Ian Fields
8-Dec-2003, 11:02
If you use a crown graphic, you have probably figured this out by now, but I discovered this (probably not the first) and hope that it might help some others who use this camera.
Crown graphics have only a backwards tilt of about 20 degrees (on the front standard), but because I do mostly landscape photography, this is relatively useless, though forward tilt would be a great help to get things in focus. On the graflex site (www.graflex.org), it says that it is possible to "drop" the bed for use with wide lenses (bed gets in picture or something?). If you drop it while the bellows are extended though, it tilts the front standard forward and drops it down some (drop can be corrected by front rise). From there use the backward tilt to adjust the amount of forward tilt. Seems a little crazy but hopefully it can help.
Ian
Crown graphics have only a backwards tilt of about 20 degrees (on the front standard), but because I do mostly landscape photography, this is relatively useless, though forward tilt would be a great help to get things in focus. On the graflex site (www.graflex.org), it says that it is possible to "drop" the bed for use with wide lenses (bed gets in picture or something?). If you drop it while the bellows are extended though, it tilts the front standard forward and drops it down some (drop can be corrected by front rise). From there use the backward tilt to adjust the amount of forward tilt. Seems a little crazy but hopefully it can help.
Ian