I've always been intrigued by the idea of assembling a helical focus wide angle camera like a Sinar Handy from off the shelf parts. I know the right thing to do is to find a vintage used lens already in a Handy cone and focusing mount, which would simply fit onto the front of a 4x5 format frame and you'd be good to go except for a tripod mount and a shoe for the viewfinder.
So... how would you add a shoe mount and a proper tripod hole to a Sinar format frame? What is the slickest way?
Short of finding an OEM Sinar Handy Cone/Helical/Lens, has anyone used those new cheap Chineses focusing helicals they are selling on eBay? I would like to avoid messing around and hoping for the best with regards to focal flanges distances and vignetting, so are there any lens combinations that you know would work with a flat lenboard (no cone) and not vignette too badly? (It seems like you could stick a 65mm onto one of those, stick it on a Sinar board and be ready to go, but I don't wannabe to be the first to try it...)
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