Ross Chambers
17-Nov-2007, 14:53
Attn. Shen Hao FCL 57-A experts, although this feature could be common to other designs:
On the camera back, at about the midpoint of the long sides of the frame which surrounds the ground glass are two identical sliding aluminium panels which seem to serve no other purpose than to retain the ground glass in a position which would be well behind focus if they are slid into their alternative positions
I thought that they may have been intended as a way of holding the ground glass away to allow insertion of the film holder (although that seemed unnecessary as the holders slide in quite smoothly without sliding the panels into position) but these panels then block the path of the holder.
What am I missing? Something which could revolutionise my sometimes blundering technique?
I'm sorry that I can't easily send a picture, I've described the device as best I can and someone with a Shen Hao could probably see what I'm getting at.
Regards - Ross
On the camera back, at about the midpoint of the long sides of the frame which surrounds the ground glass are two identical sliding aluminium panels which seem to serve no other purpose than to retain the ground glass in a position which would be well behind focus if they are slid into their alternative positions
I thought that they may have been intended as a way of holding the ground glass away to allow insertion of the film holder (although that seemed unnecessary as the holders slide in quite smoothly without sliding the panels into position) but these panels then block the path of the holder.
What am I missing? Something which could revolutionise my sometimes blundering technique?
I'm sorry that I can't easily send a picture, I've described the device as best I can and someone with a Shen Hao could probably see what I'm getting at.
Regards - Ross