Installing F2 Locking Focus on an F Back?

[neil poulsen]

I'm wondering if, given both F and F2 backs, if it's possible to cannibalize the latter to install a locking focus mechanism on the former? Perhaps not, but it's worth asking.

This relates to my hybrid Norma (front)/F back camera, which I really like. See the following link.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?131276-Sinar-F-Norma-Hybrid-Camera

I'd like to have the locking F focus like the locking front Norma focus. But, I need the short posts, which have their own advantages.

[rdenney]

Neil, you might get more response in the regular LF equipment forum, rather than ULF.

Rick "an F2 back might be easier to find than the parts" Denney