Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 15, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Richard Man wrote: > I'm, um, a bit short sometime to see the top of the > camera :-( Yes indeed - even at 6' 4" I found it very helpful to have a "light" step stool as part of the view camera kit (and often a "not so light" step ladder) We have a tendency to set up a view camera to stand comfortably behind it; and then even find ourselves racking up a center column a bit. Working under the black focusing cloth is another way of working and thinking even when the basic kit can be called tiny. You may want to consider mounting levels on the side, and back, of the camera to avoid the "can't see the top" eventuality (which will occur again ;~). Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist