Originally Posted by
Sam Crater
In the case of the 65 it seems that when Horseman introduced the later cameras with slightly greater minimum extension, they changed the lensboard so that the lens sits farther back in the lensboard and still works. The later 65 certainly works with the VHR and 45HF and I'm pretty sure it works with the FA, but it has to be the later 65 and as I remember the quick way to be sure it's a later one is that the lensboard will NOT say "Made in Japan" underneath the lens on the front.
An odd upshot of the change is that the later 65 does not fold up inside the earlier cameras because the rear element sticks back too far.
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