The back came off my camera, a Calumet 4x5 and I am not sure hoe=w to put it back on. Appears the hooks are not connected to the spring???
The back came off my camera, a Calumet 4x5 and I am not sure hoe=w to put it back on. Appears the hooks are not connected to the spring???
Google is your friend.
This one is also a good instruction manual for any view camera with front and back swings and front and back rise and fall:
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/calumet...alumet_4x5.htm
Here's a magazine review from 1962. The camera was $89.95 out the door...
http://www.cameramanuals.org/prof_pd...4x5_review.pdf
We'll need pictures in order to be of much help.
Politically, aerodynamically, and fashionably incorrect.
Which model Calumet?
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
Check this out to see if you are having the same problem.
If so, I posted instructions on how to fix it. (and don't pull the back out that far again)
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...rer+cambo+back
Yes Tracy this is exactly the case, thanks
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