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Linhof meets Razzle and becomes another Obsession!

What to do with an old beaten up Linhof 617?

To gewt infinity focus using the Caltar 90mm f8 required a little ingenuity with the focus helical in order to obtain infinity focus, as the original SA f5.6 had departed. As the helical was slogged out, I dismantled and machined all the running surfaces, removing a little metal here and there. I managed to overcome the worn surfaces and pull the unit back far enough to obtain exact infinity focus using a favourite lens of mine, the Caltar (Schneider) 90mm f8.

As the film advance/interlock mechanism was totally shot, I just removed it .....back to the film window number register for this ol' girl....more accurate and totally foolproof.

I added a Custom shop release to boot.

Notice the rubber grommet where the useless old counter system once lived.....a re-design of one pressure plate, now the film advance is simply 'watch the numbers go by'...2, 5 8 and 11, so no more film jamming...What you might call Linhof meets Razzle and becomes another 'Obsession'

And making 'YouTube' videos is not without its problems......

My Bi Polaroid Disorder CD has now been re released!

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See over 150MB of 4x5 conversion history and ideas.