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Rochester view camera lens board picture?


murrayatuptown

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I have a Rochester Camera King 8x10 camera with no lens board.

 

I can measure a 4-1/4" square opening that steps down <1/8" (0.112") to 4", then there is the front bellows 'frame'.

 

I have seen these lens boards described as 3-part, but have not found pictures.

 

I am familiar with a single step cut on other lens boards

 

Does anyone have one they can show a side view of? If there was a 3rd dimension for light trap/baffle, I'm visualizing something like a recessed lens board, but for different reasons.

 

Thanks for any assistance...

 

Murray

Murray
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There are pictures of several variants of Rochester View (not detailed pictures of the lensboard, but pictures of the camera with board) now held by the University of California Riverside - link below. I can see that the boards are one piece of wood in the centre, with its grain running left-right, and a strip attached at each side. I guess that just minimises the amount of end-grain presented at the edges. Might that be the sense in which they're 'three-part'?

 

Field View Cameras Rochester Optical Co.-related Companies

 

and scroll down; individual cameras have clickable links. There's even a 'for technical questions, please contact...'

 

Good luck!

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