Gentlemen, would you care to have a look at the latest (last three) pictures in Eric Evans'Photo Album and see if you can guess what I was thinking about this...
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dcolucci@...
ponypremo
Jul 18, 2012 8:19 pm
I love these pictures - hopefully they are coming across the email ! Congratulations again, Matt. Your collection represents important history that deserves...
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ericevans2000
Jul 22, 2012 9:33 pm
After a long time since last update, new additions have been made to my web site. All new items have a catalogue number above 0205 on: www.woodandbrass.co.uk ...
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ericevans2000
Jul 24, 2012 1:28 pm
Referring back to my previous post on this subject, I will make the charitable assumption that everybody was too busy, rather than too uninterested, to give...
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ericevans2000
Jul 24, 2012 4:43 pm
Photos on this topic are now in Eric Evans' Album. Eric....
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Maren /Fred Friedman
marenfred1
Jul 25, 2012 12:03 pm
Terrific Eric. Can't wait to see it posted on your web site. Wherever did you find it? Nice! Fred...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Jul 25, 2012 12:28 pm
Thank you, Fred, It was on e bay actually, but I guess not many people saw it through my eyes, so I got it for a quite reasonable price. To be fair, it looked...
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jwb.jr77
Jul 25, 2012 6:26 pm
Eric, Your camera looks fine to me. They are used and not expected to look like they just came from the factory. If you like the corrections you made that is...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Jul 25, 2012 6:42 pm
Thank you John, I agree with what you are telling me. It is nice to have your support! Regards, Eric. ... From: jwb.jr77 To: woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Marcel Safier
brisphoto
Jul 25, 2012 10:16 pm
Hi Eric You have done an admirable and sympathetic restoration in my opinion. Nicely spotted in the first place! Cheers! Marcel ... ======= Email scanned by PC...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Jul 26, 2012 10:45 am
Marcel, Thanks for that. I have done a fair bit of restoration in my time, but my attitude towards it has always been a bit ambivalent. There is a fine line of...
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Marcel Safier
brisphoto
Jul 26, 2012 10:59 am
Eric I have some nasty repairs/conversions in my possession. Most common is a poor attempt to make a lensboard from ply, masonite or even cardboard or when an...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Jul 26, 2012 12:34 pm
Marcel, Yes, lensboards are a perennial problem, and to make the genuine three piece mortice jointed lensboard is far beyond the reach of most mortals these...
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ole@...
oletjugen
Jul 26, 2012 12:55 pm
The lensboards I had made for my small collection of Gandolfi cameras were made in the true traditional style. Sadly Eddie Hill has also stopped making...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Jul 26, 2012 1:18 pm
Hi Ole, I suppose the secret is to have the correct machinery for making nothing but lens boards, permanently set up as part of a workshop. But firms like...
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ole@...
oletjugen
Jul 26, 2012 1:29 pm
Hi Eric, By pure coincidence I happen to KNOW how it was done. About 30 years ago I went to visit an elderly great-aunt who lived in an out-of-the-way place in...
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Maren /Fred Friedman
marenfred1
Jul 26, 2012 1:50 pm
Hi Eric, I applaud your efforts at sympathetic restoration. Lens boards can be reasonably approximated using wood from old film or plate holders. It's the...
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John Rushton
jcr_cameras...
Jul 26, 2012 2:01 pm
Hi Marcel and Eric Bellows can be obtained from 'Custom Bellows' at the following link. They usually have a table at Photographica. ...
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John Rushton
jcr_cameras...
Jul 26, 2012 2:16 pm
Hi, When I needed several lens flanges many years ago I advertised in the local newspaper for a brass worker to make them for me. He did a good job as I gave...
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Richard Knoppow
reknoppow
Jul 26, 2012 5:04 pm
... From: "John Rushton" <jcr_cameras@...> To: <woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:01 AM Subject: RE: [woodandbrass] Re:...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Jul 26, 2012 5:27 pm
Hi Richard, John et al., I have been a bit leery of having bellows made, ever since I got the bill for my first, last and only tailor made set. Fair made my...
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Scott B
silver_recol...
Jul 26, 2012 5:29 pm
Hi John, Do you have any experience with Custom Bellows, or do you know anyone who has? I'm wondering about turn-around time, responsiveness, quality,...
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Eric Evans
ericevans2000
Jul 26, 2012 6:25 pm
... From: Eric Evans To: woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [woodandbrass] Re: Quiz: Mind reading. Now...
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ericevans2000
Jul 26, 2012 6:34 pm
I just sent a message to Ole, but with my unerring instinct for getting computer stuff wrong, I seem to have also sent a load of stuff that wasn't intended....
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Richard Knoppow
reknoppow
Jul 26, 2012 6:58 pm
... From: "Eric Evans" <ericevans2@...> To: <woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [woodandbrass] Re:...
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John Rushton
jcr_cameras...
Jul 26, 2012 8:58 pm
Hi Scott, I think Custom Bellows used to be Camera Bellows of Birmingham, England. I had them make bellows for a half plate studio camera maybe nearly thirty...
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dcolucci@...
ponypremo
Jul 29, 2012 4:56 pm
Hello, Thought you all might enjoy my post on William Hall Walker. Please see _http://antiquecameras.net/blog.html_ (http://antiquecameras.net/blog.html) ...
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jwb.jr77
Jul 30, 2012 1:04 pm
Dan, That was a very interesting story about W. H. Walker. I like the picture showing the camera and the tripod. Thanks for posting John...
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John Rushton
jcr_cameras...
Jul 30, 2012 9:59 pm
Hi Dan, Thank you for your excellent article on Heliar lenses. Was it the Heliar lens or the Universal Heliar lens that the Japanese emperor insisted upon?...
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Richard Knoppow
reknoppow
Jul 30, 2012 11:51 pm
... From: "John Rushton" <jcr_cameras@...> To: <woodandbrass@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 2:59 PM Subject: RE: [woodandbrass]...
