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Page/Article Index

Index

This index is a combination of

web-site pages (in green)

and relevant archived

GAZ Magazine Pages (in blue).

GAZ Archives

The GAZ Archive and Index contains all of the original Club 'Gazette' magazines (1995-2009) reproduced in full.  They contain photographs, reports on the use of cameras, their maintenance, letters and much much more. Very interesting reading. They are all available as PDF files for downloading too.  Only the main articles are listed in the index below.


Search Index


MPP Camera Data

Berthillon
Berthillon Prison Camera Page

Government & MOD Cameras
Government & MOD Page

Iloca
Iloca Camera Page
Another MPP/Iloca (GAZ)
MPP/Iloca Camera Numbers (GAZ)
Upgrading an MPP/Iloca 35mm (GAZ)

Microcord:
Cameras - Medium Format Page
The AP Microcord Review (GAZ)
Brown Edged model (GAZ)
Know your TLR (GAZ)
Minimal idea (GAZ)
The Microcord I (GAZ)

Microflex:
Cameras - Medium Format Page
A Sort of Pilgrims Progress (GAZ)
Dirty Mirror (GAZ)
Finding the Finder Lens (GAZ)
MicroFlex on Test (GAZ)
Microflex Tips/Repair (GAZ)
Misfiring Microflex (GAZ)
More Thoughts on MicroFlex (GAZ)
My Microflex (GAZ)
Repair/Restoration (GAZ)
The 'Flex' trap (GAZ)

MicroTechnical:
ALL MicroTechnical Cameras Page

Mark 1
A Rare Mark 1 (GAZ)
MicroTechnical Mk I (GAZ)
The Mark 1 today (GAZ)

MkIII
The MicroTechnical MkIII (GAZ)

MkIV / MkV
Mark 4 and the Wray Connection (GAZ)

MkVI
My MPP MkVI (GAZ)
Thoughts on the MkVI (GAZ)

MkVII
A Tilting Panel for the MkVII (GAZ)
Backing the MkVII (GAZ)
Life with the MkVII (GAZ)
More about the Red MkVII (GAZ)
Mystery of the MkVII Special (GAZ)
The Nice MKVII (GAZ)

MkVIII
A Late MkVIII (GAZ)
Back Blocks and Springs (GAZ)
Eight Backache (GAZ)
Flat v Coned Lens Panel (GAZ)
MkVIII - Special Issue (GAZ)
Mr Toms MkVIII (Repair) (GAZ)
Functions Diagram - Mark VIII
Polaroid 545i Back on MkVIII (GAZ)
Spring Ram - MkVIII Case (GAZ)

Mk S92
S.92 Page
Another S92 KIt (GAZ)
Ground Camera type S92 (GAZ)
My British Special (GAZ)
MOD & Government Department Cameras (GAZ)
S92 Special at Work (GAZ)
The S92 in RAF Service (GAZ)
The Rising Front of the S92 (GAZ)

MicroPress:
Micropress Page
Fiddling with a MicroPress Shutter (GAZ)
MicroPress adapter (GAZ)
One Man's Micropress (GAZ)
Using the MicroPress (GAZ)

Monorail
Monorail Page
A Woodie Monorail (GAZ)
Monorail repair (GAZ)
RAF Monorail (GAZ)
The Long Rail (GAZ)
Thoughts on MonoRails (GAZ)
Why the PIM Monorail (GAZ)

Stereo Cameras
MPP Stereograms Page

 

MPP Products & Accessories

Backs:
Camera Backs Page
Making Back Spring Plates Page
Sliding Backs Page
A 56x184 Rollfilm Back (GAZ)
A 35mm Back on an MPP (GAZ)
Back Blocks & Springs  (GAZ)
Back Options (GAZ)
International Backs (GAZ)
Panoramic Back for a MK7 (GAZ)
Shen-Hao 6x17 Film Back (GAZ)
Varieties (GAZ)

Bellows:
Replacing Bellows
Fitting New Bellows (GAZ)
Light Leak (GAZ)
Using your Bellows Camera without Tears (GAZ)

