e. a. smith
31-Oct-2006, 23:00
I just acquired my first LF and need some help getting started.
The previous owner described the camera as a Linhof-Karden Color-S 45.
The camera has identical front and backs with full movements and a geared rail drive. According to what I have read the monorail should be should be either 15 or 18 inches but mine is 28 inches long and lacks the adjustable tripod thread. I would like to acquire a proper used monorail and tripod mount.
Any suggestions where to look. (nothing on e-bay) but barring that, could I have the larger rail cut down and to what length?. I have a custom steel collar sweated to the end of the rail now. Do I need to have movement along the rail for tripod mounting or could I have this collar sweated on in the middle of the rail?
There was no glass in the Linhof back back so I installed a grid ground glass labelled "Swiss Made". Will it work on the Linhof?
I have an unmarked lens board 6 3/8" square with a slightly recessed 3
3/8" hole which is offset on the board by 3/8". There's a plate mounted
above the holes and two small silver buttons bellow that I assume are some sort of quick release for lenses mounted on smaller boards. Should I try and use this or just by a full size board? Do Technica boards or other makes fit on the Karden?
The lens I acquired is a Zeiss Tessar 3.5 100mm . The front elements easily unthreads from a large unit with a chrome front labelled Synchro-Compur. This contains the shutter/diaphragm but also has at least one element. The lens is in a custom mount which I don't think will fit on a lens board. I assumed lenses mounted like an enlarger lens through the boad and held on with a jam nut but I read about taking lenses apart with spanners and sandwiching the board between front and back sections. Whats the normal way to mount lens?
When I remove the lens from the custom mount the circular ring
that works the diaphragm is exposed and looks a little vulnerable.
Will I damage this when I mount a board and then thread a jam nut.
I live in Canada.and have been told the Canadian Linhof distributer is Blazes Photographic but that WEB page is under construction. Anyone know Canadian sources for used Linhof gear?
I apologize for the long post but I'm stumpied. Rather than tie up group space please feel free to email me at magnum_bear@hotmail.com.
Thanks to all.
EA Smith
The previous owner described the camera as a Linhof-Karden Color-S 45.
The camera has identical front and backs with full movements and a geared rail drive. According to what I have read the monorail should be should be either 15 or 18 inches but mine is 28 inches long and lacks the adjustable tripod thread. I would like to acquire a proper used monorail and tripod mount.
Any suggestions where to look. (nothing on e-bay) but barring that, could I have the larger rail cut down and to what length?. I have a custom steel collar sweated to the end of the rail now. Do I need to have movement along the rail for tripod mounting or could I have this collar sweated on in the middle of the rail?
There was no glass in the Linhof back back so I installed a grid ground glass labelled "Swiss Made". Will it work on the Linhof?
I have an unmarked lens board 6 3/8" square with a slightly recessed 3
3/8" hole which is offset on the board by 3/8". There's a plate mounted
above the holes and two small silver buttons bellow that I assume are some sort of quick release for lenses mounted on smaller boards. Should I try and use this or just by a full size board? Do Technica boards or other makes fit on the Karden?
The lens I acquired is a Zeiss Tessar 3.5 100mm . The front elements easily unthreads from a large unit with a chrome front labelled Synchro-Compur. This contains the shutter/diaphragm but also has at least one element. The lens is in a custom mount which I don't think will fit on a lens board. I assumed lenses mounted like an enlarger lens through the boad and held on with a jam nut but I read about taking lenses apart with spanners and sandwiching the board between front and back sections. Whats the normal way to mount lens?
When I remove the lens from the custom mount the circular ring
that works the diaphragm is exposed and looks a little vulnerable.
Will I damage this when I mount a board and then thread a jam nut.
I live in Canada.and have been told the Canadian Linhof distributer is Blazes Photographic but that WEB page is under construction. Anyone know Canadian sources for used Linhof gear?
I apologize for the long post but I'm stumpied. Rather than tie up group space please feel free to email me at magnum_bear@hotmail.com.
Thanks to all.
EA Smith