"Collin Brendemuehl" wrote in message
om...
The 2D is in nice shape. I got the Ilex 12" mounted last night and
will try to shoot some this Sat.
My other lenses are an old Fujinon-W 210/5.6, so I'll build a board
for that lens, and a 360 APO Nikkor. The problem is my 360 APO
Nikkor. Since I don't have a rear extension it's a little difficult
to use. 
So I need a 2D rear extension. Who's got one?
Collin, I am following your project with great interest. If the 2D
extension the same as the one on the Century 1, then if it were me, I'd opt
to fabricate a simpler rear extension (kluge) just for the 360 lens. The
extensions require tracks for the gear and replicating the extension is
_very hard_. I'm thinking that one could make a single-length extension for
the 360 that lets you focus using the existing front extension. (I know,
it's easier to focus the rear, but...)
Also ... it came with a 4x5 back in really nice shape (except of
course it has finishing nails in place of the original pins. No
ground glass either, but that's cheap so I'll get one before parting
with it.
That dang Ilex is lacking something. Actually a couple of things.
Threads. And X flash sync. It's an Acme #4 shutter. Might be too
much efford/expense to add.
There are releases that trip the shutter and the flash but I do not know if
they accomodate X synch. I'm thinking that Richard K. can fill us in on
that. I'd like to know.
My 58mm filter fits into the front of the
lens but falls out because it can't screw into anything.
Duct tape is okay, but real Gaffer's tape is better because it removes
without leaving stickum on the part.
I have a whole set of 58mm filters
with exactly the same problem. Brand name "DKE". I thought it was a
shortcoming of the filter at first, but now I'm thinking that the lens in
question was never intended to have a screw-in filter. Kodak and others made
special wooden filter holders for some early cameras. I have one with the
original square yellow filter. There are also 'clamp on' filter holders for
such lenses in early versions, but you can get modern equivalents.