Cam Plates:
About Cam Plates
Making Cam Plates

Carrying Cases
Carrying Cases Page

Dark Slides:
Double Dark Slides (GAZ)
Hinge Repair (GAZ)
Scratches (GAZ)
ReadyLoad / Quickload Film
Article 1 (GAZ)
Article 2 (GAZ)

Enlargers
M.P.P. Enlargers Page
Gather ye Rosebuds while ye may (GAZ)
MPP Medium Sized Enlarger (GAZ)
MPP Micromatic Enlarger (GAZ)
The MPP (Ilford) Portable Enlarger (GAZ)

Filters:
Holder for Medium Format
Holder for TLR (GAZ)

Finders
Finders Page

Flashgun
MicroFlash Page
Flashgun - using (GAZ)
MPP MicroFlash Problem Solved (GAZ)
Two call Flash Gun capacitor Module (GAZ)

Ground Glass Screen: 
Ground Glass Screens Page
Cleaning (GAZ)
Focusing (GAZ)
Ground Glass Screen for the TLR (GAZ)
MPP Focusing Screens (GAZ)

Lens Panels, Cones and Boards
Lens Panels and Cones Page
Lens Boards for Large Format
Cones and all that (GAZ)
Focusing Cone (GAZ)
Lens Panels (GAZ)
New Source of Old Cones (GAZ)
Sunk Panel (GAZ)
An Adapter for Linhof Panels (GAZ)
Easy Rider - lens panels with adjustable fronts (GAZ)
Panels - Are they a Barrier? (GAZ)

Original Price Lists etc:
MPP Price List c1958 (GAZ)
MPP Product Review (GAZ)

Large Format Camera Advice

MPP Products & Accessories

Lenses
Lenses for Large Format
35mm Lens on LF (GAZ)
Budget Wide Angles (GAZ)
Carrying case for Lenses - accessory (GAZ)
Choosing a New Lens (GAZ)
Choosing a Rapid Rectilinear (GAZ)
Cooke Series (GAZ)
Dallmeyer's Triple (GAZ)
Ektar f6.3 (GAZ)
Ideas on Lens Choice (GAZ)
Key Lenses in Photo History - The Petzval (GAZ)
Lens Cap Improvisation (GAZ)
Lens Elements - cleaning (GAZ)
Lens-hoods/Sunshades (GAZ)
Long Focus Lens (GAZ)
MPP Micronar (GAZ)
MPP Micronar - The Source (GAZ)
New Cooke Portrait Lens (GAZ)
Pantoskop design (GAZ)
Rodenstock Lenses for the MicroTechnical (GAZ)
Second Marriages (GAZ)
Standard Lenses for the MPP (GAZ)
Schneider Lens Specification & Image Circles (GAZ)
Uncoated Tessar (GAZ)
Trying a Retro-focus Lens (GAZ)
Voigtlander Apo-Lanthar (GAZ)
Wide Angle Lenses (GAZ)
Wray Wide Angle - notes (GAZ)
Zeiss Apo Tessar (GAZ)

Manuals
MPP Camera and Equipment Manuals Page

Plate and Cut Film Holders
Plate and Cut Film Page

Projectors
Film and Slide Projectors Page

Rangefinder:
Cannabilisation (Repair) (GAZ)
Coupling Cams (GAZ)

Rangefinder adjustment
Adjustment of Rangefinders Page
Rangefinder Adjustment (GAZ)
So Who Needs a Rangefinder? 1 (GAZ)
So Who Needs a Rangefinder? 2 (GAZ)

Roll Film Holders:
Roll Film Holders Page
User Instructions
Another MPP Rollholder (GAZ)
Maintenance (GAZ)
Roller Trouble (GAZ)
The MPP Rollfilm Holder (GAZ)
Using Roll Film Holders on Mk6 & similar (GAZ)

Shutter:
Focal Plane Shutter
Focal Plane Shutter (Wray)
Focal Plane Accessory (GAZ)
Release Repair (GAZ)
Shutter Key - making (GAZ)
Thoughts Part 1 (GAZ)
Thoughts Part 2 (GAZ)

Special Products
Special Products Page

Stereo Viewer
Stereo Viewer Page

Tripods
Tripods Page

TLR Camera Advice