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[Ranger Rick]

Lars,

this is SO bad

Could you please tell me a little more about how "A Horseman angle viewer was added - the frame was permanently attached to the viewer frame." You don't mean the wooden frame around the ground glass, or do you? If so, does that extra weight/bulk of the viewer stress the setup when you swing the GG out of the way to insert the roll film holder?

In the photo of your kit, is that bag bellows in the top right of the picture, next to the angle viewer, or is it the regular bellows, or...?

Finally, that wooden "box" at the bottom left of the photo- ??

What a cool setup!

Thanks,

Rick

 

[jotloob]

What a wonderful looking camera .
But I would not dare using it , because I would be afraid , that the screws
will not hold the weight and fall out .:salute:
Who can convince me of the opposite ? ? ?

 

[Lars]

Lars,

this is SO bad

Could you please tell me a little more about how "A Horseman angle viewer was added - the frame was permanently attached to the viewer frame." You don't mean the wooden frame around the ground glass, or do you? If so, does that extra weight/bulk of the viewer stress the setup when you swing the GG out of the way to insert the roll film holder?

In the photo of your kit, is that bag bellows in the top right of the picture, next to the angle viewer, or is it the regular bellows, or...?

Finally, that wooden "box" at the bottom left of the photo- ??

What a cool setup!

Thanks,

Rick

Let's see... There's no need for a bag bellows as this is a wideangle/short focal length camera by design (46-157 mm). The bellows is permanently attached. The puffy black thing in the pic is a lens bag.

The Horseman Angle Viewer is no longer made, and could be a bit hard to source at this time. It consists of an aluminum frame with groundglass, and a plastic 90 degree hood with funder loupe. It has the same mount as the 6x9 rollfilm holders. I removed the groundglass and mounted the aluminum frame outside the wooden viewer frame, so I had to drill four holes in the ebony wood for my screws. If you look at the lower left of my pics you will see a frame extending at the back of the camera, about 10 mm. That's the frame that the finder hood attaches to.

The wooden box is an extension for the rear standard. You remove the back, attach the extension, then attach the back to the back of the extension. It gives 60 to 90 mm more extesion. I don't use it often, and Ebony no longer sells it for the SW23 series. I think they make it for the SW45 model.

 

[Lars]

What a wonderful looking camera .
But I would not dare using it , because I would be afraid , that the screws
will not hold the weight and fall out .:salute:
Who can convince me of the opposite ? ? ?

Six months backpacking in South America with the SW23, twelve months in the Australian outback.

Because these cameras are so small (compared to 4x5's) they are quite sturdy.

 

[Ben Rubinstein]

Gorgeous!