Extending Rise on Sinar Norma Front Standards

[Jerry Bodine]

...the Norma manuals were the ones advocating using the 5x7 system box as a rucksack...

Struan, I do have a Sinar Norma publication promoting the many configurations of the system; it shows a pic of a photographer in a suit, climbing some stairs, with that 5x7 case on his back (like a rucksack) and carrying his tripod in its case in one hand. I cringe every time I see it.

[asf]

I have the case with the image inside, just shake my head when I see

But I firmly believe that people were generally much stronger 50 years ago

[Struan Gray]

They certainly wore suits more often :-)

[Keith Pitman]

Here's a scan from the 1967 Sinar Instruction Booklet. The text indicates that the rods (which must have been in multiple sections) were used for stabilizing long extensions (when you have the "clamping joints"), for extending front rise, and for attaching other devices to the camera.