Topic: Large format lens help

[Karl]

I (impulsively) bought a Nikon 210mm LF lens in a Sinar mount. However, I have a Toyo camera and am trying to assemble a low cost LF outfit. Doh. Blimmin' impulses.
Does anyone have experience of large format lenses and can I dismantle the lens from the mount and put it in a Toyo mount?

[Francois]

I know I have a Schneider on a Burke&James board and it can easily be removed. It has a large nut on the back that can be loosened with a spanner wrench (or carefully with a flat head screwdriver like I once did).
You should have no problem changing the board.
Boards are fairly cheap and you can sometimes find "clones" that work just as good.

[astrobeck]

Get the wrench.  It's an invaluable and not expensive tool for changing out lenses.


 

[Francois]

You can get them in specialty optics supply stores like Edmund Optics from the Edmund Scientific family (the place for tinkerers, scientifics and overall geeks...)

[BarryWilkinson]

Karl,

If the lens is in a Sinar DB mount then I don't think it has a shutter. You can fit this to a Toyo panel but you would need to fit the lens into a shutter first.

If its in a plain Sinar panel with a shutter, unscrew the rear element assembly off the lens and remove the lens retaining ring (using a wrench as described by others) to release the lens from the panel. Re-fit to the Toyo panel in reverse order.

Barry

[Karl]

Karl,

If the lens is in a Sinar DB mount then I don't think it has a shutter. You can fit this to a Toyo panel but you would need to fit the lens into a shutter first.

Barry

It's one without a shutter, so I'll have to look out for one. Alternatively I could go for the 'top hat and ticker' approach which might be OK for still life stuff with slow film and aperture combination. Or I could get one of the ND filters that Leon is trying out.

Thanks for your help everyone. I'll try to get some shots to post up.

[BarryWilkinson]

... I could get one of the ND filters that Leon is trying out...

Best focus before fitting the filter!
 

Barry