[LargeFormat] Linhof Color

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "philip lambert" <philip.lambert@ntlworld.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Linhof Color


> A recessed Linhof lensboard doesn't have much depth -with
it the camera
> would  focus a distant subject but the bellows remained
tight. I tried
> making a deeper recess but the bellows throat opening was
too small to get
> fingers in to adjust the shutter The way the front and
rear standard were
> made were not conducive to the use of rise. At one point I
contemplated
> having some surfaces machined away but sold the camera as
too fiddly.  As
> Clive will confirm, there are better cameras around.PL
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Linhof Color
>
>
> >
> > > even with the two standards adjacenttly mounted ahead
of the rail/tripod
> > > clamp it was impossible to use a 47mm lens.
> >
> > With a recessed lensboard?
  One way to get some movement with cameras like the Speed
Graphic is have an off-center lens board. The board can be
inserted to give the equivalent of some rise-fall or side
shift. Of course, you must move the lens from the standard
board to the off-center one when you want to use it, and the
shift is fixed.
   The Speed or Crown Graphic works well with wide angle
lenses because the minimum bellows depth is very small.
However, the cameras have very limited movement even with
standard focal length lenses.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@ix.netcom.com