Older Shen Hao model (TFC45-1) and Fuji Quickload Holder

I suppose i'm asking for the obvious to be confirmed here, but I thought i'd

just double check. I have the above Shen Hao model, which I believe is a copy

of the Ebony SW45. I bought it used, with a Horseman 6x9 roll film holder

only, but want to shoot 4x5, which was my main reason for buying the camera.

I've just received a Fuji Quickload Holder, and it clicks into position nicely

underneath the sprung camera back containing the GG. The problem is that it

sits at a slight angle to the back of the lens, and logic tells me that it

clearly needs to be in perfect parallel with it in order to obtain a sharp

transparency corner to corner. Have I answered my own question here?. Stu.

Stu: It should fit just as flat and precise as any good 4x5 film holder. In my experience, the Fuji Quickload holder is a very fine piece of equipment. Never a problem.

 

Can you get a regular holder to try?

I'll have to. I actually can get it to sit straight, but the centre of the film area doesn't line up with the centre of the lens, which clearly it has to be...doesn't it?

So long as the holder is seated properly, it should be fine.

 

I start out with the film plane being parallel to the lens/board, but then adjust from there. By the time I burn my film, I'm often neither parallel nor centered to the sheet of film. If everything isn't brought back to 'zero' position afterward, then it will appear to not line up.

 

Rise/fall/shift will all move the lens off center of the film.

 

Are you sure this isn't what you are seeing?

Jeff...thanks for your input. I've had another look, and it all seems ok now, with everything lining up. The problem with this older Shen Hao, is that all movements apart from the front 'rise/fall' have centering marks, but it would appear that this particular one has to be done by eye. Thanks again. Stu.