What piece am I missing? Cable Release Mount Too Far From Lens

[Christopherjs]

Hi All.

Newbie to LF.

I have a Schneider Xenotar 135mm 3.5 that seems to have a cable release sleeve (not sure the right terminology). But it's so far from the shutter release mechanism that I'm thinking it's missing a piece. I found a blog that makes me think the missing pieces might be called a Transfer Bar and Shutter Trip Rod.

1. Looking for help identifying what the pieces I'm needing are called, and any advice as to how to avoid buying the wrong ones. Or rather, how to know if I'm buying pieces that will work for my lens and lensboard placement.

2. Secondly, I noticed a piece of debris floating around in the lens. And I'm pretty sure it's in the lens as it was against the leaf shutter. But that made me wonder about disassembling the lens from the lensboard, whether to mount to a new lensboard or really just to look at it out of curiosity. Is this something that should be done at a minimum? Does this allow a higher chance of mold to grow?

3. Thirdly, can anyone confirm I have to put this lens into T mode in lieu of a preview lever.

Thanks for your help!

_Christopher

 

[abruzzi]

1. to use that black and red thing yes, there is supposed to be a short metal shaft that connects the two. I don't see any real reason to use one though. Instead just screw the shutter release cable into the shutter itself. Because the red and black thing is in the way, you can loosen the retaining ring and rotate the lens, or you can just replace the lensboard with one that doesn't have that thingy (if you do try to find a shaft, note that you will also need a special tiny thing that screws onto the end of your cable release because the cable release wont screw into the red and black thing. its supposed ot be a quick release--pull the red thing down and the release comes out without unscrewing--but they are more trouble than they are worth.)

2. the front and rear lens assembly unscrew from the shutter. Usually it unscrews easily, but sometime the threads are frozen and difficult to get started. If you remove a lens assembly be careful because in some cases there will be shims that space it out. You'll want to put them back in place to maintain the spacing.

3. Cock the shutter then press down the little rectangle with a wing on it (the last item clockwise in photo 3.) That will oven the shutter for focusing. To then close the shutter, press the release. You'll have to recock before firing.

EDIT: Assuming the shutter is a copal #0, something like this will be easier and cheaper than trying to find a matching shaft:

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Also, if you're using a Linhof Technika, you probably want a board that has an offset hole--the one you have looks like it does, but I'm not certain. If you have most other cameras that work with Linhof boards (including some other Linhof cameras) you're better off with a centered hole. The link above is a centered hole, you can also find offset hole boards for a similar price. (the hole is lower which places the lens at a lowered position because Technicas have front rise but no fall. The offset board builds in a little bit of built in fall so you have to raise the front standard to center the lens, but you get the capability of going back down if needed. With a centered board on a Technica, you get no fall without resorting to indirect fall.