Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
How to use the amazing 14 5/8 oz Globus 4"x5" Camera shell for today's photography!
There was a surprise revelation that ~40 unsold brand new original 16 year old stock of the legendary lightweight stainless steel Globus 4x5 camera suddenly available. The warehouse was being sold and everything had to be sold or dumped. The link to this madness is here.
Right now there are just two units left and one with a lens, both brand new!
I purchased one with a lens and one without. My idea is to use one for lightweight street focus, hoping the push-pull focus control is accurate. I can always use the ground glass and a viewer, but I am betting on being able to learn to use the weird focus mechanism and get sharp pictures. I'll need a viewfinder and I'll be set.
5 film holders would give me 10 shots and that's a lot of pictures and not to bulky.
The one with no lens I can make into a pinhole of zone plate camera.
I'll keep you informed my my progress and hopefully others will add their own uses too.
Asher
There was a surprise revelation that ~40 unsold brand new original 16 year old stock of the legendary lightweight stainless steel Globus 4x5 camera suddenly available. The warehouse was being sold and everything had to be sold or dumped. The link to this madness is here.
Right now there are just two units left and one with a lens, both brand new!
I purchased one with a lens and one without. My idea is to use one for lightweight street focus, hoping the push-pull focus control is accurate. I can always use the ground glass and a viewer, but I am betting on being able to learn to use the weird focus mechanism and get sharp pictures. I'll need a viewfinder and I'll be set.
5 film holders would give me 10 shots and that's a lot of pictures and not to bulky.
The one with no lens I can make into a pinhole of zone plate camera.
I'll keep you informed my my progress and hopefully others will add their own uses too.
Asher
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