[LargeFormat] Any GOMZ-LOMO FK owners out there?

[Marco Pauck]

Robert Mayrand wrote:
> 
> Hello Marco,
> 
> Quite surprise to see you here.....did'nt know you were a member of this
> discussion, if this is your first time...Welcome aboard.

Thanks, I was lurking in the dark as I've done very little
large format work until now, having only played with an old
(but nice) Kodak Recomar 33 alias Dr. Nagel in 9x12 cm.

But this will probably change, now that I finally got a camera
with a 'serious' negative format ... ;-)

> I didn't know there
> was a russian large format available, if I knew I would have been less
> surprise. I'll have to go check your picture right away....can't wait to see
> this thing!

Can't wait to see and print the first negs!
However, before I have to get a new tripod head as the old
one is a little short of breath with this beast on top ...

> Robert Mayrand
> Sputnik owner!

;-)

	Marco


> On 1/27/02 10:39 AM, "Marco Pauck" <marco@pauck.de> wrote:
> 
> > I just got a FK 18x24 large format camera, the version
> > manufactured by GOMZ-LOMO. After some CLA, it's now ready
> > for the field:
> >
> > http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/opened.jpg
> > http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/closed.jpg
> > http://www.pauck.de/marco/photo/stuff/fk/lens.jpg
> >
> > Yes, I plan to actually use this archaic camera! ;-)
> >
> > Well, for me it's just the usual kind of self abuse by
> > East European equipment, but I'm wondering how this camera
> > was deployed by the poor Russian fellow photographers,
> > especially considering that it was manufactured until 1987
> > (according to Princelle). Was it actually used? In the field
> > or in the studio? Any anecdotes?  ;-)
> >
> > One point is that the film holders are for glass plates,
> > not sheet film. Where glass plates still common in Russia
> > during the 80ths of the last century? Or is there a later
> > version of the film holder that is prepared for sheet film?
> >
> > Any tips for converting a glass plate holder to sheet film?
> >
> > Marco
> > --
> > Marco Pauck -- marco@pauck.de -- http://www.pauck.de/marco/
> > For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple,
> > neat, and wrong.  -- H. L. Mencken