Horseman FA User Manual?

[dbmiller]

Anybody have a user manual for a Horseman FA?

I found a reference to one searching these forums from a post several years ago, but when I tried to contact the person who had offered to send a pdf in that post, the email address bounced back.

Thanks

[Robert A. Zeichner]

there is a manual for the Horseman VH-R which is similar here: http://www.butkus.org/chinon/horsema...seman_vh-r.htm

[Richard Wasserman]

I don't have a manual, but I do have and use the camera. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to do my best to answer them.

[ic-racer]

I just got a manual, mostly as a collector item. After using the FA for 3 years, there was not really anything in there I did not know. Is there anything in particular you need from the manual?

I just set the front detents for tilt, rise and swing, but that info is not in there.

[john biskupski]

I don't recall seeing a user manual, but the Komamura website used to provide the spec sheet for the camera, and a list of compatible lenses. By that I mean those with a sufficiently small rear lens element to fit through the 45FA front standard, and with a suitable flange focal distance for the bellows. B&H catalogues also used to show all accessories available, I don't know if they are still listed.

[ic-racer]

B&H still have this pdf on their site:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWor...ormatField.pdf

[zx42b8]

Here is the link: http://komamura.co-site.jp/manual/HO...5FA_Manual.pdf
Alain

[dbmiller]

Many thanks for everyone's help!

This is a slight change of subject, but has anybody ever seen a definitive list of which lenses can be folded up inside the FA?

I know that the 135mm Sironar N will work and is highly favored, but are there others as well?

Also, is it possible to use a Linhof viewfinder with an FA? (Wondering if the shoe mount will fit, since the mount on the top of the FA is flush with the molding.)

Thanks again

[ic-racer]

Horseman Technical camera FAQ: http://www.komamura.co.jp/e/faq_tc.html

And specifically THE lens list: http://www.komamura.co.jp/e/lens_list.html


One lens not in there is the Caltar HR 90mm 5.6. This is a re-branded LF Topcor 90 5.6. These are the only two 90mm f5.6 lenses that fit through the hole (though they actually are the same lens).

[Sal Santamaura]

...I know that the 135mm Sironar N will work and is highly favored, but are there others as well?...

150mm f/9 G-Claron; 150mm f/9 Germinar W; 150mm f/6.3 Fujinon W. Any other lenses in a Copal/Compur 0 shutter with front cell diameters of 43mm or smaller. I don't know which those might be.