Archive for December, 2022
Wednesday, December 28th, 2022
Denis Krieg – Inspired Series
I’ve known Denis for a few years now and over time a nice friendship has developed. We met for the first time during the Camera Obscura Festival in Germany, but we were in contact several times before that.
From Denis I bought my current large format camera and some lenses. Also one of my more important lenses – the Dallmeyer 3b which I use a lot for this series is from Denis. Read more in this post https://blog.markus-hofstaetter.at/2021/03/inspired/
His knowledge of historical equipment is fascinating. His craftsmanship and restoration skills are also second to none. Check out his website here www.wetplatedreams.com.
Denis keeps historic history alive with his work.
I also captured a portrait with Denis and his Wife Sybille that I like a lot.
Wednesday, December 21st, 2022
End Of 2022 Studio Tour
Maybe you missed my exhibition, or you want to come for a portrait or a workshop. Then you have now a chance to walk with me in a brief overview through my studio.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022
Bringing a Cheap 24 Year Old High-End Scanner Back to Life – It’s mind blowing
It all started when we needed to scan some slides. With my Screen Cezanne 5000 scanner I would get an amazing quality, but it would be exhausting to do. I have an old Epson scanner that could do it, but it’s also not a very comfortable task. So I had an eye on a Agfa Duoscan Hid scanner. These scanners scan film without the need of a glass. That makes things much easier. They are also great flatbed scanners. With that I take more care about my valuable Screen scanner. The lamps of it are not longer available, when they break its over. But as always it was more difficult to get this scanner up an running than I thought. It needed lots of cleaning and my first idea about a fitting computer was also not my best one.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Preserving History – Renovating a 100 Year Old Camera – Bellow Edition
My good old Century No.2 camera has about 100 years behind her. She still works great, but her bellow is leaking light. Thats why I needed to repair it. I thought it is easiest to explain everything in a video, so it is easier to understand for you guys and hopefully also helpful. It took me a long time to put everything together. Why? Because it was important for me to reuse as many original parts as possible to preserve the history of this camera. I think this is a very important part when you consider to renovate a piece of history! Underneath the video are all links for the parts I needed.
Bellowmaker: ecbuyonline@hotmail.com – email is the best way to communicate https://www.ebay.com/str/ecbuyonline2008
Large Caliper International: https://amzn.to/3W7OvHt Germany: https://amzn.to/3VBaHJZ
Liquid Rubber: International (similar) :https://amzn.to/3H4tfOq Germany: https://amzn.to/3Pf4b9D
Glue for mounting the Bellow: International: https://amzn.to/3ixkdPI Germany: https://amzn.to/3F8YiWS
Ifixit essential tools – they were very helpful: https://amzn.to/3UpEqnO
machinist square International: https://amzn.to/3Vvly8j Germany https://amzn.to/3B8Kt9n
Cutter https://amzn.to/3P1JsWl
Screenprinting paint and cold fix: https://www.siebdruckladen.de
Video for building a mobile darkroom: https://youtu.be/hnrtywCfQRk
Video for sandarac varnish: https://youtu.be/wj2nPTYyFQ4
