Bob, So after using my MT IV for the last few years (but never with any of the 3 cams it came with), your explanation makes some sense to me. However, I confess I don’t recall the Owner's Manual that came with my MT made any mention of such details as you describe. In fact, I don’t think it says much at all about using the camera without any cams installed. Don’t you think that’s a failing of Linhof’s to not offer users who don’t use the RF and cams some specific instructions or tips on how to handle the camera? Pretty disappointing. ‘Just saying...
... JMOwens (Mt. Pleasant, Wisc. USA)
"If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all." ...Michelangelo
In fact, jamming really does happen rather rarely, I think. when it does, I presume something has already been defective then, for a while, broken, bent, not properly adjusted. The http://www.laflexcamera.com/linhof-t...a-buyers-guide is actually quite detailed. - One shouldn't worry too much and use the camera. If something has survived for 60 years so far, it will do so for the next 60 years as well. - Besides, you could also remove the rangefinder and install a chinese wide angle device for 400 USD. https://www.ebay.ch/itm/Linhof-Techn...IAAOSwrStbcwBf What are these things actually like? Can they be recommended for non-dogmatists?
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I have speared my bellows with a long (240mm) RF cam! I had the bed lowered and the focus racked out beyond the cam and as I focused further away (standard moved back toward camera) it poked into the bellows. I wasn't even using the RF but had just left the cam in place! so use caution when close focusing beyond cam range with a long cam...
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