Filthy? I never heard that about Norma before, and wasn't aware of her shameful past. She always seemed like a decent gal to me. I guess we all get fooled sometimes. But still, I wouldn't try to enhance her with silicone; it's bad for her bellows, or really any kind of fabric, leather, or wood. But we're talking about a metal monorail with an easily removable bellows. I never clean a bellows interior except with compressed air.
Guess I was lucky, and acquired two mint condition original tapered 4X5 Norma bellows, which I like a lot more than the later Sinar box bellows. But they're all fully interchangeable. Had my Norma out in the drippy cloud forest yesterday. Wonderful light.
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