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Hi Kumar,

That's very interesting. Since the inner knob turned along with the outer knob there surely must be some connection. Perhaps clutch is engaged when the inner knob experiences too much...

Hi Kumar,

On the microscopes I've used, turning the outer knob at a given rate causes the inner knob to turns at a faster, and vice versa. Thus, I suspect the outer and inner knobs are connected...

On a LF camera, I've only ever used combined rise-fall/tilt controls and been annoyed by them. I've also never used a camera with completely independent movement mechanisms (like the Arca Swiss, I...

Very nice work, David! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Tin Can, thanks for the links. It seems those style of knobs would work for rotary pots or rotary encoders. I'm not sure how they'd mate...

Hi David,

Thanks for the pointers and details. I've been sketching out ideas for a few days and I've come up with something very similar to what you describe. I've found these hollow bolts on...

Hello all,

I've noticed that the new Chamonix, Intrepid and Chroma cameras come with knobs on the front standard that are able to independently control rise-fall and tilt. I'm very intrigued by...

That's good to know, so many thanks for the note, Jim. Part of what I'm looking forward to with LF is exploring different sorts of portraiture.

Cheers,
-R

Thanks Ken, that is *exactly* what I was looking for. Not sure why I didn't find it myself, but many thanks for putting that up.

Cheers,
-R

Hi all,

I'm building a 4x5 camera from Jon Grepstad's plans and I've been reading up on it on these forums and other sites for a couple of months now.

I've bought a 250mm Fujinon W (no idea...