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This is a copy from from old blog site for those interested in using a DSRL together wither their view camera:

There has been various reports and solutions in the web of getting a DSLR camera connected to a view camera for a long time. Some of these has been obviously self made projects (but more or less working :)) and some commercial made solutions. Sinar is now offering its own Sinar p-slr which is obviously a high quality kit with high quality price.

There is a dozen technical issues to keep in mind if you want to do this. Basically it comes down to few essential parts:

1) Adapter to attach a DSLR to your view camera

There’s at least three solutions to do this:

a) You could replace the rear frame of your view camera with a bracket to attach your DSLR. Special bellows is also needed which allows camera to attach directly to bellows (instead of rear standard). This is how p-slr works, and this is also how one can get the shortest flange distance of these solutions. That’s good if you need to focus infinity as the sensor of a DSLR camera body is located deep inside the camera (vs. using sheet film loader or digital back). However the flange distance depends on properties of the selected lens as well. Some of these brackets allow switching between vertical and horizontal orientation while others not. To be able to rotate orientation rapidly is definitely a big plus. This is also a more costly solutions as special bellows is also needed unless you do one by yourself.

b) You can also use use a special adapter plate together with the existing rear standard. The best of these also allow camera rotation like adapters made by a German company called just Together. Naturally DIY solutions for attaching a camera are also possible, but with cheap readymade alternatives available, it might not be worth it considering time spent doing this IMHO. One clear advantage with this approach is that DSRL camera will be automatically centered to optical axis. With brackets it is necassary to find correct center position relative to front standard. The Sinar kit offers a separate tool for this.

c) Third method is to use adapter that is attached to a graflok back on your view camera. The disadvantage is that this way DSRL’s sensor gets quite far away from the front standard. This might not be a problem if you do closeup work or use medium format lenses. More on that later. Very good thing is that these adapters can be found easily on ebay with a very low price. Some of these allow camera rotation on the fly and fast shifting through a sliding plate. Both are must features if you plan to do lot of stitching. I have one of these and it cost me only under 100 euros. The quality seems surprisingly good to me. My version lacks the shift lock screw which current versions seem to have.

2) Finding a suitable lens and adapter plate for it

This is not trivial especially if one wants to focus at infinity. View camera lenses are not designed for DSLRs which have their sensors deep inside camera. So wide angle lenses you might want to use are out of question even if you use deeply recessed lens boards to mount them. It just won’t work in practise. For wide angle work on the field just use TS-lenses on your Canon or whatever. The latest models are also so superbly good, that you might not need anything else.

Advantage of using a DSLR with view camera is that you don’t need a shutter on the lens. That means that any lens will do if it allows manual aperture control. Many have used Scheider or Rodenstock enlarger lenses from 80mm and up. Look for later APO versions which have superb image quality. I have the Scheider APO-Componon HM 90/4.5 lens which is really sharp lens too. Its said to be the same lens as current Scheider Digitar 90/4.5 but without electronic shutter and aperture. These have M39 threading. There is many ways to attach these to existing recessed boards. I used just tape for testing.

One solution is to use medium format lenses from Mamiya RZ/RB or Hasselblad V series which have retrofocus design. These have longer flange with short to medium focal lengths than enlarger lenses. This means longer minimum distance from film to lens when focused to infinity which makes them more suitable for use with a DSRL. The flange is same for all lenses of same brand. They’re also already optimized for smaller format than 4×5 lenses while still allowing plenty of movements with a 24x36mm DSRL. Special adapter plate is definitely needed, and the aforementioned just Together makes high quality ones which are deeply recessed. I have one for Mamiya RB/RZ lenses.

My setup: SiMaCan

My own setup (branded SiMaCan ;)) is basically a combination of three different systems mentioned previously. I used following parts for the test image setup. Different lens adapter was of course needed for Schneider enlarger lens.

