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1. THE DESIGN PRINCIPLE 5
1.1. THE SYSTEM OF THE M 679cs - ACCESSORIES 6
1.2. ORDERING INFORMATION 7
1.3. TECHNICAL DATA LINHOF M 679cs 8
2. CAMERA DESIGN DETAILS AND ACCESSORIES 9
2.1. FEATURES AND CONTROLS 10
2.2. THE OPTICAL BENCH 12
2.3. THE INTEGRATED LEVELLING BENCHHOLDER 13
2.4. BELLOWS AND BELLOWS CHANGE 14
2.5. THE LENS STANDARD 15
2.6. LENS CHANGE 15
2.7. COMPENDIUMS 15
2.8. REAR STANDARD 17
2.9. M 679cs GROUNDGLASS BACK 17
2.10. GROUNDGLASSES 17
2.11. FOCUSING AIDS 18
2.12. ADAPTERS FOR ROLLFILM AND DIGITAL IMAGING 20
2.13. ADAPTERS FOR DIGITAL BACKS 22
2.14. RAPID CHANGE ADAPTER SLIDE 23
2.15. UNIVERSAL ADAPTER SYSTEM 24
2.16. M 679 COMPONENTS TO USE WITH 4x5 CAMERAS 26
2.17. STAND ALONE POLAROID BACK 27
2.18. THE SYSTAINER TRANSPORTATION LINHOF M 679cs 28
2.19. TRIPODS AND TRIPOD HEADS 29
3. LENSES AND SHUTTERS 30
3.1. LENS SELECTION 31
3.2. IMAGE CIRCLE 32
3.3. LENSBOARDS 33
3.4. SHUTTERS 34
3.5. DIGITAL LENSES 35
4. CAMERA ADJUSTMENTS 36
4.1. VERTICAL AND LATERAL SHIFT (DIRECT DISPLACEMENT) 37
4.2. INDIRECT PARALLEL DISPLACEMENTS 38
4.3. VERTICAL PARALLEL SHIFTS (INDIRECT) 39
4.4. HORIZONTAL PARALLEL SHIFTS (INDIRECT) 41
4.5. COMBINED PARALLEL SHIFTS 42
4.6. SCHEIMPFLUG ADJUSTMENTS 43
4.7. DEPTH-OF-FIELD WEDGE 46
4.8. SUMMARY 47
4.9. DEPTH-OF-FIELD AND DEPTH-OF-FIELD OPTIMIZER 48
4.10. WHAT ABOUT YAWING? 50
4.11. VIEW CAMERA MOVEMENTS MADE SIMPLE 51