Hi, I would just like to share my experience with a 3rd party technika style recessed lens boards. I got one cheap over the austion site with 19mm recession (11mm is also available). There were to versions to choose from - centered and off-centered (like org. Linhof ones). As I am using Tachihara 4x5 - I did not want to get the off-ceter one as that would mean to loose 7mm of front rise (my bellows prefers front fall unfortunately). So I took the one with centered hole. After it arrived I found out that the release plunger (or how is that thing called) works not in the best way, but in principle after small adjustements of the length of the S shaped rod it worked fine.
But the catch 22 was an unexpected one: Thanks to the fact that the hole is centered the space around the top of the shutter where the little notch for cooking the shutter is located is too narrow and you simply can not cook the shutter. At least not a Copal 0 in which my beautifull Grandagon n75/4.5 N is installed. Otherwise the material and finish is OK. It just does not work ....
So - now I am in the marked for a used original LInhof recessed lens board. I just do not know how deep is the recession (was there just one version or two ...? )
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