A while back I decided to pull the view camera out of the closet and use it with the 6x9 format using a roll-film back. I had obtained, for a good price, an older 47/5.6 Super Angulon in a Compur 00 shutter, and mounted it in a Cambo recessed lens board. The camera is officially a Calumet 45N or NX--I really don't know. I have it on a short rail with a bag bellows.
If I reverse one of the standards, mount both standards on the same side of the tripod attachment, and mount the back on vertically (to clear the goalposts), I can just--almost--get it to focus at infinity. I have to hang the camera sideways on the tripod to get a horizontal format, which is, of course, not really acceptable for practical use. I gave up on the project at the time, but not I'm reviving it this time for the 6x12 format.
I have never seen a Cambo lens board with a deeper recess than the standard recessed board, but a board with a centimeter or two of additional recess would make this combination really work. Yes, I would have to use tweezers to adjust the lens settings, but I just about have to do that now with that tiny shutter.
A search of the archives revealed one person who recommended one of these cameras for lenses starting with this one, and I'm wondering is there is something simple that I'm missing as to how to make it work.
Advice appreciated.
Rick "wide-angle freak" Denney
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