How do you make fine adjustments to hinge pins on Medalist accessory back to better fit camera?
Thx
I don't really understand where you are having a problem with the fit. Are you having a problem attaching it to the camera itself? Is this the ground glass back you are talking about?
Bought an accessory back for a Medalist II. Trying to get it to attach properly to camera
Thx
Bought an accessory back for a Medalist II. Trying to get it to attach properly to camera
Thx
Just to check this off the list- the hinges are not symmetrical. The back needs to be in a particular orientation to fit. If you rotate it 180 degrees, it won't fit.
Most every adjustment that I have done was on the body parts, not the back parts. If the regular back fits well, I won't even mention these adjustments to he body since it could throw the regular back off.
Dan,
One can probably get by without making the four screw adjustments, but Kodak did have a specific sequence for adjusting those four screws on the back. According to Kodak every back had to be adjusted to mate with a particular camera. another words you weren't suppose to just swap a back onto a different camera without doing the adjustments. I have Kodaks complete instructions for the accessory back and that's what they state. The regular back has no adjustment screws and is mated to the camera right from Kodak. You and I might not even know the difference in a final print as to whether the back was properly adjusted or not. That said, mine are all adjusted and mated to a certain camera body. I'm still having a hard time figuring out where the OP is having problems.
It's been a long time since I installed the ground glass back. Do the adjustment screws affect how the hinge pins on the back would sit in relation to the 'tubes' on the side of the body?
I hear the OP as having the hinge pins not inserting into the body 'tubes' properly, but you are right to ask for more clarification.
Probably the worst hinge design in camera history! Kodak saw it and threw it for a nice one on the Chevron which did the same thing but actually worked for more than three uses.
I've had several different backs and several different cameras and never had a problem attaching any back. Could you take a picture of the problem area? There are also four adjusting screws on the ground glass backs that have to be adjusted in just a certain way to align the ground glass plane into the same field as the film plane of the camera. Other than that there is no special trick to attaching the ground glass back to the camera itself. Unless you are doing something wrong????
Thx for replying. I did do all the adjusting as per instructions-four small screws, four larger screws, test with paper, etc. this accessory back won’t quite align where pins will engage. I’m returning it. Do you happen to know where to look for one other than eBay
Thx
Just to clarify, you do have a regular back and it fits? I am just unclear if the body tubes are ok and it is just the ground glass back.
Yeah. Too bad that he won't put up any pictures. It might be obvious what the problem is. I'm done just pissing in the dark.
Just to check this off the list- the hinges are not symmetrical. The back needs to be in a particular orientation to fit. If you rotate it 180 degrees, it won't fit.
Most every adjustment that I have done was on the body parts, not the back parts. If the regular back fits well, I won't even mention these adjustments to he body since it could throw the regular back off.
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