peter lewitt

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I got very helpful advice from Troy Ammons, bought a Cambo groundglass frame and reflex finder and find that it makes a compact, lightweight and useful outfit. The Cambo frame is nicer than the original, except that the fresnel lens is an additional expense. The Cambo accessories are available new from Calumet and come up on ebay for reasonable prices. The reflex finder is lightweight, durable plastic. It attaches to the groundglass frame easily and securely and can be left on while shooting film (some finders are heavy enough to pull the GG away from the back on vertical shots). If you go this route be aware that Cambo also makes a revolving back(unnecessary) and another that looks too big to fit.

There are a number of threads where Troy has explained his outfit.

Check out these two:

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Eq9S&tag=

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00EV1q&tag=

I also use Sinar and Arca 4x5's with reflex housings and I'm quite happy with this one. It preserves the compactness and portability of the camera, the principle reason for having it in the first place.

The telescoping Linhof universal finder (mine is Tan) fits a standard accessory shoe, snugly in some cases.

I don't know what other changes Toyo made to the camera. I hope they beefed up the revolving back, which can be a little wimpy for an otherwise solid camera.

Good luck. Enjoy yourself.

Peter

Troy

Thanks for the information on your Super Graphic outfit.

How are you using the cambo back? Does the groundglass panel simply

replace the Super Graphic panel?

Also, how are you working the rangefinder with modern lenses, 150 and 210

G Clarons? Did you have to make custom cams?

I've been trying to work out a simple, light super graphic setup to keep in the

car. This is quite helpful.

Thanks

Peter