I am having trouble with mounting a Fuji W 300 in a Copal #3 to a Linhof Tech style lens board.
!st problem, is once mounted the shutter is too close to the lens board, it prevents the lens board from fitting into the bottom recess in the camera. I have bought lens board adapters so that all my cameras will accept Linhof Tech style lens boards. Now the small prongs at the bottom of the adapters, the ones that will accept and hold in the bottom of the Linhof board, hit the shutter and I can not mount it to the camera.
It looks like the shutter needs to be further away from the lens board. I have thought about shimming material such as cork, poster board, plastic, soft metal. I do not have a machine shop so I'm a little limited, and I want the finished product to look nice.
I know I'm not the first to fight this dragon, how have others dealt with it.
2nd problem,, I was told that many lenses have a locking screw on the back that you can use to keep the lens from rotating. I look on the back of the Fuji W 300 and all I can see that could possibly work is a very small threaded hole possibly 1/16" to 1/32". It is located in a open slot in the aperture ring. The aperture moves back and forth but never closes over that threaded hole. Everywhere else on the back of the lens is covered by the aperture ring apparatus. Is this tiny threaded hole the anti-rotation screw for the lens? Looks awful weak, and where would I find the screw that would fit that tiny hole? Is it going to break?
Any advice would be appreciated. The Copal 0 and Copal 1 were easy to mount, although they still slip a little, even when I tighten them with the proper wrench.
While I'm asking for help, what angle do you mount the lens at? I tried straight up/down and when I use the lens it is difficult to see the f/stop and the shutter.
Thanks,
Bill
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