[LargeFormat] Eskofot Ultragon

[Clive Warren]

At 9:06 pm -0400 23/10/03, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>Clive:
>
>I just now pulled mine out of the "tiny" 8x10 case.  It's marked 
>Eskofot-Ultragon, f9 210mm with a marked iris, f9 to f64.
>
>I again screwed a tapered cable release into the Alphax and yup, it 
>works.  The cable release also has a larger diameter external 
>straight thread for some sort of screw on, rather than screw in, 
>cable release.
>
>This is for my Kodak Master camera with the lensboards that are made 
>in a similar fashion as are automobile license plates.  Steve Grimes 
>mounted a flange on the lensboard into which he screwed the shutter. 
>Then he fabricated a ring which is threaded inside and out.  The 
>ring screws into the front of the Alphax and then the lens screws 
>into the ring.
>
>It's big... the front of the lens stands approximately 2 1/2 inches 
>proud of the lensboard.
>
>I glued the 150 into a piece of black plastic to use with my baby 
>speed Graphic with the focal plane shutter.  Haven't used it yet as 
>I'm still too busy with the 11x14.
>
>Thanks for the compliment about the photo which looks soooo much 
>better on the light table. I'm a little embarrassed to show my old 
>scan of it on the web.

Jim,

The outer threads are for an air release - I am fortunate in having 
one of these that fits the #5 shutter but it is a little bulky for 
field use.

I now understand - your lens is front mounted on the shutter. This 
must affect the coverage a little due to mechanical vignetting. The 
solution I was hoping for involves removing the lens cells from the 
barrel and mounting them in a shutter rather than front mounting.

Is your 8x10 Kodak Master one of those clam shell mag alloy models? 
I like the look of these but cannot justify the cost given that I 
perfectly capable floppy wooden camera ;-)

The 150mm seems to have huge amounts of coverage - probably better 
used on a Speed Graphic rather than the baby.

Cheers,
        Clive