Jody, your 45B looks great! Is your naugahyde reupholstering job done with simulated ostrich, or emu (Si-mu?) Every get the rangefinder coupler issue straightened out?
Here's another good read on the Meridian and it's historical timeline: http://www.peterlanczak.de/Memory_Paul_Klingenstein.html
Pupfish- Yes, it is simulated ostrich that I bought from a upholstery shop. Thanks for the compliment. I have not gotten the rangefinder issue solved. I have not yet found a good detailed picture of that area of the camera to see what I am missing. I'll keep looking.
I have been waiting out the rain for quite some time now. I got about 30 mins of sun today at lunch and shot the first thing I could find. After seeing the result, I need to go point this thing at something I really want a photo of. The lens is what Pupfish told me it could be.
Meridian 45B
Ektar 203mm f7.7 in synchro-compur shutter (I rebuilt this too)
f45 @ ½ sec
Kodak Ektachrome 100
Man people aren't kidding when they say the Meridian was called the American Linhof. I was unfamiliar with Linhof and never really got around to taking a look. Then I saw this in the classified this morning.