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90mm on a Cambo SC without bag bellows?
As the subject says, I'm wondering how useful a 90mm (Super Angulon
f/8) on a Cambo SC without bag bellows would be. I understand I won't get many movements, if any. This setup also assumes that I do have the recessed lensboard. Question is, how will this work? Will it? Thanks for any info! - Chris |
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90mm on a Cambo SC without bag bellows?
"Chris Sprague" wrote
As the subject says, I'm wondering how useful a 90mm (Super Angulon f/8) on a Cambo SC without bag bellows would be. I understand I won't get many movements, if any. I think you understand right. This setup also assumes that I do have the recessed lensboard. I don't think you can crank the standards close enough w/o a recessed lensboard. The problem, as I remember [and if I remember the right model of Cambo], is that the standard bellows get so compressed tight that they become [almost] a solid block. The second problem was getting the cable release onto the shutter when it was recessed into the board. I remember an extra small (& cheesy) release _would_ fit, just, if it was bent a bit. Someone makes 90 degree cable releases for recessed boards. I would get the bag bellows. The SA has lots of movement to it and it would be a shame not to be able to take advantage of them. Without shifts a WA lens on a 4x5 restricts shooting to pretty much straight-ahead subjects. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation http://www.nolindan.com/da/index.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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90mm on a Cambo SC without bag bellows?
Nicholas O. Lindan wrote: I would get the bag bellows. The SA has lots of movement to it and it would be a shame not to be able to take advantage of them. Without shifts a WA lens on a 4x5 restricts shooting to pretty much straight-ahead subjects. Well, I plan to eventually, but I have to make do with what I can afford at any given time. FWIW, my short-term use for this lens would be landscapes this fall up in Maine. - Chris |
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90mm on a Cambo SC without bag bellows?
"Chris Sprague" wrote
I have to make do with what I can afford at any given time. And the prices for bag bellows are ridiculous. I think you can make your own out of a couple layers of black garbage bag plastic. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Darkroom Automation http://www.nolindan.com/da/index.htm n o lindan at ix dot netcom dot com |
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90mm on a Cambo SC without bag bellows?
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
link.net... "Chris Sprague" wrote As the subject says, I'm wondering how useful a 90mm (Super Angulon f/8) on a Cambo SC without bag bellows would be. I understand I won't get many movements, if any. I think you understand right. This setup also assumes that I do have the recessed lensboard. I don't think you can crank the standards close enough w/o a recessed lensboard. The problem, as I remember [and if I remember the right model of Cambo], is that the standard bellows get so compressed tight that they become [almost] a solid block. The second problem was getting the cable release onto the shutter when it was recessed into the board. I remember an extra small (& cheesy) release _would_ fit, just, if it was bent a bit. Someone makes 90 degree cable releases for recessed boards. Gepe makes a short cable release 'extension' that is another option. This is flexible almost to the tip - which is the limiting factor with most cable releases on recessed boards - is a couple of inches long, and has a socket for your normal cable release at the other end. All of my lenses that are on recessed boards have one of these fitted permanently, and I find them more flexible (literally and metaphorically) than the rigid 90 and 45 degree extensions. Peter |
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90mm on a Cambo SC without bag bellows?
"Nicholas O. Lindan" wrote in message
ink.net... "Chris Sprague" wrote I have to make do with what I can afford at any given time. And the prices for bag bellows are ridiculous. I think you can make your own out of a couple layers of black garbage bag plastic. If you are stuck with the normal bellows, one option is to find the maximum that you can shift the bellows, and then cut an off centre hole in your lens board so that the lens is centred when the bellows are shifted that amount. That way, depending on which way round you fit the lens-board (should have said this only works for cameras with square boards, which the Calumet has, I think) you double the maximum amount of shift you have available in any direction, and can still shoot straight-on with the lens centred when you want that. Doesn't help you much with tilt though. For landscapes and this lens, I expect you might find you want fall front more often than rise. Peter |
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