Photographic Experiments

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The Super Autoretrolux

The Philosophographlux Super Autoretrolux is a medium format pinhole camera.  It shoots 120 and 220 film in a 6x9cm or 6x6cm format.  It utilizes two old Graflex Speed Graphic “23” rollfilm converters for 4×5 press cameras and a Speed Graphic 120 film back. The Super Autoretrolux is a system camera with both interchangeable boards and the

The Super Kabahlucida XLP 300mm/f2 Lens

The Super Kabahlucida XLP lens was constructed with a single 150mm uncoated biconvex glass element that I had reclaimed from an old movie film duplicating machine in New Orleans. The lens body is made of plywood finished in an ebony stain and black wax polish. It features two rectangular housings that slide one inside the