Bicam is now a compact view camera. Rise
& fall movements, side shift, quick sliding of
the back standard, fine focusing, tilt & swing
movements.
For the quick sliding of the back standard use
the reference dots with click stop on the rail
shown in the above picture.
The back standard sliding is used when using
wide angle lenses when the rail to get in the
field of view or with long focal lenses for a
quick adjustment.
The focusing is controlled by the knob (E),
micrometric adjustment, or unlocking the back
block with the knob (F) and shifting the standard
in the desidered position.
Actuator for Hasselblad V lenses
1) Check that the shutter of the Hasselblad lens is loaded,
otherwise load it with a flat screwdriver by mean of the
special small wheel.
2) Load the Silvestri trigger system until the loading lever
arrives to the end of its run.
3) It is only possible to attach the lens under these conditions,
even if it fits in, it will not function.
4) Insert the lens on the loading system aligning the red dots.
5) Connect a cable release.
6) Make a single pressure on the cable release, the shutter will close when releasing
this pressure.
7) Make a second pressure, the shutter will then perform the exposure time set
on the lens.
Line up the red dot on the camera's
back ring with the one on the adapter.
Insert the live-video or
sliding back adapter then
turn clockwise by 8°.
To remove the adapter, press the
botton (03) shown in the picture
and keep the pressure while rotating
the adapter unticlockwise by 8°.
How to attach and detach the back adapters
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