It came loaded with spare lamps, targets, documentation and was in pristine condition. Somewhere I might have a photo of the beast, but it would take a miracle to locate it.

I do still have most of the glass wedges and a lot of the documentation, but alas, the machine was scrapped after a bad divorce (is there any other kind?) and I was forced to clear out my belongings. I simply could not store it and no one would come and take it for free.

PE (Photo Engineer) who used to be on APUG and was a former EK employee, desired it but didn't have the room to take it.

Still makes me sad to think about it...

I did work for WPAFB. Calibrated their sensitometers a few times. Having to scrap your 1B breaks my heart. I have the room. What I wouldn't give to have it. I still live in Dayton.

Kino · Thursday at 2:15 PM

Well this was Serial #3001, made in 1967 and the calibration manual I have was compiled by a Jack C. Lewis AFAL (AVRP) on 17 September 1970.

Scribbled on one of the Kodak No. 5 density wedge certifications are the notes that it was used Oct 1970 to 1972 and 1991 to 1992.

spookyphoto · Thursday at 2:20 PM

Kino said:
Well this was Serial #3001, made in 1967 and the calibration manual I have was compiled by a Jack C. Lewis AFAL (AVRP) on 17 September 1970.

Scribbled on one of the Kodak No. 5 density wedge certifications are the notes that it was used Oct 1970 to 1972 and 1991 to 1992.

Those #5 carbon wedges are expensive now

Kino · Thursday at 2:23 PM

These are glass wedges; I don't think you can get those anymore...

My favorite thing about this calibration manual is that the spine label peeled off due to age and crappy cellophane tape, to reveal "Space Probe Research" painted on the spine of the re-purposed binder!

spookyphoto · Thursday at 2:26 PM

Kino said:
These are glass wedges; I don't think you can get those anymore...

My favorite thing about this calibration manual is that the spine label peeled off due to age and crappy cellophane tape, to reveal "Space Probe Research" painted on the spine of the re-purposed binder!

You should post a copy of the manual. I used to do that stuff back in the day.

Kino · Thursday at 2:29 PM

It's a loose leaf binder of about 200 pages and I don't have an auto feed scanner or I would.

I have a whole filing cabinet drawer full of obscure motion picture and still photo technical/sales documents that need the same attention.

My get up and go has got up and went...

spookyphoto · Thursday at 2:31 PM

Kino said:
It's a loose leaf binder of about 200 pages and I don't have an auto feed scanner or I would.

I have a whole filing cabinet drawer full of obscure motion picture and still photo technical/sales documents that need the same attention.

My get up and go has got up and went...

Yeah thats a tad too much to post

Bill Burk · Thursday at 9:21 PM

I always wanted a glass wedge. That and a spectrograph with its glass wedges.

I thought it might show what’s really happening at the toe.

The Great Sensitometer Shootout....

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