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Omega 45E 4 X 5 View Camera
I just purchased the above camera on Ebay. Here are the
specs: Omega 4x5 monorail View Camera, 45E, with F:4.5 Ilex lens, 191mm, E.F. 7-1/2". Mint condition, no wear, holes or flaking on bellows. Frame has no wear marks or dents. All gears and movements are smooth with full extensions. Included with the camera will be a custom made focusing cloth, 30" x 60", with corner weights and sewn inch scale, five (5) film holders, negative sleeves and exposed film envelopes, shutter release, flash adapter and filters. I did this while taking a large format class in the local community college and falling in love with size of the negatives that large format produces. I also like the thought it takes to manipulate the bellows to produce parallex correction and to increase DOF. Being a relative newbie are there any tips or tricks I should know about ? Yes I know the Ilex is a pretty old lens, is probably not coated etc. It will do until I can find a Schneider Kreuznach at a reasonable price. Thanks for any advice. |
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I have the same camera. I found a book called "Using the View Camera" by
Steve Simmons (Amphoto, 1987) is a very user friendly book. I also regularly read "View Camera" magazine. When I received it, my camera was equipped with not only regular film holders, but also a Polaroid 645 4x5 sheet film holder. Since I don't have either tanks or an enlarger capable of processing or printing 4x5 at home, I often use Polaroid type 55 B&W negative/positive film. I can then contact print the negatives. I am experimenting with emulsion transfers a bit and I'm using some of the color Polaroid films for this purpose as well. Enjoy! "Stephen M. Gluck" wrote in message ... I just purchased the above camera on Ebay. Here are the specs: Omega 4x5 monorail View Camera, 45E, with F:4.5 Ilex lens, 191mm, E.F. 7-1/2". Mint condition, no wear, holes or flaking on bellows. Frame has no wear marks or dents. All gears and movements are smooth with full extensions. Included with the camera will be a custom made focusing cloth, 30" x 60", with corner weights and sewn inch scale, five (5) film holders, negative sleeves and exposed film envelopes, shutter release, flash adapter and filters. I did this while taking a large format class in the local community college and falling in love with size of the negatives that large format produces. I also like the thought it takes to manipulate the bellows to produce parallex correction and to increase DOF. Being a relative newbie are there any tips or tricks I should know about ? Yes I know the Ilex is a pretty old lens, is probably not coated etc. It will do until I can find a Schneider Kreuznach at a reasonable price. Thanks for any advice. |
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I have the same camera. I found a book called "Using the View Camera" by
Steve Simmons (Amphoto, 1987) is a very user friendly book. I also regularly read "View Camera" magazine. When I received it, my camera was equipped with not only regular film holders, but also a Polaroid 645 4x5 sheet film holder. Since I don't have either tanks or an enlarger capable of processing or printing 4x5 at home, I often use Polaroid type 55 B&W negative/positive film. I can then contact print the negatives. I am experimenting with emulsion transfers a bit and I'm using some of the color Polaroid films for this purpose as well. Enjoy! "Stephen M. Gluck" wrote in message ... I just purchased the above camera on Ebay. Here are the specs: Omega 4x5 monorail View Camera, 45E, with F:4.5 Ilex lens, 191mm, E.F. 7-1/2". Mint condition, no wear, holes or flaking on bellows. Frame has no wear marks or dents. All gears and movements are smooth with full extensions. Included with the camera will be a custom made focusing cloth, 30" x 60", with corner weights and sewn inch scale, five (5) film holders, negative sleeves and exposed film envelopes, shutter release, flash adapter and filters. I did this while taking a large format class in the local community college and falling in love with size of the negatives that large format produces. I also like the thought it takes to manipulate the bellows to produce parallex correction and to increase DOF. Being a relative newbie are there any tips or tricks I should know about ? Yes I know the Ilex is a pretty old lens, is probably not coated etc. It will do until I can find a Schneider Kreuznach at a reasonable price. Thanks for any advice. |
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I have the same camera. I found a book called "Using the View Camera" by
