Does the ability to tilt the rear of a view camera affect the focus in
any way? I use a Crown Graphic with the front standard reversed, and
front tilting usually does the job. However I'm often finding corners
to be a little soft.

I just aquired this lens and was wondering if anyone can tell me its age.
Its all brass, painted black, uncoated, no shutter, serial number 871006.
Has stop settings to F45. On the barrel is engraved IV1 and on the screw
mount (44mm) is engraved 1006.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504120315apr12,1,1068987.story?col
l=chi-news-hed
If the link doesn't work, just go to the chicago tribune webpage, the
link is on the 'front' page.
Cheers,

Just wondering how the Zeiss Planar got its name. Planar is a rather
ordinary word that means Plane. Does this suggest that the lens is best used
as a straight-on lens .. or what?

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I teach photography and U.S. History at a high school in Washington
State, USA.  This week, I had a lesson on photojournalism and, in one
of the videos I used, there was talk of the photography of the
Hindenburg disaster.

I recently purchased an early Technika IV (s/n 63089). I noticed that
with my longest lens (210 mm) the corners of the image were getting
rounded off on the negative. I took a closer look at the camera, and
sure enough, the cutout in the camera back behind which the film sits

Could somebody kindly enlighten me on how to swing the front of this camera?
The manual says just unlock the front standard lever, but that does not free
the front to swing. Thank you, and kindly reply to petelush@att.net

Was just thinking maybe digital capture is
going about it all wrong. Would it be
feasible to capture to a sensor at a much smaller
but highly resolute image size than say what they do,

I see a couple of eBay items marked as Linhof Technikas III, "versions 4 and
5". Is that a proper way of describing the Technika III? Is there not a
single model Technica III? What's with the version designations?

  Well here was a wooden camera that caught my eye.
Check it out!!
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RK:MEWN:IT
Note the reference to "styled as a Wista or a Zone VI ".

I acquired an excellent Linhof Color view camera for cheap to complement the
Technika. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Schneider f5.6 75mm
lens (mounted on the common recessed Linhof lens board) worked without a
bag-bellows; just move the tripod mount to in front of ...

Can anyone recomend a source on the web for small generic parts for LF
cameras?
I've got one of the old grey Calumet 4X5's.  It works fine; I like it.
But, two of the screws holding the lensboard clips gave up and broke of

I have just got a 121mm S.A. mounted to a Plaubel lens panel.
The lens appears to be fitted into some kind of housing which has larger
rings for the shutter speeds.
However it looks like there is normal Compur shutter mounted into the