white gloves
19-Feb-2013, 17:57
Hi everyone
I have just entered the world of large format photography. I'm a very lucky girl being gifted a Linhof Color. I have a lot of experience with 35mm and medium format film cameras but none with large format.
I am trying to work out the lens I have. Ifs a Schneider 210/370 I understand that the front element should unscrew but its a bit tight so I will have to keep trying to get that to budge. I can see that it has the different aperture markings for the different lengths and basically how the lens works but there are two things I can't figure out.
The lens has a green lever which points to either M or X, I assume that it has something to do with the conversion because its green like the other conversion markings but other than that I am lost. Also there is a button beside the button that you press to hold the shutter open for view and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it does.
Also how do you figure out the copal size of your lens board? The lens has no markings on it and neither does the board to say what size it is. Do all my lenses have to fit this copal size or can I mount other boards with other sizes?
Thanks heaps for any help, google has not been very helpful at all.
I have just entered the world of large format photography. I'm a very lucky girl being gifted a Linhof Color. I have a lot of experience with 35mm and medium format film cameras but none with large format.
I am trying to work out the lens I have. Ifs a Schneider 210/370 I understand that the front element should unscrew but its a bit tight so I will have to keep trying to get that to budge. I can see that it has the different aperture markings for the different lengths and basically how the lens works but there are two things I can't figure out.
The lens has a green lever which points to either M or X, I assume that it has something to do with the conversion because its green like the other conversion markings but other than that I am lost. Also there is a button beside the button that you press to hold the shutter open for view and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it does.
Also how do you figure out the copal size of your lens board? The lens has no markings on it and neither does the board to say what size it is. Do all my lenses have to fit this copal size or can I mount other boards with other sizes?
Thanks heaps for any help, google has not been very helpful at all.