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Can Badger deliver at that price?

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Did you add duty and shipping and insurance?

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You will find that dealers in the US selling non gray can come

very close to your prices. You just need to ask.

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Try some dealers with the 2000 in stock like Ken Mar or Ken

Hansen.

About the same as in the U>S> but without the 5 year U.S,

warranty and service.

About the same price as in the US but without the 5 year US

warranty and tech support.

Softars are easily scratched, which will effect their performance,

so special care in cleaning is strongly recommended. Every

current Heliopan Softar (all Softars from Heliopan, Hasselblad,

rollei, B+W are identical if they are the same strength. Only the

rim and the package are different) has a very prominant warning

label about the care required for a Softar.

"Sorry to disappoint you, Bob, but B+W uses Schott glass and

brass mounts too. "

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Not exclusively and not on the ALU series being sold in some

markets.

Just so you are aware Heliopan makeas these same filters and

only supplies them in thin rings with front threads that won't

vignette with lenses as wide as 21mm or it's equivelent.

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They are the only filters made in Germany that only use Schott

glass and the mounts are black anodized brass.

A bi post cord is basically the same a TV cheater cord or an

electric shaver cord.

1: Have you installed the ground glass properly?

2: Is some of the image sharper in front or behind what you

focused on?

3: Is the lens propely installed and are you shooting within the

optimal range of the lens or are you using too large or small an

aperture to get best results?

4: There are no ground glasses from linhhof for a III.

5: Your camera series has been discontinued since 1956. Has it

been checked to see if it is within factory tolerances after almost

half a century?

Assuming you have a camera made within the last 30 years and

it has the Kardan back with the snap connector on top you would

have to buy a Technika to Kardan adapter and then a complete

Technika 45 back.

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These would cost several times the value of your camera.

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Why do you need a revolving back? The Kardan back is just as

quick, if not quicker, to change from vertical to horizontal position.

"The Wistas do not have the lengthy bellows draw of some other

cameras, so you can't use long focal length lenses"

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Not true, depending on the Wista there are extension beds and

bellows as well as extended lens boards. Longer lenses

certainly can be used!

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Extension beds for the DX II and III are available in 450mm,

550mm and 800mm lengths. For the Wista Technical models

you can get 300 and 460mm extenstion beds as well as the 450,

550 and 800 extensions above.

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Bellows for these extensions are available up to 900mm long

(35.43")

The widest lens useable on a 45 (but not fully filling the 45) is the

35mm Apo Grandagon but I doubt you could use it on either of

your choices. The 35mm will work on a Linhof TK45S with a

special lensboard and a bag bellows or on the Master Technika

2000 with a board with a cone and, of course, the standard

bellows.

Just take a look at what is being sold on Ebay. Those

Rodenstock Heligon lenses come out of Xray machines, not

process cameras.

Yes you can have a cam cut for a V or a MAster without sending

your camera in. The price is the same either way.

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But then without sending in your camera they have to use a

Master, providing we don't need it for a show.

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If you send your camera in the cam is cut and checked for

accuracy on your camera, not our camera. The infinity stops and

focus scale are mounted and checked on your camera by our

technician. If you don't send in your camera you will need to

install them yourself but you will pay the same price.

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It is simply easier for the user to have the cam cut, checked and

the stops and scale mounted by service at one time rather then

having to do some of it yourself.

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if the infinity stops are installed in the incorrect place the screw

will leave a visible pock mark on the chrome rail where they

mount. A test target for determining the correct location is

available but they can really be a pain to install.

JohThere is no confusion I was speaking about Rodenstock

lenses and they are designed to cover most digital chips and roll

film not 45.

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I can't speak for what the others do or do not do.

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If you want highly detailed and specific info we can mail it to you

or anyone else in the US.

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Read what I am saying and not into what I am saying.

If you are in the US you contact Marflex at 973 808-9010 and they

will tell you what you need to do. They are the ONLY source of

factory camming in the US.

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If you have other specific questions you call us at 800 735 4373.

We do not do the camming though.

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If you are not in the US you simply contact your local Linhof

distributor (noy a camera store)

If you are in the US you contact Marflex at 973 808-9010 and they

will tell you what you need to do. They are the ONLY source of

factory camming in the US.

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If you have other specific questions you call us at 800 735 4373.

We do not do the camming though.

They won't cover 45. They are used for digtal and roll film only.

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So there is no question.

The Rodenstock Apo Sironar Digital series and the Rodenstock

Apo Sironar Digital HR are Rodenstock's digital lenses like the

Digitar series are Schneider's.

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The Digitar series would not be the same as the Apo Sironar S.

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We would be happy to mail anyone in the US brochures detailing

the differences in the various series of Rodenstock lenses.

<If you use the DOF side, you cannot rely on its f stop

recommendation. Somewhere is the directions is says this too.>

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That is not quite what it says.

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What it says is:

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"This calculator is based on the (internationally standard) circle

of confusion of 0.0.3mm for the 35mm format which is in

general use for depth of field scales and tables. The circle is

enlarged proportionally for other formats. To obtain the highest

quality, it may be advisable to stop down by o f-stop more as

long as you do not go beyond f32 (increased diffraction!).

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This is hard to miss as it is not just "somewhere" it is the 1st

paragraph of the instructions on the English instructions and the

German instructions.

A solid brass Heliopan 58 to 60mm step up ring is Catalog #

700320 and has a MSRP of $34.00.

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It can be ordered from any US camera store and we usually keep

these in stock.

There are 2 ways to go very low with your tripod.

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1: reverse the center column by removing the snap ring. This

woud go so low that the top of the camera can touch the ground,

if desired.

2: there should be a mount for the top plate on the side of one

leg. This would let you mount the head as low as 3" from the

ground.

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No tripod with a spread leg will mount a camera as low as the

above.

There is no reason why you can't remove one or more braces as

you see fit.

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But the legs will not spread that far out when they are removed.