Do Deardorfs fold up with the lens/shutter inside (like a Graphic), or does it have to be removed and carried seperately?
Do Deardorfs fold up with the lens/shutter inside (like a Graphic), or does it have to be removed and carried seperately?
Wilhelm (Sarasota)
I have a 9-1/2" Dagor in shutter on a recessed board that can be folded with the camera, but all my others need to be removed and carried separately.
Some do and others do not. You can put the lensboard backward in the sliding panel. Even a #5 Ilex with a commercial ektar will git then.
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I can fold my Deardorff 8x10 (V8) with a 12" Kodak Commercial Ektar mounted backwards because of the flush rear element of the lens. I wish I could say the same about a 300mm f/5.6 Symmar or a 210mm f/5.6 Fujinon-W.
I can usually reverse the lens board but my 159mm Wollensak WA, 240 G Claron, 12" Dagor will fit and 19" Artar will fit with the board reversed.
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Good idea, I did not even think of reversing the lens to store it in camera.
You can add a 355mm (14") f9 Repro-Claron to the list.
I have mine on a Technika board and can flip the adaptor board with it on it, backwards into the camera.
No. Yes. I don't know. What's a 'Deardorf'?Originally Posted by Bill_1856
One man's Mede is another man's Persian.
A Deardorf is a Deardorff without the caboose.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
Ah. That solves it. It's a lot like a "Linhoff".
My V8 has the original leather bellows which do not compress much more than neccessary to fold the camera; by reversing the lensboard, any small lens with a flush or nearly - 3/16"or so - flush rear element will fit. I don't do this because I do not want to mar the base of the camera.
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