My latest "final acquisition" is a tailboard german 13x18" reisekamera. Bought mainly for the universal iris mount that was attached. Underneath the grime was the delightful name Curt Bentzin Görlitz. I have just finished cleaning the brass and repairing the bellows when I noticed two central fixing slots in the back of the front standard (in the middle - top and bottom) and two matching slots at the back of the camera on the wood frame - just before the ground glass. These have obviously been there from day one as they are reinforced with brass.
I very much doubt wheither anyone here has the same camera - but this possibility for mounting a stereo adaptor may be common for other 5x7, 5x8 and 13x18cm tailboard plate cameras? Perhaps even the same system? I imagine that the front separating baffle must go quite deep into the bellows (length depending on lens image circle I suppose) - whilst the rear baffle can be quite a bit shorter. Or do they, perhaps overlap?
Any comments would be welcome.
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