I have spent the last several hours getting acquainted with my first view-technical camera. I purchased a pre-owned Horseman kit from a West Coast dealer. I have fifty years in photography 35mm and medium format. I had often thought about a view or technical camera. The model I bought is a VH-R with a coupled rangefinder viewfinder. It came with three lenses, 3 rollfilm backs, and a ground glass back. No manual but a check with Butkis showed he has one posted on his site. I followed the Horseman manual and opened and closed the body, fitted a mounted lens board, and checked both the rangefinder and the separate viewfinder. The cocking of the shutter employs several separate steps. I practiced mounting and dismounting the ground glass back and a roll film back. The two different backs are for 6X7 and 6X9 for ten or eight exposures. The next area will be learning the use of all the different movements, both front and back. It's exciting to me to finally have hands-on with a technical camera.