It's not clear to me from the pictures. How does the focusing work on the Wehman?
It's not clear to me from the pictures. How does the focusing work on the Wehman?
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
I was thinking the same thing. The old website doesn't seem to enlighten much, and many pics were broken when I looked.
I read the instructions and the description of how to adjust the rear swing had me lose much of my interest in copying this...maybe it's just not worded well, and the real thing is much better than the instructions make it sound. Impression from reading was that it's really kludgy and fiddly. Still really like the overall concept of the design, but maybe reimagine the mechanicals.
Geared focusing is at the rear standard, the front is moved along the bed according to focal length of lens used. You use the knobs on either side of the camera for that and also for rear swing.
Focusing can be loose, tight or locked, there's another knob at the back that controls focusing tension.
Thanks, Ari. I got a bit of a glimpse of the tensioner. If you ever feel like taking some pictures of the mechanisms, that would be wonderful.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
I had to work a long time to figure out the rear swing works. You lock one side, I forget which, then adjust the other to get the effect you want. It works, but it’s so different I don’t care for it.
We do need better pictures of all detail
I thought the folding 'lid' covered the GG?
Maybe not
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Some photos of the camera: https://www.flickr.com/gp/zsari/644rfj
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