IKEDA View Camera User manual

The               4x5 VIEW CAMERA    IKEDA
  Mount the camera on the tripod as illustrated  in photo  1.
There  is a tripod socket in the meta! base plate of the lkeda.
  Loosen the two knobs holding the side  tilt strut on each side
of the camera. Pull the meta! latch away from the camera body
and raise the camera back. Photo 2 shows the back being raised.
  Photo 3 shows the back in a vertical position. The side screws
should be in the detent in the side struts and the knobs should
be tightened.
  Li~ the front standard of the camera and push  it forward as
in photo 4. Continue pushing the front standard forward  until
the pair of screws close to the camera base lock into the detent
in each front  tilt strut. Tighten this pair of screws.
  There  is a metal tab on the bottom of each of the slotted
metal plates of each side of the camera front. Place these tabs                              5
into the opening  in the bottom of the meta! tracks on each
side of the camera front. Raise the front standard as shown in
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and lower the front standard.
   Please note that the top pair of screws controls the rise and
fall of the lensboard and the bottom pair of screws controls the
front  tilts. The two  pair of small knobs at the front of the
movable inside focusing track control the front swings.
  With the lkeda  it  is possible to focus the front or the back.
Photo 6 shows the movable camera track being racked forward.
The knobs visible at the very front and rear of the camera base
ore lock knobs for the focusing track and must be loosened.
The large knobs in identical positions on the other side of the
camera  base  are  the  focus  knobs. Although  there  are two
focusing knobs,  in this position focusing  is being done by the
front knob.
  To focus shorter or wide angle lenses use the rear focus knob
and rack toward the camera back as shown in photo 7. While
focusing  check  occasionally to make  sure  that the  focusing
lock knobs are loosened.
  The photos show the model with the gear drive for focusing ·
the back swings. The focus knob  is the plain knob at the base
of the back side struts and the lock knob  is the knob with the
cap nut that slides in the slotted track on the side of the camera
base. The model without the gear drive  is identical except  it
has only the knob with the cap nut. This knob  is loosened and
the focus  is adjusted manually. Then the knob  is tightened.
  Photo 8 sl.ov.  the camer.i being prepared  f :>r closing. Make
sure that the  inside focusing  track  is  flush  ·,yith the camera
base. Also, be  : ire that the back  is as far to the reer as it will
go and the front as far forward as it will go. See that the Jens
standard  is square to the front and not  in   fl swing  position.
Loosen both pairs of nuts on the camera front and disengage
the metal tabs. Tip the front standard back as shown. Be sure
that the top  pc;ir of screws on the  lens standard  is loosened
sufficiently so they  will  slide  easily  in the slotted  track. Fold
the front standard into the camera base as in photo 3. Then,
close the camera.
   Please proceed  slowly  until you become  familiar  with the
camera. The knobs and locking mechanisms are virtually hand-
made and engage  positively. So,  it  is never necessary to use
undue force to tighten them; 'finger tight' is all that is required.
  1 hope that the camera affords you many years of enjoyment.
 lf you have any questions or comments, 1 would be very glad
to hear from you. And, 1 would li~e to thank you personally for
your patronage.                                                                              8                                  Lee Beeder


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