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Thank you for purchasing a Cambo product. 

 
The Wide RS is a compact medium format system camera 
featuring lateral and vertical shift of the rear standard. The 
precision rear shift/rise and fall control is ideal for architecture 
and landscape photography. It enables the photographer the use 
perspective control, image displacement and high-quality 
panoramic stitching. A unique feature of the WRS-1600 is its 
ability to rotate the full camera/lens/back assembly in the tripod 
mount between landscape and portrait mode within seconds. 

 

 

Key Features: 

 
• Small size 180 x 160mm (W x H)  
• Lightweight only 0.92 kgs (excl. lens) 
• High grade aluminum camera body and shift plates 
• Horizontal shift 40mm (20mm left/20mm right) 
• Vertical shift 40mm (20mm / 20mm) 
• Stitching possibilities (2-way / 4-way) 
• Accelerated precision spindle gear drive 
• Millimeter movement indicator 
• Movement indicators on rear sides 
• Sensible click indication at 5, 10 and 15mm 
• Compatible with WDS and Wide Compact 
• Integrated hand grip 
• Removable cable release (included) 
• Removable Arca plate 
• 3 integrated spirit levels 
• Accessory mount for 2 point fixed accessories 
• LED light (included) 
• Compact soft case (included) 
• Broad range of optics 
• Retrofitting of user lenses offered 

 
 

Summary of Contents for Wide RS 1600 Series

Page 1: ...REV 10 2016 CAMBO Wide RS 1600 series E INSTRUCTION MANUAL...

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Page 3: ...ortrait mode within seconds Key Features Small size 180 x 160mm W x H Lightweight only 0 92 kgs excl lens High grade aluminum camera body and shift plates Horizontal shift 40mm 20mm left 20mm right Ve...

Page 4: ...e Wide RS system is compatible with the Cambo WDS WTS lens panels 1 Open both lens panel locks 2 Slide the bottom of the lens plate into the lens panel slot 3 Tilt the lens panel flat to the camera bo...

Page 5: ...nterface adapter plates are Interface plate Compatible mount SLW 80 Hasselblad V SLW 81 Leaf AFi Sinar HY6 SLW 83 PhaseOne including IQ3 series SLW 88 discontinued PhaseOne Mamiya 645 AFd SLW 87 Conta...

Page 6: ...llow the instructions of the manufacturer of the digital back E MOVEMENTS SHIFT RISE AND FALL The Wide RS features horizontal as well as vertical rise fall movement of the rear standard These movement...

Page 7: ...scale at the top of the camera body 1mm scale The vertical movement can be referred at the millimeter scale at the side of the camera body Another way to refer the amount of shift movement is using th...

Page 8: ...mera body To rotate from landscape to portrait please unlock the slide lock lever 1 Now you can slide 2 the camera body to the left front side view until it hits the end stop Now please rotate the cam...

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Page 10: ...different lighting modes Standard the LED module is in demonstration mode which means it will turn off automatically after four seconds To change the LED module to constant light mode press and hold...

Page 11: ...pflug corrections These can be used separately as well as simultaneously using the 2 adjustment knobs The lens plane and CCD are parallel when the tilt T and swing S indicators are set to zero on the...

Page 12: ...terial All specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice Please check www cambo com for updates Cambo is a registered trademark All other mentioned trademarks are owned by their s...

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