Steve Simmons (Amphoto, 1987) is a very user friendly book. I also regularly read "View Camera" magazine. When I received it, my camera was equipped with not only regular film holders, but also a Polaroid 645 4x5 sheet film holder. Since I don't have either tanks or an enlarger capable of processing or printing 4x5 at home, I often use Polaroid type 55 B&W negative/positive film. I can then contact print the negatives. I am experimenting with emulsion transfers a bit and I'm using some of the color Polaroid films for this purpose as well. Enjoy! "Stephen M. Gluck" wrote in message ... I just purchased the above camera on Ebay. Here are the specs: Omega 4x5 monorail View Camera, 45E, with F:4.5 Ilex lens, 191mm, E.F. 7-1/2". Mint condition, no wear, holes or flaking on bellows. Frame has no wear marks or dents. All gears and movements are smooth with full extensions. Included with the camera will be a custom made focusing cloth, 30" x 60", with corner weights and sewn inch scale, five (5) film holders, negative sleeves and exposed film envelopes, shutter release, flash adapter and filters. I did this while taking a large format class in the local community college and falling in love with size of the negatives that large format produces. I also like the thought it takes to manipulate the bellows to produce parallex correction and to increase DOF. Being a relative newbie are there any tips or tricks I should know about ? Yes I know the Ilex is a pretty old lens, is probably not coated etc. It will do until I can find a Schneider Kreuznach at a reasonable price. Thanks for any advice. |
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"Stephen M. Gluck" wrote in message ... I just purchased the above camera on Ebay. Here are the specs: Omega 4x5 monorail View Camera, 45E, with F:4.5 Ilex lens, 191mm, E.F. 7-1/2". Mint condition, no wear, holes or flaking on bellows. Frame has no wear marks or dents. All gears and movements are smooth with full extensions. Included with the camera will be a custom made focusing cloth, 30" x 60", with corner weights and sewn inch scale, five (5) film holders, negative sleeves and exposed film envelopes, shutter release, flash adapter and filters. I did this while taking a large format class in the local community college and falling in love with size of the negatives that large format produces. I also like the thought it takes to manipulate the bellows to produce parallex correction and to increase DOF. Being a relative newbie are there any tips or tricks I should know about ? Yes I know the Ilex is a pretty old lens, is probably not coated etc. It will do until I can find a Schneider Kreuznach at a reasonable price. Thanks for any advice. Ilex has been in the lens business since 1921 so its possible its an old, uncoated lens. However, Ilex made a line of professional lenses for view cameras after WW-2 which are all coated. These are Tessar types, approximately paralleling the Kodak Ektar line. These are very good lenses although not up to Ektar quality (not many lenses are). If the reflections from the glass surfaces have a color tint the lens is coated. Uncoated surfaces are very bright. There are several good books on using view cameras. Don't overlook the one Kodak publishes through the Silver Pixel Press. It is very to the point and has little fluff. It shows exactly how to use the movements for increasing DOF of tilted surfaces and for correcting perspective. A 7.5" Tessar has enough coverage to allow considerable movement on 4x5 plus is long enough for portrait work. Look through the lens with a flashlight to see if there is any haze on the internal sufaces of the front cell. Ilex lenses seem not to get this haze but if its there it will come off with plain window cleaner or lens cleaner. Since Ilex cells have threaded back caps its easy to open the cell for cleaning. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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"Stephen M. Gluck" wrote in message ... I just purchased the above camera on Ebay. Here are the specs: Omega 4x5 monorail View Camera, 45E, with F:4.5 Ilex lens, 191mm, E.F. 7-1/2". Mint condition, no wear, holes or flaking on bellows. Frame has no wear marks or dents. All gears and movements are smooth with full extensions. Included with the camera will be a custom made focusing cloth, 30" x 60", with corner weights and sewn inch scale, five (5) film holders, negative sleeves and exposed film envelopes, shutter release, flash adapter and filters. I did this while taking a large format class in the local community college and falling in love with size of the negatives that large format produces. I also like the thought it takes to manipulate the bellows to produce parallex correction and to increase DOF. Being a relative newbie are there any tips or tricks I should know about ? Yes I know the Ilex is a pretty old lens, is probably not coated etc. It will do until I can find a Schneider Kreuznach at a reasonable price. Thanks for any advice. Ilex has been in the lens business since 1921 so its possible its an old, uncoated lens. However, Ilex made a line of professional lenses for view cameras after WW-2 which are all coated. These are Tessar types, approximately paralleling the Kodak Ektar line. These are very good lenses although not up to Ektar quality (not many lenses are). If the reflections from the glass surfaces have a color tint the lens is coated. Uncoated surfaces are very bright. There are several good books on using view cameras. Don't overlook the one Kodak publishes through the Silver Pixel Press. It is very to the point and has little fluff. It shows exactly how to use the movements for increasing DOF of tilted surfaces and for correcting perspective. A 7.5" Tessar has enough coverage to allow considerable movement on 4x5 plus is long enough for portrait work. Look through the lens with a flashlight to see if there is any haze on the internal sufaces of the front cell. Ilex lenses seem not to get this haze but if its there it will come off with plain window cleaner or lens cleaner. Since Ilex cells have threaded back caps its easy to open the cell for cleaning. -- --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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