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[campy]

I actually have 2 questions. I have a top rangefinder Crown Graphic with the Graflex 135mm lens. Does anyone know if the Schneider 135mm lens cells will fit it's shutter?
My second question is where can I get a cam for a 150mm schneider convertable?
Thanks in advance for any responses.

[glennfromwy]

I assume you're talking about the Optar 135 lens in a Graphex shutter.
I believe the 135 Xenar that came as original equipment is in a Graphex shutter. If so, they should interchange. Why do you want to just change the cells? These things are plentiful and pretty inexpensive,shutter and all.

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Glenn

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[troublemaker]

I do not know what you wish to accomplish, but most Schnieder lenses are interchancheable with reagrds the Scynchro-Compur and linhof Compur shutters (And some Protor). All of my Schneider optics interchange in this manner. the problem if you change them, esspecially if using a different focal length, will be the aperture scales may not jive. The 135 Xenar lens, that came as standard equipment on the Crown Special, came in a Synchro-Compur, and will not mount on a standard Graphex/Rapax Wollensak #2 shutter. Furthermore, if you get or have a 150mm lens, you will play hit and miss if you find a cam. Most lenses are not exactly what they are called, thus a 135 Optar may actually be 132 etc... ex: I have a 135 cam that will not work with any of five 135 lenses I posses at this time.

Stephen

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