Great find at Houten fair

Yesterday we showed some collodion plates at the Houten fair in Houten.

One of the largest photografica fairs in Europe.

We talked to a lot of people who were really interested in the colldion proces.

Ofcourse this is a Mekka for me trying to find interesting stuff. And i did !!

A place for Boys toys

I found myself a very nice Hermagis aplanetiques grand angles nr4.

This lens fits perfectly on my new 20x20 inch camera. The couvarge is perfect.

Because it's a relatively small lens it will look a bit odd on that big camera.

 Just to show how big that fair is.

Me happy, but Ben..........????

Camera fair 2010 at Houten

Yesterday there was the international camera fair at Houten ( Holland)
We were invited to show some ambrotypes and to provide some background information to the visitors.
I can tell you, they were very enthusiastic.
The fair started at 09:00 and at the time of 15:00 I think Ben ( my photofriend) and me have explained the collodion process hundreds of times.
We really had a great day.

Many thanks to the organisation of the fair for inviting us.

Ben, explaning the whole proces over and over.

During the day, coffee was his fuel.....

Eddie Gunks, a wetplater from the USA also visited our table.

Eddie, Ben and me