Re: 4x10 point and shoot
Donald Nelson -FT-~ (dnelson@sedona.intel.com)
Tue, 27 Jun 1995 11:36:42 +22306039 (MST)
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> > 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.
>
He talked about originally having fixed focus points but then Rod at
Photomark showed him the Helical focusing mount. He upgraded.
Also, he has at various times tried the Grandagon 90 and now has the
Schneider 90XL.
> 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...)
>
>
> --
> Sam Wang stmwang@hubcap.clemson.edu
> 803/656-3924voice
> 656-0204fax Art Dept., Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0509
>