The scopes in the Laborlux/Labolus section show the front surface of focusing block is at an angle, like yours. It seems all the scopes in the SM section show the front surface of the focusing block, that the stage is mounted on, is vertical.
LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY ORTHOPLAN MICROSCOPE PDF
Great looking scope But why do you think it is a SM-M? There is a pdf on the web that has, on the last page, what looks like a Leitz document showing the black microscope series and years they were made or available. Leitz did make a 4X5 attachment but I have a few ideas to do it with the equipment I have. That's why I want to get my microscope set up with my 4X5 camera. All you need is a light bulb and a way to hold the negative flat against the paper. It sounds like your grandmother was making contact prints with medium format or large format negatives, that's what I do to make prints. I actually modified parts from an enlarger to make a scanner that my camera attaches to. I don't have an enlarger, right now I just scan my negatives with a digital camera. With 35mm it all looks somewhat news print like.ĭo you have one of these modern multigrade enlargers? Okay - what I didn't know was that she was quite good photographer in earlier years, using some kind of large format camera!įor B/W the size of the negative is more important than for colour: The gray areas don't really look cream-like when the film size is too small for the print size and viewing distance. She didn't want to hear about the enlarger, all that was needed was a box with a bulb, switch and milk glass on it. I told my grandmother about it and about the enlarger that was used. When I was 15 I had b/w photography as a subject in school.
Below is an interesting article about why we seem to have so few mosquitoes in the Seattle area. I would like to get a good shot of the male antennae, in this sample the antennae were a bit messed up. This was a male mosquito, it had antennae, so that may have had something to do with it's size. I think there are about 30 different types of mosquito in the area where I live but for the most part they're not that bad unless you're close to a wetland area. Where I live we can hear the larger ones when they get close but the small ones can sneak up on you pretty easily. I've had to wrestle a few off me when I was up there. We also have larger ones than this but nothing like the ones they have in Alaska, those ones will fly away with small children. The mosquito pictured was a dead one I found caught in a web, it was very small. I enjoy the whole process of developing film so expect more.
LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY ORTHOPLAN MICROSCOPE HOW TO
Right now I'm trying to figure out how to use a 4x5 camera so I can make contact prints.
I was like a kid in a candy shop getting all the great cameras that I used to lust after. When everyone was switching over to digital I was buying them for next to nothing. I have quite a collection of old film cameras from 8mm to 4x5 and everything in between. The mosquitos here in Germany can be heard when they come close. You mosquito wing looks much more interesting than I would have thought - a really interesting subject. With time I realized that it was always the cameras I liked, not the medium film.
I now have a nice showcase for my old cameras but haven't used one for nearly 10 years. The output of the S7W medium format cameras was really nice, but the productivity was low and I didn't really enjoy laboratory work in the basement. Until then I alway used a 1970s Praktica or Minolta kit and a 35mm classic, 6圆 reflex or 6x9 folder medium format at the side. I myself started digital photography late, it was 2007 and I bought a Pentax DSLR when 6 megapixels didn't sell anymore and they got cheap. These old microscope cameras were expensive and nicely made instruments but I really can't remember when I last saw an image made by them.
Thank you for posting your analog photography!