• Sinar P2 view camera with wide angle bellows
• Canon 5D mkII
• Mamiya RZ 110mm/2.8 lens
• just Together Mamiya-Sinar lens board
• Sliding and rotating EOS adapter for graflok backs, made in China

To attach the adapter to a graflok back, one has to remove the sinar focus screen holder from the back if not already done. Here’s how it looks once set together:

To attach the Mamiya lens to the adapter, some finger trickery is needed. The aperture control has to be set to manual mode first. This is done by adjusting a button and levers on the back side of lens, after setting lens to the time exposure mode (T). Instructions for this come with the adapter. It is very easy to reset the lens by accident so some practise is needed.

Mamiya RZ lens attached with the justTogether adapter to my Sinar P2

And with the camera. This setup is almost heavy! Now it also becomes obvious why live view is so essential for this kind of setup. Focusing is so much easier as you can use 5x or 10x zoom levels with the live view of 5D mkII. In other words I can actually use my view camera without external computer.

Next one is an example shot made with the camera. Nine images was used for this single image. Shifting was needed plus tilting the lens to get longer DOF. Result is an 110 megapixel image with practical sensor size of ~ 54x72mm. It allows for huge size prints and quality if that’s what you need 😉

An example image shot with my setup: 110 megapixel image stitched from nine images with practical sensor size of ~ 72 x 54 mm. Click to view larger image.

Finally its time for some serious pixel peeping at 100% zoom level. Despite using a lens originally designed for 6×7 system the detail is still not bad on EOS 5D mkII with 21 MP sensor.

1:1 crop of the example photo. Lens: Mamiya-Sekor Z 110/2.8

That was it! I hope you found this post interesting.

-Antti

Sinar Photography AG is a Swiss company based in Zurich manufacturing specialized high-resolution view cameras for studio, reproduction, landscape and architecture photography.

Sinar's view-cameras allow both the lens and the film back or sensor back to move in rotation or linearly in any direction (up/down, left/right, front back linearly, and pitch yaw tilt rotations), thus allowing precise image alignment corrections. The cameras are thus often used in advertising, document reproduction, product and architectural photography, where correctly vertical image lines, fine focus accuracy, and extra details are wanted.

The name SINAR is explained by the company itself as 'Still, Industrial, Nature, Architectural and Reproduction photography' in the English version of the April 2011 press release.^[1] Other versions of the names were also used, with the S for studio, Sache, or science. In the Indonesian language, 'Sinar' translates into English as 'Light Ray'.

Founding[edit]

The business recalls its roots to Swiss photographer Carl August Koch [de] who worked in Marseille from 1865 to 1878. In 1879 and 1892 Koch also established two family-owned photography studios in Schaffhausen. Koch worked as a portrait, landscape and alpine photographer and was considered one of the first Swiss champions of alpine photography. From 1894 until his death in 1897, Koch was also president of the Swiss Photographers Association. His son Hans-Carl, expanded the family-owned photography studios to include from 1911 photographic retailing. In 1947, the grandson of Koch senior—Carl Hans—a graduate photographer and photographic salesman, took over the family business on the early death of his father Hans-Carl, and founded the following year the Sinar company. Dissatisfied with the limited or imprecise nature of wooden view cameras (e.g. the large Kodak 3 and similar, and the popular Graphlex Graphic Graphlok series) and the limitations of technical (e.g., Linhof Technika) and field cameras of the day he developed a modular camera and received in 1947 a patent for his Sinar camera.^[2] His main aims were to produce a large format camera of high precision and simple operation, with a system of parts that were readily interchangeable. The Sinar system's versatility is based on the interchangeability of parts as well as a large number of accessories that have been produced over the years. Major components (rails, bellows, lensboards, and standards) made in the 1940s are still usable with currently manufactured Sinar equipment.

In 1968 Carl Hans' son entered the family business and the company's camera production moved to Feuerthalen (north of Zurich). Sinar moved its base of operations to Zurich after separating from Jenoptik in October 2009.

