S5 Micron Instructions
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Thank you for buying the S5 micron camera. Entirely manufactured with CNC machinery, the S5 is a very innovative camera of the latest generation, with technical solutions that makes it unique in the field of high resolution digital photography. All the controls are micrometric to ease the focusing on the reduced format of the digital sensor.
Some of the solutions are unique; especially in the use of short and extremely short focal lenses allowing tilt, swing and shift movements inconceivable until today. In fact the constructive solutions of the S5 allow the standards to be in very close contact, the use of soft or hybrid bellows and the recessed lens boards amplify this characteristic to a point which no other view camera can boast. Although the S5 micron has been projected for digital photography, its performances show also in analogue photography in the basic 6x9 format where its precision and sturdiness reveal to be even overdimensioned.
Let's see what the S5 looks like when delivered to you:
-The S5 camera travels safely in its ABS case which in turn is placed inside a cardboard box.
-Inside the case the S5 micron, the camera body and standard bellow in the basic configuration, is protected by a moulded insert, the warranty and these instructions.
Camera Assembly :
1)The camera assembly can be made laying the camera on a table (the base is large enough to ensure a good support), even if the use of an appropriate tripod is certainly suggestable. For this purpose the S5 has in its base the two classic fastener threads 1/4" and 1/8". Take care to screw in depth the screw inside the camera base before actioning the locking nut to avoid damages to the thread.
2)Now open the 4 levers (1) on the back standard and insert the bellow in its place, then close the levers
until blocking the bellow; now open the 4 levers (1) on |
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the front standard and repeat the same operation until | 1 |
the blocking of the bellow. |
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3)Mount the back plate with the standard Silvestri 4 points attachment in the back standard by using the 4 levers as explained at point 2, the plate has to be positioned with the two reference red dots one to the top and the other to the right. Sliding Back Adapters and format backs for analogue photography fit on this plate, aline the four red dots to find the position of insertion.