Paul Schilliger
11-Oct-2001, 10:45
Sometime ago I decided a Linhof recessed board would help in using my 65mm Nikko r SW. In fact, the decision was more about accepting to spend the price they ask for! cough cough...
Seven weeks after I ordered this item at the swiss importer, it finally arrived. It is concealed in a plastic bag with five tiny bits to assemble, but no descri ptive. I am usually not bad a handyman, and it did not take me more than 10 minu tes to explore all the possible fits and find the good one. Screwing the back fl ange for the shutter is not easy as there is no space for a normal wrench. But w hen everything was in place, I discovered that this mount is so tight that it is impossible to operate the mechanism and get it set back properly. I tried diver se positions for the shutter and it's a choice between having the trigger to wor k but then you are unable to open the blind, or inversely. So I thought I would skip the quick mount and use a 90 degrees elbow for the cable release ... But th ere is no space for it.
I'm sure Bob will suggest I send the lens and plate to a Linhof trained technici an to have it mounted properly, but am I dumb or is there a problem with that mo unt? The older recessed board had a S pusher instead of the 3 parts one that I g et now. There was enough play so it could move loosely. I am concerned with the risk of having problems in the field with the new one, if the shutter moves a ti ny bit from it's place or if one of the small parts get's lost. Anyone has been there? Could the Nikkor shutter be slightly different and incompatible?
Seven weeks after I ordered this item at the swiss importer, it finally arrived. It is concealed in a plastic bag with five tiny bits to assemble, but no descri ptive. I am usually not bad a handyman, and it did not take me more than 10 minu tes to explore all the possible fits and find the good one. Screwing the back fl ange for the shutter is not easy as there is no space for a normal wrench. But w hen everything was in place, I discovered that this mount is so tight that it is impossible to operate the mechanism and get it set back properly. I tried diver se positions for the shutter and it's a choice between having the trigger to wor k but then you are unable to open the blind, or inversely. So I thought I would skip the quick mount and use a 90 degrees elbow for the cable release ... But th ere is no space for it.
I'm sure Bob will suggest I send the lens and plate to a Linhof trained technici an to have it mounted properly, but am I dumb or is there a problem with that mo unt? The older recessed board had a S pusher instead of the 3 parts one that I g et now. There was enough play so it could move loosely. I am concerned with the risk of having problems in the field with the new one, if the shutter moves a ti ny bit from it's place or if one of the small parts get's lost. Anyone has been there? Could the Nikkor shutter be slightly different and incompatible?