[LargeFormat] 11x14 camera question (was Re: Tessar, Nettar, Novar...)

[philip.lambert]

It's a nice Spring day here in the old country. I heard a woodpecker tapping
into a tree fpr a few minutes then it stopped. must have got repetitive
strain injury or a headache.  Montreal sounds a nice place to visit in June,
As to your wooden film holder, are you sure you are using the right one?  If
it's the only one in town you could widen it on one side with a hardwood
strip the same thickness/length as the darkslide and the 1/4 inch width
required to take up the slack.  Matt black. I expect a certain amount of
sanding down will be called for to get a fit.  What is the focal length and
back focus of the Adon tele?  Is it in a brass barrel with an iris diaphragm
or Waterhouse stops? If it's only 1 1/4" diameter it must be a very small
max aperture so you'll need a really large black cloth. More like a black
tent like I saw in the Near East years back.....there's a thought, you could
process in there and also keep out of the minus ten degrees C weather.
Philip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:29 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] 11x14 camera question


> Thanks Phil,
>
> Yes, you're correct,  I'm the guy with the 11x14.
>
> I'm still working on it...  At this stage, the bellows are clean of
> light leaks but the back is not 100% lightproof (this can be temporarily
> remedied with the dark cloth).  I've also built a contraption to mount
> the camera on my tripod (a heavy duty Manfrotto 36061) and it gives me
> pretty good stability.  I've also built a lens plate to fit my vintage
> Dallmeyer Adon telephoto lens on it.  I was amazed to see that I could
> get 11x14 coverage from such a small lens (it has a lens diameter of 1
> 1/4 inch...).
>
> I did dicover that my wooden film holder is about 1/4 inch less wide
> than the opening in the back and I'm not sure how I'm going to deal with
> that.  The question is whether the opening (13 5/16)  is too wide or the
> film holder not fit for that camera.
>
> Can anyone answer that question?
>
> I've done a couple of tests using paper negatives with the camera (which
> highlighted the light leaks in the back) and I still have to do some
> work on mending this and that.  But, hopefully, it will be ready for the
> summer (if summer ever comes - it's minus 10 celsius this morning
> outside in Montreal...).  The next thing will be to find 11x14 film for
> it.
>
> Obviously, this is not a camera that is easy to use.  The whole gear
> (camera, film holder, trip) is damn' heavy to carry around and I can't
> imagine going out with it except in the quietest of days. Once extended
> 20 inches, the bellows would catch into the wind and do quite a bit of
> damage!  But I suppose that if I go out at dawn on a quiet morning, set
> up the gear, it should be OK.  I bet that by the time I have a few
> negatives behind me, I'll feel that I want to get a modern one and leave
> this one at home as a decorative piece...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "philip.lambert" <philip.lambert@ntlworld.com>
 Did you try 11x14 or am I thinking
> of
> > another contributor?  Philip