[LargeFormat] Twas The Night Before ......

[philip lambert]

I have made such adapters for a Century Graphic using a lenshood and plywood
to fit a longer lens than nature intended.  The weight of the shutter/lens
extended beyond the front standard exerts a turning moment which you need to
be aware of. I made a larger adapter for a Linhof with fixed bellows using a
section cut from rainwater pipe and later a shallower extension made from a
section of a large lenshood. These components were joined together with 2
part resin and I was careful with the joints, not wanting a large lens to
fall off into the mud..  I think there is a professional top hat extension
panel in Linhof/Wista fit offered I think by Robt White or another dealer of
the same calibre. Philip
As to Ebay -it caused me problems lately and I am leaving it alone.

>
>     Has everybody been watching their eBay lately? I visit the site
> regularly as much for education as for trade. Recently I noticed something
> that may still be up there - an adapter made by an enthusiast that clips
> into the front of a Linhof Technika mount and just moves the lens out
about
> 10 cm. to allow a long-focus lens to work on a standard bellows.
>
>      It seems to be made with plastic tubing and sheet material and is a
> very ingenious dveice. It might not bear the weight of some optical
behemoth
> but then the front mount of the Technika might be strained by this as
well.
> For occasional use it looks ideal.