On November 26, 2013 Leica Camera AG took over Sinar Photography AG.^[3]

P-series[edit]

The Sinar P, introduced in 1970, had asymmetric tilts and swings, as opposed to the traditional center or base tilts.^[4] This permitted rapid and precise settings without losing sharpness on the axis.

The P series also introduced features such as self-arresting rack and pinion gearing and a precision-engineered quick format change system that allows the photographer to switch between 4x5/5x7/8x10 formats quickly without having to fully disassemble the rear standard. This was accomplished by using a common rear standard bearer and unlocking a single knob to switch among the various format frames. Another new feature implemented in the P series was the Sinar system of calculating swings and tilts as well as the Sinar depth of field calculator. A key feature of the Sinar P system, particularly in the domain of scientific and industrial photography, is the precise machine tolerances that are part of the fittings and movements.

F-series[edit]

The F series was the light-weight version ('F' for 'Field'), offering less refined features than the P series. The difference in weight is significant: the Sinar F 4x5 weighs about 3.3kg and the Sinar P 4x5 weighs about 5.9kg.

The original Sinar F is easily identified by a brushed aluminum monorail and other aluminum accents, while the Sinar F1, F2, and F3 models were made of the same materials, but painted black. The Sinar F also has hard plastic knobs, versus the rubber-coated knobs of the F1 and F2.^[5]

The Sinar F and F1 models have a clip-on front standard (lens standard) that does not fully enclose the monorail. The advantage is that this standard can easily be removed from the rail by loosening the clamp and lifting straight up, unlike the rear standard, and it is somewhat lighter weight. The disadvantage of this design is that the rail clamping mechanism is susceptible to breakage if over-tightened.^[6] The Sinar F2 and F3 models have a different front standard, which completely encloses the rail and also provides a geared focus adjustment, similar to the rear rail clamp on all Sinar F models. The correct F2 standard can easily be identified as it is a mirror image of the rear standard. The earlier F/F1 front standard has a low-profile metal hinge below the rail.^[7]

The F2 and F3 models also came standard with a light-metering back, while this was an option for the F and F1 models.^[8] The F3 model is a digital/analog model that supports a variety of Sinar digital lenses and digital backs.^[9]

Accessories[edit]

Sinar has manufactured many accessories since its establishment:

A swing-out filter holder that allows the photographer to use a polarizing filter as well as 4x4 inch gel filters.

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A 4x5 reflex attachment that employed an adjustable mirror for the best possible viewing of the image. Adapters (now discontinued) were made by Sinar to adapt this viewer to various other view camera makes such as Plaubel, Linhof, and Toyo.

The Zoom series of roll film backs, which allow the use of 120/220 film formats from 6x4.5 to 6x12 formats with excellent film flatness. The earlier versions of the Zoom film backs are usable on any 4x5 camera with an international (Graflok) back (later holders no longer have the Graflok grooves required).^[10]

The Sinar LCD shutter system enables their ccd camera backs to have a much extended density range in video mode for focusing capability in a wider range of ambient lighting. This system has been used in modified mode by RIT to obtain multispectral images suited to aging analysis of color pigments in artworks.

Integration of Canon and Nikon SLR cameras as camera backs onto the P standard with adaptors from fellow Swiss camera accessories manufacturer, Foba.

Self-cocking shutters, lens-independent, automatic, with built-in apertures.

Film plane metering probes and meters.

Digital backs for the high-end studio environments.

Representative products[edit]

