I don't know why not. This one is better looking than some and far more reliable than most of the women I've dated. No, I'm not a misogynist!!!!
Printable View
I don't know why not. This one is better looking than some and far more reliable than most of the women I've dated. No, I'm not a misogynist!!!!
Absinthe,
Your camera is a Calumet CC-402. I have a love/hate relationship with two of them. Look up Kirk Gittings if you need more info.
-Dave
I see the 402, and I am guessing mine is a hybrid of the 402 front bellows mount and the 400 rail and rest of the camera. And now since I flipped the uprights and bolt plates it is more like the 400, since it takes away about an inch of rearward travel (the standards can't get quite as close together anymore) I am assuming by looking at it, that I do not have the softer bellows with extra pleats, and with a quick measurement of 18" the rail is not the shorter rail eihter...
Well, I will keep my eyes open for some of those 47 and 90 mm lenses
Well I have the contact info for Calumet service, we will see what they say tomorrow :)
i prefer my speed graphic =)Quote:
Originally Posted by lenser
Absinthe, I have a very simular calumet. Mine,however seems to be a factory
issue. It has a 12" rail 5" bellows with 6 wide spaced plets. Not a true wide angle
bellows, but it works very well for my needs, and is much less painful than a
recessed board. What I don't understand is why the rear standerd has the tilt knob
on the right side and the front standered on the left side?? These are heavy cameras,
the recessed standered makes them worth the extra weight. IMHO that is.
Use it have fun with it. Their hard to hurt.
Joe A
Before I finally sold mine, I was tempted to shorten the rail and bellows to make it easier to use in the field. I do landscape and old architecture, so I really had no need for 19" of extension. I found other options, though, and passed the thing on to a new owner. Mine was the original Kodak Master View version. A very good camera, but not what I needed for what I do. Enjoy.
Joseph I was curious about that myself. But everything seems to be for a purpose. I personally will not be shooting any wide angle stuff since my lovely wollensack is like 7" or something :)
However, I think I understand why. Ready, they orient the uprights so that the two short sides are facing each other so the two standards can get closer together. I think they swap the tilt adjustment knobs so that when the bellows is all the way compressed you will still be able to work them comfortably with your fingers, since they woudl be so close together.
And with the exception of my hamfisted inability to remove 2 screws without messing up the heads they are really easy to swap back to being on the same side.
Absinthe, your dead on. The obvious always escapes me. with my short bellows the standereds contact each other. Can't use it like that,but even drawn out some it would be very hard to use same sided knobs. On my long rail Calumet there are knobs on each side of each standered. Makes things a little easier. Have you considered the wollinsack
optar 3 1/2". Since your bellows compresson limits movement. why not? their very inexpensive. small, light with good contrast and sharp. I got one from e-bay mint and
use it more than my Schneider-SA 90mm. If movement is needed I go with the SA
but it's big and heavy and at f8 the optar is a little brighter at 6.8. I paid 53$ for mine
shipping included.(a sucker gets a break) Iam not selling nor do I know any one who
is selling one of these lenses. Had to get that in. These lenses were made for graphic
cameras and will yield a tiny bit of movement. They,IMHO,though they are a little
old are largely over looked these days. Thanks for solving the knob puzzle.
Joe A
Well actually it is a #3 optimo f-6 portrait from a 5x7 so i guess it is not a 7" but a 6". it is all I have right now, but I keep watching ebay who knows maybe someday I will have a wide angle :)