Re: 4x10 point and shoot
Sam Wang (stmwang@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:07:16 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Donald Nelson -FT-~ <dnelson@sedona.intel.com>
> > > For those who might be interested in large format negatives I have
> > > been having fun for the past three weeks making a point and shoot 4 x 10
> > > camera...
> >
> Jay Dusard built a "point and shoot" 4x10 some years ago -- he used wood
> (plus ground glass) and a 90mm lens with a helical focusing mount (available
> from the manufacturer -- not sure whether he used a Schneider or a Rodenstock).
Helical focusing mount? When I saw his camera, he had only cardboard
shimms for focusing.
Just goes to show that a little ferricyanide goes a long way - plus
talent and hard work. (Jay wears a T-Shirt proclaiming DR. FERRICYANIDE -
and tells you that it is NOT true that he sometimes starts with a
pitchblack image-less print before rduction...)
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Sam Wang stmwang@hubcap.clemson.edu
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656-0204fax Art Dept., Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0509