Posted by Leo Douglas on February 16, 2001 at 20:53:44:
In Reply to: Re: 3x4 anniv lens problem posted by BERT on February 16, 2001 at 20:10:08:
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: RF's were not designed for any particular lens>>
: they were used with interchangable lens choices!
: 127mm thru 12" were avail for the 3x4 model--8 or
: more lenses were avail for this camera! The No 1 shutter
apparently was a wide angle lens, and not
: suitable or common on this camera!! Inf by the way,
: is measured at 1/2 mile from lens, so I would
: suspect that the bed scale does not match the
: lens either!
Elsewhere on this site it states "each model of the Hugo Meyer
is made for and dedicated to a specific focal length of lens. You
cannot replace the lens with one of a different focal length and
adjust the Hugo Meyer RF internally as you can with the
Kalart."
The bed scale is not in the picture. With it all the way back, and
the bellows at the stops, its focusing at about 8". Clearly
somebody set this thing up in some strange way for some strange
purpose. Dental perhaps?