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    Lensboards for Older Arca Swiss 6x9

    If you haven't yet ruled out using new AS boards, you could mock one up out of thick cardboard, or some other easily worked material, to see how hard it would be to get it to fit. Cheaper and easier than using a real board. I did it successfully, right on through to mounting a lens and shooting, with an old Century Graphic once.

    That must be some project if it requires *ten* or more boards...

    CXC

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    Lensboards for Older Arca Swiss 6x9

    Matt,

    Thanks for your feedback. I'm definitely going with an anodized finish.

    Christopher,

    The camera will be multi-format for use with everything from roll film up to 8x10 (eventually). So, it will have to accommodate a wide range of lenses. Even in single format mode (say, 4x5), I will usually carry six lenses (80, 110, 150, 210, 300, 450 in this case). Add shorter lenses for roll film use, and longer lenses with more coverage for 8x10, and I can see using up the 10 boards no problem.

    Besides, as I said, as the quantity of boards goes up, the price per board goes down dramatically. In this case, 10 boards cost less than 25% more than a single board. Most of the cost is in getting that first board made. After that, the material and machine costs for such a simple item are downright cheap. In this case, I'd rather have a few spare boards laying around than not enough, requiring me to place another order and pay the steep price for that first board all over again.

    Kerry

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