[HUG] Oh, my aching (A12) back....

Dear Richard,

 

            Please forgive me for replying late. I have just been dug out of
an industrial accident and it has taken time for the paramedics to bandage
my head.

 

            I was caught in a landslide of old Linhof Super Rollex backs at
work. The pile shifted and a 6x9 slid over and then all hell broke loose. I
barely escaped one Cine Rollex as it hurtled past my ear but the next one
got me. It all went black and then this bright white light shone down and it
was Nicholas Karpf…who reached down and rescued the Linhof back and left me
there on the floor. I think this is a message….

 

            NEVERTHELESS. You asked about the A series backs. Get any one
you want – they all fit the basic mounting frame. Get black or silver and it
makes only an aesthetic difference – not a mechanical one. But discipline
yourself – restrict your buying to backs that are a matched pair – insert
and shell – and do not bother with chatty old things that have pieces
missing or obvious mechanical damage. The market is so favourable at present
to the buyer that you do not have to put up with questionable equipment –
good gear is affordable. The seals that trap the dark slide need replacement
every so often but this is an easy tech or home job.

 

            Likewise do not continue to use the stainless steel dark slides
if they are noticeably buckled. New ones are cheap enough and do not strain
the magazine structure in use.

 

            You can never have too many magazines. A reasonable supply for,
say, a retired grandmother from Pasadena would be 5 x A12, 3 x A24, 2 x
A16S, and one of the Auto 9.5 Panorama backs that takes Pathe cine film and
makes the panorama pictures that featured in Grand Central Station in New
York. Kodak used to take credit for them but it was really the little old
lady from Pasadena.

 

            Oh, and a Polaroid back but don’t use Polaroid film – use Fuji.
Trust me on this.

 

Uncle Dick


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