Rangefinder Magazine
Departments - June 2001

Problems and Solutions

Please accompany your questions with a self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish an immediate reply. Alternatively, you can e-mail me at: bhurter@rfpublishing.com.

From: Earl Davis
San Diego, CA
(619) 426-3319
I am looking for a caps and gowns for a kindergarten graduation I have coming up. I have called every logical source here in the San Diego area and have found nothing. Can you recommend a source? Thanks.

I snooped around on the Internet until I came up with Murphy Robes, in St. Petersburgh, FL. They make a wide variety of caps and gowns and choral robes in all sizes. Between the choral robes (which come in the smallest of sizes) and the mortar boards they offer for young graduates, you might be able to piece together exactly what you need. The web site address is: www.murphyrobes.com/index.html; (800) 876-8774 (dealer locator). Good luck!

I recently received a flyer for a company that makes 35mm slides from your digital files. The cost is $4 per original and $2 per duplicate. Just e-mail your files to slides@slides.com or ftp them to ftp.slides.com/slides/incoming. Include your shipping and billing address. For more information, contact Elegant Graphics, 750 Princeton Ave., P.O. Box 774607, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477; (800) 311-9543.

From: Carol Dillard,
Professional Mountain Guide
Jackson, WY
Can you refer me to a source that can give us any information on the protection of slides exposed to outgassing of a construction chemical, specifically chlorine gas created by the etching of concrete? We have around 100,000 slides from all around the world that represent 20 years of work and are quite valuable. Any help would be appreciated.

The foremost authority on image permanence of both films and papers is Henry Wilhelm. While his company, Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc., has been busy with inkjet paper permanence issues of late, Wilhelm has volumes of data on all sorts of environmental factors affecting image permanence. You can contact him at 713 State St., Grinnell, IA 50112, (515) 236-4284, fax (515) 236-4220. Or you can reach him at hwilhelm@aol.com. His website is www.wilhelm-research.com.

From: Wendell Dorman
dorman1@aristotle.net
I have a Norwood Director exposure meter. It was made by Brockway Director Corporation of New York, NY and Manchester, NH. The exposure meter does not work—light does not make the needle move. Could you give me the name of someone who might be able to repair my meter.

I enjoy your responses each month in “Problems and Solutions.”

Quality Light Metric specializes in repairing all types of meters—Weston (including Ranger 9) and Norwood (Director) meters. Older meters welcome. For more information, contact QLM at 6922 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028; (323) 467-2265.

From: Eric Pritchard
eapfoto@pacbell.net
www.eapfoto.com
I was browsing your website hoping to find a good source for repair on a Plaubel Makina 67W, but couldn’t find anything. Do you have any advertisers specializing in rangefinder repairs? Thanks in advance.

You might try either of these companies. Both have the reputation of being able to repair out of production rangefinder cameras.

• Hudson Valley Camera Repair, 233 W. Route 59, Nanuet, NY 10954; (914) 623-8057.
• Ross Yerkes Camera Repair, 342 Kirby St.,Los Angeles, CA 90042; (213) 256-1018
• Photography on Bald Mountain, P.O. Box 113, Davenport, CA 95017; (408) 423-4465.

From: Fred Smith
flashcat@cyberriver.net
I have a customer who has a roll of KodaColor-X 620 film and I am in need of someone who can process and print what ever may be on the film. Can you help us?

Contact Rocky Mountain Film Laboratory, 560 Geneva St., Aurora, CO 80010; (303) 364-6444; www.rocky
mountainfilm.com.