Horseman 45FA lens project

[Reinhold]

A customer asked for a Wollaston soft focus meniscus lens for his 4x5 Horseman FA.
But the small 80x80mm lensboard and short bellows draw on that camera limited his options to 125mm focal length.
Here's the camera...

After a bunch of emails I designed an option...

I re-designed the lens mount from a flange type to an axial screw type mount...

And attached a lensboard specifically for the 45FA Horseman...

He now has a 125mm f:2.3 Wollaston Meniscus for his camera...

That was fun...
Reinhold

From my shop... https://www.re-inventedphotoequip.com/Home.html

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Great work! Thanks for posting.

 

[abruzzi]

its surprising, the 45FA has the same max bellows as the baby 6x9 horseman--the VH. And since it uses the same lens board, I should ge me one of them--125mm on 6x9 is more my thing than 125mm on 4x5.