A Rebuild of A Burke & James "Watson" 5X7 View Camera
Jan 14, 2019 07:25:51 #
Jan 14, 2019 08:41:09 #
James R wrote:
I found a Burke and James “Watson” - Five by Seven... (show quote)
Awesome James, and incredible patience!! Have you taken any images with it as yet?
Roger
Jan 14, 2019 08:48:05 #
Great Job and I think you have one more task; paint the inside of the lens board flat black to avoid internal reflections. Enjoy, Pat
Jan 14, 2019 09:01:06 #
geezer76 wrote:
Awesome James, and incredible patience!! Have you taken any images with it as yet?
Roger
Roger
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NOT Just as yet.
However - Either today or perhaps tomorrow ;-)
I have loaded 6 holders (12 exposures) ready to go.
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Jan 14, 2019 09:03:35 #
pappleg wrote:
Great Job and I think you have one more task; paint the inside of the lens board flat black to avoid internal reflections. Enjoy, Pat
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I did that just after cutting the lens board. And, of course, the rear standard frame interior.
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Jan 14, 2019 09:14:30 #
Back in the 1970's I had a B&J 5x7 flat bed view camera. Like your's, I stripped it to a natural finish. It looks like you're doing a great job. Brings back memories of doing the same. The carrying box you have is a lot better than the studio box I had. Mine was quite a load transporting throughout the Northeast doing nature photos.
Jan 14, 2019 09:33:32 #
1. Great job
2. What camera did you use to take the pictures?
3. I’ve been floating the idea in my head for ‘best posts of the year’, for instance the one late last year on diffraction was awesome for its scope. This is a candidate.
2. What camera did you use to take the pictures?
3. I’ve been floating the idea in my head for ‘best posts of the year’, for instance the one late last year on diffraction was awesome for its scope. This is a candidate.
Jan 14, 2019 09:38:38 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Wonderful work restoring that Watson! Burke & James must have had someone significant to them by the name of Watson - they also named their bulk film loader “Watson.”
I have several folders on the shelf that need a bellows. If you don’t mind sharing, who was the bellows maker that supplied the new bellows for your Watson?
Stan
I have several folders on the shelf that need a bellows. If you don’t mind sharing, who was the bellows maker that supplied the new bellows for your Watson?
Stan
Jan 14, 2019 09:56:32 #
george19 wrote:
1. Great job
2. What camera did you use to take the pictures?
3. I’ve been floating the idea in my head for ‘best posts of the year’, for instance the one late last year on diffraction was awesome for its scope. This is a candidate.
2. What camera did you use to take the pictures?
3. I’ve been floating the idea in my head for ‘best posts of the year’, for instance the one late last year on diffraction was awesome for its scope. This is a candidate.
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Thank you for the complement.
I just happened to grab my Panasonic LX-7 as the rest of my cameras were in the Jeep, and it was just convenient.
When I began the project I took photos of the disassembly in order of parts taken off, for reassembly. (Doing this as so I would Not be cornfused as to what went to where in putting it back together.) I put each part with the screws and other little things, into plastic bags to each part went to each.
I have also built my own "Sliding-Box" cameras as well. These types of cameras are very simple in their design. However - They lack the movements of ""Rise and fall" and "Tilt and Shift". The "Sliding-Box" cameras were the first true cameras used in the 1830's for photographers before the bellows focusing system made them obsolete. Being that I was involved in the making of Paper Negatives the "Sliding-Box" was the way to go.
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8X10
Jan 14, 2019 09:59:27 #
StanMac wrote:
Wonderful work restoring that Watson! Burke & James must have had someone significant to them by the name of Watson - they also named their bulk film loader “Watson.”
I have several folders on the shelf that need a bellows. If you don’t mind sharing, who was the bellows maker that supplied the new bellows for your Watson?
Stan
I have several folders on the shelf that need a bellows. If you don’t mind sharing, who was the bellows maker that supplied the new bellows for your Watson?
Stan
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Perhaps that name "WATSON" came from Alexander Graham Bell, saying "WATSON!!! -- Come Here I NEED YOU."
I got it from e-bay.....
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Professional-Replacement-Bellow-For-Gundlach-Korona-View-4x5-Large-Format-Camera/283306836786?hash=item41f6674332:g:IyEAAOSw91JcBY88:rk:1:pf:0
Hope this helps?
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Jan 14, 2019 10:32:51 #
Jan 14, 2019 10:33:47 #
James, what a wonderful presentation of a piece of Photographic History.
Having been an Industrial photographer I shot thousands of 8X10 Images with a camera similar to this.
Deardorff 11X14, and 8X10 studio model on stand and wheels.
Thank you for sharing this project.
Don
Having been an Industrial photographer I shot thousands of 8X10 Images with a camera similar to this.
Deardorff 11X14, and 8X10 studio model on stand and wheels.
Thank you for sharing this project.
Don
Jan 14, 2019 12:59:01 #
I wonder if coffee developer could be used in the paper negative process too?
Jan 14, 2019 13:53:32 #
Fascinating; you might want to touch base with Tim Layton. His online magazine.. Darkroom Underground.. is top notch...a lot of very specific information, articles, chemistry and step by step instructions for just about anything you can think of in the world of analogue photography.
Jan 14, 2019 14:50:56 #
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