I'm not sure if you have to make your own lens board or if you have some
blank ones available. But the Copal # 1 shutter mounts in a 41.6 mm hole.
You'd have to cut or punch a hole in the lensboard for that.
There is a more extensive listing of shutter hole diameters here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_board
Does the shutter seem to work OK? I learned something about the Copal # 1 a
few years ago. There is an older and a newer version of this shutter. The
old one has a flat front plate, and the newer one has a more beveled front.
I sent an older one to Carol Miller to have it CLA'd and she sent it back
saying she can't do much with the older version. I found a newer version
Copal #1 on eBay. She was able to CLA it.
Zack
On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 12:22 PM <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well think I have finally found my field camera, but not sure about a
couple of things. Found an old Linhof Technika III, and from everything I
have read those old cameras seem to have been extremely well built and
tough. Though the sheer beauty of a wooden field camera appeals to me, I
also want to be able to take it into the field without worrying about what
might happen to it. This early III is at a price point that although I
wouldn't necessarily like it if it was damaged, it really wouldn't be that
big of a deal either.
What I don't know is about the lens boards, and really haven't found a
picture of one. Some are quite simple, but others can be quite complex.
If its just cutting the right size piece of metal and putting the right
size hole in the center, that I can handle. If there are threads involved,
it has light traps and other things as a part of the lens board, that could
get much tougher. Any help would be appreciated.
Now I have an Ilex Acutar No 545 Its a 215mm lens with 8 1/2 coverage.
It's in a Copal 1 shutter. I have no way to know how old this old lens
might be, but the little use I have with it makes be believe it is a fairly
decent portrait lens. I am sure there are better now, but in its day it
looks to me like it would have been a pro grade level lens.
But it would need to be moved to a lens board that would fit the field
camera, and I see nothing and have found nothing that tells me how big of a
hole in the lens board is needed. I am taking a wild guess in the dark,
but I am guessing it might be 42mm, but I really don't know. If anyone
knows what I need to move the shutter and lens to use it on the linhof, its
appreciated. Never having seen how these come apart, I have learned to be
careful.
Thanks in advance for any help
Mark 73
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