I'm posting this here rather in the "cameras" forum in the hopes that you diy folks won't beat me up as badly as I deserve.
I bought a Fairchild f-56 aerial camera thinking to remove the lens.
It is not entirely clear how that happens.
I've seen the lensboards out, so I know it can happen, but I'm not certain how to go about it.
I would have just started by removing the six screws around the edge of the board, but another post on the subject said that that didn't work for the poster.
I gather that many of the other Fairchild cameras were of similar design, just different focal lengths, so if you got the lens out of another model, please tell me how.
Problem two, and I should have seen this coming, there is no "T" or "B" on the shutter.
Might there be some way to hold the damn thing open if and when I do get it out of the camera?
Why I want to bother: the lens is a 20" B&L telephoto and the camera was reasonable.
I did look online for anything on this camera and found nothing of substance.
Please spare me your thoughts on why I shouldn't have bought this, or what I should have bought instead that would have been easier, cheaper, better, lighter, longer, sharper, etc.
In anticipation of my eventual success in this endeavor, I will offer up the remains of the camera free-for-shipping to anyone who is a more optimistic tinker than myself. (It's heavy: shipping won't be cheap)
Bookmarks