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Thanks Jose. I suspect that slippage is indeed the issue. When I look at the tips of the three releases, one has a flat top (this is the one I had trouble with), and the other two have spherical...

Is there a generic name for this different type of cable? I think you may be on to something.

My hunch is that the shutter is fine. I bought the camera fairly recently from Ffordes, and it seems relatively pristine.

I'm quite sure now that the pin from the first cable has just enough...

It may be more of an interface problem (between the release and the lens mechanism) as opposed to either the release or the lens shutter by themselves.

I haven't been able to replicate the problem with the other two cable releases. In fact, I haven't been able to replicate the problem with the first cable release. Perhaps because I'm now in a...

I'm coming to the conclusion that the cable release is the problem; not the lens. (and your sarcasm isn't helpful).

I found another remote shutter release hanging around (a bulb type). So I think I'll just carry all three around and when the first one starts to malfunction, I'll bring out the other two. ...

I had a closer look at the mechanism. The pin from the cable release pushes a lever which is integral with the shutter button. I suspect that the pin is somehow slipping off of the lever when the...

I believe it's a Copal. Looks like one and it says "made in Japan" on it, and it's attached to a 47mm super-angulon.

And when I say cold, I mean about 10C or 50F.

I've tried to narrow down...

Nope. No luck with the lube. So I had to do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0GKSfECyuI

That's no problem. The film back on my Silvestri will rotate to the horizontal quite easily...in fact a lot more easily than how I manage the portrait/landscape shuffle with my Mamiya 645 and shift...

Whew! Thought I was hallucinating again. Here's one that looks a bit more appropriate: ...

Now I'm confused. The 645 holder shown here has an opening that resembles something similar to the size of my 6x7 Horseman. ...

Thanks. I'll look into those (I have the 2x3). And I agree that the mamiya stuff is more attractive than the 22 Graphic. Plus, I've heard that with thinner film in recent decades, the Graphic...

Yup, I have a 2x3.

From what my research tells me, there is only the 22 Graphic and the RH-12. But I just wanted to make sure that I'm not missing anything before I go on the hunt.

Thanks in advance.

Evan

Never mind. Found it. I had to partially tear the camera apart to see it, but there's an ingenious little lever which takes a large lens movement and translates it into a smaller viewfinder screen...

Does anyone know if the screen on the H is supposed to rise with the lens rise? I've read conflicting info on the web about this (even on the Silvestri site), and good photos of the respective...

Found it. It's the H, as opposed to the H25, but I suspect they're the same weight. (Funny that this info isn't available on the silvestri website). The weight of the lenses and the backs are easy...

Does anyone have any good info on the latter in particular? I think I've googled it to death, but I still can't find the weight. And I'm not even entirely sure whether it's a 4x5 or a dedicated...

Yup. In fact, the 25mm recess that I have is a minimum for the 65mm lens on there right now. I finally got all the pieces together (the last item being an adapter for the shutter release). The...

I'm not sure what I'll do. I had a nagaoka 2x3 a few years ago. Absolutely gorgeous, but I didn't have enough patience. Who knows? Once I get going with the Arca Swiss, I may find that I won't...

thanks. I may just go for that.
But I can't find the flangeback distance on either of these two sheets. Would it be the same as what they have listed for the 5.6?...

Actually, I could take the plastic housing off of the aperture lever and bend it up, away from the part of the board that curves. And then it would be a matter of making some brass shims, so that...

I already have the board with me. The main problem is that the Copal 0 -- or rather the levers sticking out of it -- is a bit too big for it. I can easily take the insert out of the board, which...

Here's the board. The flange hole is only about 25mm, so I assume that the only thing that'll fit is a Compur 00. 128906

Found it:
http://www.sizes.com/tools/shutter_photo.htm
Looks like the Nikkor won't fit. But the chart will come in handy.

Another thought just occurred to me. Could I simply pop the Nikkor 65mm into a Compur shutter? Is there a table somewhere which gives flange diameters and/or compatibility info?

Hi Folks,

I found out the hard way that a Nikkor 65mm won't really be suitable for deeply recessed lensboard. So I'm now looking at a 100mm Rodenstock Sironar and a 100mm schneider kreuznach. I...

Here's a better photo that shows the rail. And a rough measurement from the lensboard to the groundglass is currently about 80mm's when everything's squashed together like that. I figure that when...

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Here it is. I think part of the problem is that the lens board is an adapter (linhof?) and so it protrudes outward. The standards are separated by about an inch in the photo, whereas the...

I just did a very rough measurement. It's somewhere between 80 and 85 mm's. But I have the Dayi recessed board on order, so it should help immensely.

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Well, the Dremel seems to have worked. I also used a bit of epoxy putty to build up a few attachment areas. Now the troughs and the crests all fit together at the mating surfaces as they...

If it's any help, I also have a 2nd set of indentations on my standard bellows. Just like the one on the ebay auction. About an inch higher than the indentation that clears the rise/fall nut. And...

Is 70.8 mm's the distance from the lens board to the film plane at which infinity can be focused? (sorry, I have no clue)

Thanks Dan, but I don't think any of that is going to work on mine. I can reverse each standard, but then the bellows attachment point also become reversed...and they can't be separated from the...

Hi,

Wondering what the different variables might be. The shutter I have is "copal 0", and the camera size is 6x9. So I need 110mm by 110mm, and I assume that I'm looking for something with #0 in...

Thanks guys. Neil clued me into a set that would fit my system on ebay...

Thanks Tim. Looks like bellows should be my only concern (I don't plan on monkeying around with format frames). As for this current issue, I've done some careful measuring, and it looks as though I...

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