• Sinar Norma: the original system camera, convertible from 4x5 to 5x7 and 8x10 formats.
• Sinar P/P2 (Perfection): introduced in 1970, forms the basis for current high-end cameras, convertible from 4x5 to 5x7, 8x10, and P3 formats.
• Sinar P3: digital, medium format view camera.
• Sinar F/F+/F1/F2 (Field): lighter and simpler, entry-level, 4x5 and 5x7 (F2) and 8x10 large format film view cameras.
• Sinar F3: entry-level, digital, medium format view camera.
• Sinar C/C2 (Combination) System camera that combines a P/P2 style rear standard with a F/F1/F2 style front standard—marketed as a less expensive alternative to the P/P2, but more features than the basic F series.
• Sinar X: camera that was a stripped-down version of P2 in 4x5 format only.
• Sinar Alpina/A1: entry level view camera that had a unique flat but incompatible rail system with other Sinar cameras, also sold as the Zone VI monorail camera in the 1970s.
• Sinar Handy: 'Point and shoot' 4x5 camera that used a 4x5 P format frame and ground glass back mounted on a handgrip, and used lenses mounted in focusing mounts.
• Sinar E: P2 that was connected to a computer, which calculated and carried out the movements for the photographer. This camera is very rare and sold at a cost of over US$30,000 in the early 1990s. Also E-shutters and E-shutter lenses, below.
• Sinar m: modular digital hand-held, auto-focus multi-format: medium format and 35 mm format camera (taking Zeiss or Hasselblad lenses in medium format, or Nikon lenses in 35 mm format), also adaptable to the Sinar P3 medium format view camera.
• Sinar Hy6: auto-focus, hybrid (film & digital), multi-format (6x6 and 6x4.5) camera, developed between Sinar and Franke & Heidecke (the company that continued the manufacture of Rollei cameras after Rollei had stopped doing so. Not to be confused with the original company of that name, which later evolved into the Rollei company.). The Hy6 camera and assessories are now produced by DHW Fototechnik GmbH.
• Sinar-approved Sinaron lenses: made in partnership with Rodenstock, Germany.
• Sinar camera backs 22, 23(H), 44, 54 (M, MC, H), 75 H, eVolution, eMotion22, 75,86,86H,eXact and live video (LV) options, (H defines it as piezo crystal controlled multishot which also includes the eXact with 1, 4(uninterpolated),4 (double res),and 16 shot exposure modes).
• Sinar arTec specialist architectural film/digital panoramic camera with tilts also used for interiors and landscapes with 28 mm lens.
• Sinar P2/3 adaptation for Canon and Nikon digital SLR mounting using sinar CPL lens (also nikon/hasselblad lens).
• Sinar eShutter system for remote aperture/shutter control, focus/sharpness zone determination, and exposure metering and calculation.^[11]
• Sinar RePro system for overhead/copystand operation.
• Sinar CTM system (Color To Match) multispectral dual-pass filter solution for accurate color reproduction. Technical correspondence to the visible spectrum in the range of 390 – 700 nanometers in collaboration with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, USA.

Gallery[edit]

• Viewing through a Sinar F camera.

• Sinar P (4×5')

• Sinar DCS465

• The 33 MP Sinar eVolution 75 medium format digital back

• Sinar Hy6

References[edit]

1. ^http://www.sinar.ch/de/downloads/category/22-sinar-pressemitteilungen?download=118%3Asinar-photography-ag-acquires-the-brand-rights-of-sinar-ag
2. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2011-11-29. Retrieved 2011-12-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. ^'Leica Camera AG takes over Sinar Photography AG, the Swiss manufacturer of view cameras'. Leica Camera AG. November 26, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
4. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2011-12-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^'Sinar F1 and F2 Comparison'. Large Format Photography Info. Bruce Clarke. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
6. ^'Sinar F1 and F2 Comparison'. Large Format Photography Info. Bruce Clarke. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
7. ^'Sinar Instruction Manual'(PDF). Sinar. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
8. ^'Sinar Instruction Manual'(PDF). Sinar. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
9. ^'Sinar F3'(PDF). Matrix CZ. Sinar. Archived from the original(PDF) on 8 May 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
10. ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-10-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. ^http://downloads.image2output.com/Sinar%20Catalogue_2015.pdf

External links[edit]

• Pascal's Rolleiflex Pages Information on the Rolleiflex 6008 AF, Rolleiflex/Sinar Hy6, and Leaf AFi camera systems.
• Sinar Spare Parts Catalogues Manuals of parts and adjustments for Sinar large format cameras.
• [1] Current production of HY6 camera

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