I've been going through past threads and trying to learn as much as I can about the MT and am looking forward to learning and interacting more with the members here.
Well, I recently purchased a used MT that seemed to be in decent condition and now I'm not so sure. I found the thread about MT bellows light leaks and confirmed that my bellows is indeed leaking so I'm either going to have to repair it or get a new one and there appears to be two camps of thought on that. Chinese bellows from ecbuyonline and DIY vs Linhof OEM installed by Marflex.
The other possible issue that I noticed is that there is currently no rangefinder cam installed in the camera so the lever thing that usually holds the cam keeps springing to the left side. This makes it very difficult to push the lens standard all the way back into the body since the lever thing keeps getting in the way.
Some things that I'm hoping to get help with in light of all of this...
1. The bellows that is currently on my MT is incredibly thin. Is this how the original OEM Linhof bellows is supposed to be? If it is, then I'm a little concerned about buying another OEM bellows like it. How difficult is the installation a new bellows, particularly the ecbuyonline one. By the way, I noticed that the username on ebay that sells these bellows is currently ecbuyonline2008. Is this still "Rudy" or has some other person taken over and past reputation is moot. Someone mentioned the ecbuystore.net website in another thread and that currently points to a site that sells radio controlled helicopters???
2. I don't plan to use the rangefinder because I want to be able to use the 3rd door position and I prefer to focus on the ground glass, with a loupe if necessary. Without a cam in place the lens standard will not go back into the body unless I move the lever thing back to the middle and press down on it a little so that the bottom of the lens standard can clear it and slide back in. This is incredibly annoying to have to do this every time that I use the camera. Is this normal behavior for a MT without a cam installed? What are my options if I don't plan to use the rangefinder but I just want to be able to use the MT without the lever thing getting in the way?
Thanks for any and all info.
Steven
www.stevenwuphoto.com
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