Help with restoring an E&HT Anthony Studio Camera

Perhaps this belongs here better than in the LF forum.

I just got this beauty of a beast on feePay - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=290054582422

I'm going to build a base for it, and I was wondering if anyone has any good close-up photos or diagrams of how the cammed fine-focus mechanism on beasts like this was assembled. This will be the studio monster for me to put my big brass cannon on, and any other monster lenses that need a big packard shutter. Also, how long should I make the base rails? I was thinking of 24" but if I want to use a longer lens, I'd need to go out to 36". Any suggestions? What were these originally?

Try this link:
http://www.fiberq.com/cam/sco.htm

Not sure about the cam action. Haven't seen one up close.

I'm not sure about the Anthony's, but a few of the Centurys had a 2-section bed that extended backwards, similar to a field camera set-up. The rear standard is mounted to the inner extension rails/frame. The front/outer frame sat on the camera stand bed.

A long bed, unless it's retractable or modular, will get annoying when you're using shorter lenses. Assuming a 300mm lens as the "regular" lens, at 1 to 1 you'll have 600mm (24") of extension. If you have a 36" bed you'll have 12" of bed poking you in the chest while you're trying to fine focus.

I have this problem when using my 210mm on my 8x10 Korona and it can be aggravating.

big_ben_blue said:

Try this link:
http://www.fiberq.com/cam/sco.htm

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This one on fiberq looks closer:
http://www.fiberq.com/cam/anthony/vbox20.htm

Maybe try emailing whomever runs the site. VERRRRY cool looking camera.

That cam thingy looks a little different from yours, and I STILL can't tell exactly how it work, but I bet it's similar.