Steve Hendrix
Well-known member
Agree totally just good info to know.
There's no real secret to how this will end up or how it is being handled.
We personally handed Ed's 32mm to Cambo last Friday. Cambo will repair the lens at no charge. A loaner 32mm is on the way to Ed from Capture Integration's inventory.
Regarding the issue - the support bars on this lens were removed. In general handling, not to mention any unusual rough use, lenses like this benefit from the support bars. That is why we now provide multi-size LCC kits, so that it is easier to choose to keep the support bars in place. These are very large and heavy elements. They are mounted into helical-based focus mounts with copal shutters, and in this case, it is a challenging combination of large optical elements and a 0 shutter size. This is then mounted into the Cambo Lenspanel (or Alpa, Arca does their own helical mounting, of course). It certainly has nothing to do with design by Cambo - if anything, Cambo recognizes the challenges of the Rodenstock design (heavy optic/small shutter size) - and has provided some additional compensatory support with the support bars.
We suggest that when shipping these large Rodenstock lenses, when transporting them, it is a good idea to fashion a supportive, padded collar to wrap around the lens barrel.
Steve Hendrix