[LargeFormat] Dealing with Bellows Sag
Verna Knapp
largeformat@f32.net
Sat Apr 5 22:02:01 2003
> For the 8x10 cameras, the bellows are quite large and heavy so there may
> also be a risk of the velcro not being able to take the weight at the
> inopportune moment - ie when the shutter is open.
Actually velcro hangs on rather stubbornly. I have it on my Canham
cameras, and it works quite well.
Once I heard a jeweler talking about how the safest sample cases (big
and heavy) for his work are held together with velcro. It can take a
huge load without coming unstuck.
Verna
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