Fastest Speed of all 4x5/9x12 Sinar Norma

[Daniel Unkefer]

Norma Instant Operation by Nokton48, on Flickr

I'm like a kid playing with my box of incredibly expensive tinker toys, building all kinds of interesting rigs. Why not? From "Sinar- the perfect tool for the professional photographer" Karl Heitz 1964. I have built the camera on the bottom left. They would configure the camera for you at the factory; Wonder how they embellished it?

Sinar Norma 4x5 TLR Matching 210 Xenar Barrel Lenses by Nokton48, on Flickr

I decided to finish the 4x5 Sinar Norma TLR today. I found a couple of old boards with mickey mouse automation, I removed all of that. Then I cut large holes with my electric scroll saw, and finished with a good deal of hand filing. I just need to fill some holes with JB Weld. So now here two perfectly matching 240mm Schneider chrome Xenar f4.5 barrel lenses, should be great for portraiture. I exchanged the Black Binocular modern reflex magnifier on the back, with the original Norma Rubber Bellows, and the uber rare Norma Reflex Magnifier, which is quite small and I prefer it to modern Boxy Reflex Sinar.

So now I am ready to learn more about how this works. Testing looking through the camera went well, ready to go

[Daniel Unkefer]

Highest Speed 4x5 Norma 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Here's the reverse view. I added a Norma Rubber Hood, Norma Long Bellows Rod, and Norma Filter Holder with 108mm yellow glass. So pretty much like it came right out of the Norma brochure. Was fun to put together. Some old things need fixing and I like working with my hands.

[Barrie B.]

Daniel , With this ' Set-up' surely you will have paralax error of the image !!
Regards , Barrie B.

[Daniel Unkefer]

Daniel , With this ' Set-up' surely you will have paralax error of the image !!
Regards , Barrie B.

Thanks I am concerned but there is a lot of adjustability in the system. Sinar Norma said this will work with ANY lens pair. And there unlimited choice of focal length, that sounds encouraging to me. Also viewing along the axis of exposure. And of course total control from 100% behind the camera only. No going back and forth all the time

Sounds like maybe something to get used to, but becomes second nature with practice (hopefully!)

520mm 20 inch Apo Ronar Pair XTRA long 5x7 new bellows 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

As you can see the viewpoints are very similar (adjustments made for parallax).

[ic-racer]

Daniel , With this ' Set-up' surely you will have paralax error of the image !!
Regards , Barrie B.

Probably one of the easiest cameras to adjust rear rise to compensate, seeing as you can even view both images at the same time.

[Daniel Unkefer]

Probably one of the easiest cameras to adjust rear rise to compensate, seeing as you can even view both images at the same time.

Thanks Guys for adding to this and anybody feel free to offer opinions

Gowlandflex Users Here: With portrait length 4x5/lens 150/210/240/300/360 How far are your Gowlandflex lenses apart from center to center? How exactly did Peter Gowland compensate for parallax when tight shooting? Did he mark the groundglass? I'd like to see pix

[Tin Can]

My 4X5 Gowlandflex has a straight cut, angle slope cam that moves viewing lens up and down in a channel

Mine is apart looking for a faster pair of 210 lenses

I installed 6.8 210's as listed in his catalog, but want matching 4.5

Thanks Guys for adding to this and anybody feel free to offer opinions

Gowlandflex Users Here: With portrait length 4x5/lens 150/210/240/300/360 How far are your Gowlandflex lenses apart from center to center? How exactly did Peter Gowland compensate for parallax when tight shooting? Did he mark the groundglass? I'd like to see pix

[LabRat]

Thanks Guys for adding to this and anybody feel free to offer opinions

Gowlandflex Users Here: With portrait length 4x5/lens 150/210/240/300/360 How far are your Gowlandflex lenses apart from center to center? How exactly did Peter Gowland compensate for parallax when tight shooting? Did he mark the groundglass? I'd like to see pix

You can also do the old TLR trick of measuring the distance between the centers of two lenses, and raising the center tripod column that distance before shot... Mark the column at those distances...

Steve K

[maltfalc]

You can also do the old TLR trick of measuring the distance between the centers of two lenses, and raising the center tripod column that distance before shot... Mark the column at those distances...

Steve K

that's what i was going to suggest, except you start with the camera raised to frame the shot and drop it before confirming focus and taking the shot.

[Kiwi7475]

A lf tlr!