A bit of a strange one (not me, the question!). I've come across a photo of an early Cambo Wide, fitted with the shoe mounted viewfinder BUT with what appears to be a "cage"-like affair surrounding this finder. The camera is fitted with the bars on the lens panel but this appears at first to be a wire-frame finder (mounted on the other top plate shoe) but I thought it odd to have this AND the attached viewfinder? Any ideas - just curious!
My impression was that these bars were to protect the lens. Many ultrawide cameras have them.
Hi David. Thanks for the reply. This Cambo Wide has the "crash bars" around the lens you talk about (like the Fuji 6x17 etc) but in addition it appears to have a similar protective "cage" over the top-mounted viewfinder. As I said just curious!
Now I get it. Sorry I misread your question.
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