Hi All.
Recently I bought a Graflex viewfinder bracket from a member here. Well, I really needed it, and when the person said they wanted $12.00 which would include shipping, I sent it right off. After waiting a while, I started thinking to myself "gee, when are they ever going to send the darned bracket?" Keep in mind, this is a little 1.5" x 1.5" square of sheetmetal, so I'm thinking, 'ok, for that kind of money, I guess they're going to send it Priority Mail, heck it should have been here already!' Well, I got it today, and to my surprise it came from England (or is the the United Kingdom?)!! Now everything became clear, and in fact I think I got a fantastic deal considering the price of international shipping! Who would have thought a part made in Rochester would end up going to England, then come back here to be installed on a camera made in Germany!
And that brings me to the nervousness portion of this message. I know some folks can get something new, and not open the package for a week or more (I have a friend who can buy something, and not bother opening it for 6 months or more sometimes!), but I'm not one of those. So, after looking at the new bracket, I decided to go ahead and mount it to my Linhof. Mounting it involves drilling 3 little holes in the camera body for the screws to go thru.
Now I've mounted lots of accessories to my Speed Graphic when I had it, and usually they got mounted OK, but that was a camera that I spent maybe $40.00 for, so I didn't really worry too much. Tonight, the thought of drilling holes in my nice clean Linhof (and 3 holes that had to line up perfectly, as they had to mate with a plate that had 3 tapped holes in it) got me a bit on the nervous side!
Well, I took off the back/bellows/front standard assembly, stuffed the opening with a clean towel (to keep the aluminium shavings out of the RF works, etc.) and marked the holes, drilled them, and everything went PERFECT! I even impressed myself with that!
So now I'm unwinding from the nervousness of possibly ruining my Linhof (which didn't happen) along with the post purchase nervousness I get whenever I spend more money that I should! (well in this case I didn't really spend any money, but I just traded one car for another, and I still hope I did the right thing)
-Mike
Recently I bought a Graflex viewfinder bracket from a member here. Well, I really needed it, and when the person said they wanted $12.00 which would include shipping, I sent it right off. After waiting a while, I started thinking to myself "gee, when are they ever going to send the darned bracket?" Keep in mind, this is a little 1.5" x 1.5" square of sheetmetal, so I'm thinking, 'ok, for that kind of money, I guess they're going to send it Priority Mail, heck it should have been here already!' Well, I got it today, and to my surprise it came from England (or is the the United Kingdom?)!! Now everything became clear, and in fact I think I got a fantastic deal considering the price of international shipping! Who would have thought a part made in Rochester would end up going to England, then come back here to be installed on a camera made in Germany!
And that brings me to the nervousness portion of this message. I know some folks can get something new, and not open the package for a week or more (I have a friend who can buy something, and not bother opening it for 6 months or more sometimes!), but I'm not one of those. So, after looking at the new bracket, I decided to go ahead and mount it to my Linhof. Mounting it involves drilling 3 little holes in the camera body for the screws to go thru.
Now I've mounted lots of accessories to my Speed Graphic when I had it, and usually they got mounted OK, but that was a camera that I spent maybe $40.00 for, so I didn't really worry too much. Tonight, the thought of drilling holes in my nice clean Linhof (and 3 holes that had to line up perfectly, as they had to mate with a plate that had 3 tapped holes in it) got me a bit on the nervous side!
Well, I took off the back/bellows/front standard assembly, stuffed the opening with a clean towel (to keep the aluminium shavings out of the RF works, etc.) and marked the holes, drilled them, and everything went PERFECT! I even impressed myself with that!
So now I'm unwinding from the nervousness of possibly ruining my Linhof (which didn't happen) along with the post purchase nervousness I get whenever I spend more money that I should! (well in this case I didn't really spend any money, but I just traded one car for another, and I still hope I did the right thing)
-Mike