Ash
23-Mar-2011, 04:28
Similar to the Goerz Anschütz conversion. In fact, near identical in places.
The Contessa Nettel Deckrullo has a built-in focusing mechanism, and if I had gone for this camera in the first place the poor Anschütz would never have been butchered! Would have saved me a lot of money as well..... Anyway!
Lens was missing, original sliding back was in perfect condition, the shutter was totally broken and the clockwork shutter mechanism was missing pieces. I think this camera had been a donor body some time in the distant past.
I removed the back, whole shutter assembly including the bastard metal plate off the side, and cut the right side down. All the gaps were filled, but on the right hand side there's an ugly cut-out where the shutter mech used to be...
Maybe one day I'll re-cover that side and make it a bit prettier.
By recessing the B&J back into the body the 180mm lens now sits at infinity about halfway(!) along the focus rack. That means this camera is capable of using much wider lenses than initially designed. If I had more than one shuttered lens then I'd test out just how wide I could go.
There is still more than enough focus range to do head and shoulders.
The Contessa Nettel Deckrullo has a built-in focusing mechanism, and if I had gone for this camera in the first place the poor Anschütz would never have been butchered! Would have saved me a lot of money as well..... Anyway!
Lens was missing, original sliding back was in perfect condition, the shutter was totally broken and the clockwork shutter mechanism was missing pieces. I think this camera had been a donor body some time in the distant past.
I removed the back, whole shutter assembly including the bastard metal plate off the side, and cut the right side down. All the gaps were filled, but on the right hand side there's an ugly cut-out where the shutter mech used to be...
Maybe one day I'll re-cover that side and make it a bit prettier.
By recessing the B&J back into the body the 180mm lens now sits at infinity about halfway(!) along the focus rack. That means this camera is capable of using much wider lenses than initially designed. If I had more than one shuttered lens then I'd test out just how wide I could go.
There is still more than enough focus range to do head and shoulders.