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Stewart, i dropped you an emai.

Alex

You don't really need a 24" lens for 8x10 A 3b sometimes is to short indeed. Nowdays i make my portraits mainly with a Hermagis 420mm 4.5 petzval which is an awesome lens. And many projection lenses do have a shade. I have a 20" Hermagis which has a large shade but nog water house slots. Although it...

Awsome plate!

I have for sale a very nice hermagis Eidoscope n2 375mm 4.5 black version it's serialnumber is 510948 which indicates it's an early black version. produced at aprox 1910. Lens is in very good shap. The lenshood has some minor dents but nothing serious. No sratches or fungus. Just some really minor s...

Pitty i don't live in England.

Thanks all, for your fine comments. really appreciated !

Hermagis 420mm 4.5
Black glass ambrotype
exposure time 7 secs
KCN Fixer

More : http://collodion-art.blogspot.com/2011/ ... sammy.html

Pitty,

Wetplate would be perfect for this,

Alex

Neil,

i know, it's a bit hard to find. webdesign...........
Go down to the bottom of the page and go to shop.
Than hit the HP macgcloud botton. Subscide and order. The PDF is for free.

Alex

Neil Barnes wrote:Meh.

DO NOT LIKE websites which insist on using flash to scale images to suit my display. Just post the pdf and be done with it.

Just download the PDF !

alex

If you are interested in collodion photography you should get this free Fuzion magazine : http://www.fuzionmagazine.co.uk/?p=188
Also nr 1 and 2 are VERY interesting !!

AND : it's made in the UK !
Alex

Thanks Jogn

it has been sold just a few days ago.
i couldn't understand myself why it took so lon.
It was a very nice camera (with a little work)

Alex

Valerio, I wear glasses and have no problems. BUT, it al depends what kind of loupe you are using. A few months ago i bought an old Hermagis loupe. It turned out to be MUCH better than my normal loupe. Have a look at my weblog and search for loupe It was more vibrant and much easier to focus with. S...

sold , pending payment

Thingy wrote:If that rock hammer is a standard size that lens front element must be HUGE!

NOPE, as i said in my post : use a little hammer...