Hi Ted:
One of the major reasons for using tapered bellows is
to avoid having to use a bag bellows.
Tyler
--- Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bradley,
>
> If I were to build a large format camera for a lot
> of different lens, I
> would make it with at least a 6" lens board. I had
> an old Calumet 4X5
> camera that had 4" lens boards. While it is nice to
> have a small lens
> board most of the time, if you want to use a wide
> angle lens with a
> recessed lens board than you will have a lens
> mounted into an area so
> small that it makes it hard to adjust the lens.
>
> I would also build it so I could change bellows
> easily and build it with
> a Bag Bellows as well as a normal bellows.
>
> I do have a Bag Bellows kit for sale if you are
> interested.
>
> This the View Camera Construction FAQ link;
>
> http://home.sol.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
>
>
> Ted
>
>
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