The Pentax 67 is not a joke, but a very powerful weapon, that takumar 105...
The Norma is also my 45 camera, and I've two 210 symmar convertibles, I acquired the 2nd one for an stereo DIY project.
By now you may be aware that the Norma is not a common camera. First ever all metal view camera, very able for both studio and field, and used by people like Ansel Adams. Exposed in some museums... but still a powerful/elegant tool...
As you have a fresnel installed just check focus is accurate, if fresnel is in the inside part then the flange to film distance has to be corrected, if the fresnel is in the outside then no correction was needed at the time.
So place a long rule on the floor and take a shot, the photograph has to have focused the same number you saw focused in the ground glass...
If fresnel is in the
inside and you remove it then film to flnge distance has to be corrected.
About the 210 symmar, this is a very good lens, single coated, so it can have slightly more flare in some conditions(sun in the framming). Use a shutter tester and check all speeds, this is very important, even a new LF shutter may have +/-30% tolerance, so an old one has to be checked. Shutter tester cost range from $15 (photocell for the sound card type) to $100.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/expo...rge-format.htm
The Symmar 370 conversion is pretty usable, if someone says the counter you can tell him that Ansel made the "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" with a converted configuration of a Cooke, a lens well worse than the Symmar...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/schneider/150.htm
Still using the 370 conversion has drawbacks, you have to stop to /22 to get sharpness in the corners, and it has focus shift, ideal focusing changes when stoping the lens, so you have to check focus again after stopping, this not happens with the whole lens (210mm).
Still the 370mmm conversion is a very nice portrait lens, as you have a very bright fresnel it will help you focusing with lens stopped...
Have fun !!!
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