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Plaubel Peco 8x10" bellows - tight inner dimensions?

darkroom_rookie

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A question for the owners of Plaubel Peco (Profia?) 8x10" cameras. What are the inner dimensions of the bellows frame? On the bellows I have, the dimensions are 246 x 246 mm (see attached pictures). Could this cause mechanical vignetting on the longer side of 8x10" format if using a lot of shift?
 

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i have just checked mine, same numbers.
the camera is european and therefore made to european standard 18x24 cm.
that is only a few mm shorter than the 8x10 inch (but app 20 mm narrower).
i see no reason of any problems in shifting. (havent checked though)
klaus
 
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Klaus, thank you for your answer. Seems there should hardly be any problems. Since these are actually to be attached to a Sinar P 8x10" standard frame, I've gone the route of making my own Sinar bellows frames to be epoxied to the Plaubel bellows. Finding cheap Sinar 8x10" Norma/P bellows without pinholes is a near-impossible task!