Re: MicroPress 4x5 question

"Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Max Perl" <max_perl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Nicholas O. Lindan" <see@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Max Perl" <max_perl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> It was just for fun I purchased this camera.......
>>>> as I got it for about $150  with lens
>>>
>>> Old press cameras are lots of fun.  And that's
>>> a good price.  The MPP's are well regarded.
>>>
>>> Did you get it with a rangefinder?  If you put
>>> a 6x9 roll film back on the camera you lose the
>>> ground glass for focusing.  Though you can swap
>>> backs all the time for focusing.  At f22 you
>>> can do all right with the scale on the camera
>>> bed and a bit of practice judging distance.
>>>
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>> Yes it has a rangefinder and there are cams?  .....think it is
>> callsed for a 135 and 360 mm lens. The rangefinder optics
>> need a bit of cleaning to be able to show a very clear
>> double image.
>>
>> I have the ground glass and it seems easy to swap between
>> this and a back......but of course it you use it hand hold as
>> a press photographer you can't do that.
>>
>> It is the 2nd camera on this page. The newest version of
>> the MicroPress. They also did some Techical cameras which
>> looks quite nice.
>>
>> http://www.mppusers.freeuk.com/micropress2.htm
>>
>>
>>>> The LF Nikkors are not too bad I think.....
>>>
>>> I don't think you can buy a bad modern LF lens.
>>> For lens test results:
>>>
>>> http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/results.html
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
>>> Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters
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>>> n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com
>>>
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>   The cameras shown on the MPP site above appear to be clones of the
late 
> Pacemaker Speed Graphic and Crown Graphic. More about these cameras can
be 
> found at http://www.graflex.org
>   There was also a curious camera built briefly by Busch in the USA.
This 
> was evidently intended to meet the military specification for the Speed 
> Graphic and had a focal plane shutter. Unlike the simple FP shutter used

> on all Graphic and Graflex cameras the Busch shutter was self-capping
and 
> had much better speed regulation. I think it also had a revolving back
but 
> am not sure. The standard Busch models certainly did.
>   I have only ever seen one advertisement for this camera and have never

> seen an actual example. Busch cameras were of very high quality and were

> an alternative to the Graflex models for press photography.
>

This graflex page was quite usefull. Now I found out what "drop bed"
means :-) and also why the camera can tilt the lens board back.
If MicroPress is a clone then maybe it uses the same lens boards as the
Pacemaker and it may be eassier to find one to mount a lens with or
without built in shutter.