I bought $80 worth of steel to build a copy stand so I can easily post my analog photos. The prebuilt units are expensive for anything good and they ship only slightly better than enlargers. The camera mounts looked a bit anemic as well. The mast is 6 feet and I'm thinking a 2x3 foot bed. I bought twice as much tube as needed for the slider and realized on the way home that extra piece could make the mast removable. I have gas and MIG welding and have been thinking about it far too long.
Excellent 6x9 negatives from something that fits in my pocket! Really happy with it!
Lovely. I totally agree about the convenience and all-round loveliness of the 6x9 folders. I would love to get my hands on Voigtlander Bessa II especially if it's got the semi-mythical apo-lanthar lens.If you don't mind the cost of film (and in this case, trimming spools or respooling), there's hardly any way to beat a good 6x9 folder. Two of my favorite cameras are my Moskva 5 and my Voigtlander Rollfimlkamera (the latter quickly approaching the century mark and still going strong).
You can get the empty spools from AliExpress for peanuts and it only takes a couple of minutes to respool a roll of 120 onto them.
Are those steel/brass spools, or the plastic ones Shanghai GP3 comes on (and that seem to be used for many commercially respooled offerings)? In my experience, most of the Kodaks before about 1955 would accept a trimmed 120 supply spool, and a few would take up onto the trimmed spool as well (with my Reflex II it depends on how well I trimmed and my level of risk aversity).
I was worried that the larger diameter central rod would make the film extend beyond the end of the flanges. Does it not?
A 13.5 inch by 250 long foot roll of Eternal E9220 photopolymer film for making polymer photogravure plates.
Most manufacturers and distributors of these photoresists insist on two 500 foot long rolls as a minimum order, so finding the distributor linked below selling in 250 foot long rolls was a pleasant surprise as it completely does away with trying to organize group orders.
International Electronic Components | Consumables
International Electronic Components Inc. (IEC) is a leading supplier of consumables, equipment, and services to the printed circuit board industry in both Canada and the United States. International Electronic Components Inc. @ copyright 2025www.ieccan.com
One more thing...it came to $78.76 US without shipping...a massive saving compared to ready made metal plates where one supplier is charging $63.00 US for a single 16x23 Toyobo KM43 plate!
0.02" thick PETG plastic, as recommended in the David Kachel ebook:What are you using for support of the film?
Very Cool!I canceled my order of the Pentax 17, put in another $400 and bought a pristine Nikon F6.
Yet another Hasselblad E12 magazine, hopefully the last one. For the time being. I think.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?