Quote Originally Posted by xkaes View Post
A five inch "top hat" is pretty substantial -- and makes the weight/lens alignment problem of the front standard much worse. I use a 2" "top hat" for my 600mm -- which is not very heavy -- but it takes some serious maneuvering to adjust things correctly.
If thats the case I might need to enlist Mr. gibellini on camera modifications or look into selling/trading my Gibellini camera for a Canham 8x10 which i saw has over 800mm of bellows extension right from the box. Not looking forward to the logistics of that however.