I have been using an Ebony 45SU for a few years and have shot about 1000 sheets with it. I have noticed a couple of issues with the bellows that I wanted to pass on to new Ebony users. These both stem from Ebony's efforts to keep the camera small. The result is that the bellows are barely larger than the 5x5 necessary to rotate the back.
1) with the wide angle bellows, it is easy get a fold of the bellows in the lens light path. You really need to pull the back off and make sure the bellows is clear. Sinar solves this with a more resilient bellows material that stays out of the way.
2) the universal/normal bellows is asymmetrical. If you use fall or significant tilt, it will cut off the image. The solution is to rotate the bellows 180 degrees, then put it back for rise. A pain which I often forget to do. You can see if you look hard, but I still miss it.
Otherwise, I love the camera. But having to attend to this makes it less pleasant to use the camera, and is easily forgotten. If you do not use significant movements you will probably not have these problems.
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