[LargeFormat] Dealing with Bellows Sag

Verna Knapp largeformat@f32.net
Sat Apr 5 22:02:01 2003


> For the 8x10 cameras, the bellows are quite large and heavy so there may 
> also be  a risk of the velcro not being able to take the weight at the 
> inopportune moment - ie when the shutter is open.


Actually velcro hangs on rather stubbornly. I have it on my Canham 
cameras, and it works quite well.

Once I heard a jeweler talking about how the safest sample cases (big 
and heavy) for his work are held together with velcro. It can take a 
huge load without coming unstuck.

Verna



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