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Rakyeta
Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Washington DC
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:52 am Post subject: |
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Greetings, all. So I'm looking to get a decent set of bag bellows for my GV1, but I've never done a bellows replacement, transplant on any camera, let alone one of these. Does anyone have any ideas, advice, etc? Can you even change out the bellows on these guys? |
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troublemaker
Joined: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 715 Location: So Cal
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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They made recessed lens boards for use on the GV series camera bodies. The bellows are attached to the front standard in such a way that quick repelacement like later view cameras isn't practical. |
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Rangemaster
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 412 Location: Montana, Glacier National Park
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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I have rebuilt quite a few of these cameras and I can tell you from experiance, taking the bellows off and putting them back on, is a royal pain in the butt! it is not condusive to maintaining ones sanity! your far better off locating a recesed lens board to go wider on them.
Dave
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Rakyeta
Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Washington DC
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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Ahah, so the true limitations of the GV come to the fore! Oh well, for $150 on ebay, I'm willing to put up with a recessed lens board.
Can I just say (I just got my GV yesterday) that I'm completely stupified that they're this cheap: they're such good pieces of equipment! |
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bertsaunders
Joined: 20 May 2001 Posts: 577 Location: Bakersfield California
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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I could be wrong, but in 26 years of Graphic'ing, I have never seen a bag bellows for the GVI, GVII or the Crown view models...dont believe one was ever produced?? Have a nice day.....Bert |
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Rangemaster
Joined: 06 Jul 2001 Posts: 412 Location: Montana, Glacier National Park
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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On 2006-09-22 11:10, bertsaunders wrote:
I could be wrong, but in 26 years of Graphic'ing, I have never seen a bag bellows for the GVI, GVII or the Crown view models...dont believe one was ever produced?? Have a nice day.....Bert
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Bert,
I can honestly say, that your not wrong, I have been in the business for about the same amount of time and have never seen one myself.
Have a great one.
Dave
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