There are these 4 tube like clips on my Eastman No. 2. What do they do? They are an after market thing. There are grooves at each end of the tube on all 4 of them. Is there some reason to put them back after cleaning the camera up? I've never seen anything like this. Any information on their function would be appreciated.
Are they possibly used with metal rods to provide added support for the extended camera? Jon
Probably hold a thin metal rod that goes up and over from one side to the other, and also out in front of the camera. You drape a black cloth over this rod arrangement to form a shade for the lens.
The other thing I've seen that looks somewhat like yours is a small brass tube shaped clip - usually on the rear standard. They are used to hold the darkcloth on.
My guess would be darkcloth supports for the rear, and for the front, they could be part of a copy setup - I've seen some odd contraptions mounted to the front of a studio camera before that would enable the mounting of various reflectors and frames to do 1:1 copying of flat art at a constant focus distance.
My Century Studio camera has them and came with a wire device to support the darkcloth. They are also on the front of the camera and can provide shade to the lens to avoid flare.
My Semi-Centennial Stand has a bottle opener on the side. Much more practical...Originally Posted by Mattk
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Nice--I was wondering what to do with all that fancy iron work!
Those are for aerial photography. You put leads from all 4 into a lighter than air device such as a helium balloon and it holds the camera at about the right tilt. Shutter tripped electrically through the retrieval cordage.
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