Kodak/Nagel Recomar 18 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Kodak/Nagel Recomar 18 / senorton
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| 説明 | This is my Recomar 18, a beautiful little 1930s folding plate camera from Germany. It's a very well-designed and beautifully built instrument from the hand of renowned camera designer Dr Auguste Nagel, whose Nagel Kamera Werk in Stuttgart was bought by Kodak in 1932. It has a 105 mm f/4.5 Kodak Anastigmat lens set in a Compur shutter with speeds from 1 - 1/250 sec., plus T and B.The Recomar 18 was originally designed to expose 6.5 x 9 cm glass plate negatives, but sheet film holders are available as well. I shoot J and C Classic 200 in 6.5 x 9 cm sheets in this camera. There is also a larger model called the Recomar 33, which exposes 9 x 12 cm negatives. One can think of the Recomar as a tiny news camera with its wireframe viewfinder, or a miniature view camera with its ground glass focuser, sheet film and rise and shift on the front lens standard.In my hunt to find film holders for this camera, I was lucky enough to run across a daylight developing tank for 6.5 x 9 cm sheet film. This makes processing the sheet film much faster and easier than developing in trays.One can use Series VI filters, lens hoods and close-up lenses on the Recomar 18 by finding a Series VI 1 1/4 in. (31.5 mm) adapter ring.My shots with the Recomar 18 are here.There's a nice page about the Recomar on Matt Denton's excellent and highly informative site; but--don't let his monumental-looking photo (which is far nicer than mine, btw!) fool you: this is a really little camera.UPDATE (6/07): Well, now i really am screwed. J and C Photo seem to have gone under. I've seen some info on the Ilford Website regarding occasional availability of FP4 in 6.5x9 cm size. One reference is to this data:FP4 Plus 6.5x9cm (25 sheets/box) $29.41 1678352I'll have to check around to see if i can find a Stateside dealer for this.[Old entry: What would i do without J and C Photo? Their J and C Classic 200 sheet film is a fine film and allows me to shoot my Recomar without resorting to hand-cutting larger sheets. Ilford recently discontinued producing FP4+ in 6.5 x 9 cm sheets, and i believe they were the last of the large producers making this format. All of this makes me wonder how much longer i'm going to be able to get this film easily. I suspect that before long i will have to start cutting down sheets of Acros, which will be expensive & wasteful!]Shot with Uncle Shoe's studio strobes in his studio, f/5.6. I also borrowed his Nikon FM2 for the shoot; shot on Kodak Portra 160VC. |
| 撮影日 | 2005-12-29 18:21:55 |
| 撮影者 | senorton , Orono, Maine, USA |
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