B & J View (4x5) Lens Boards?

[bob01721]

My B&J Grover takes a 5 1/4" board.

[barryjyoung]

That is not an adapter on that B&J, it is the end of the bellows. They are folded inward and seat around the lens I guess to improve the light trap. I have one just like it except stripped of that horrid paint sitting here with me. Someone cut that junk out of mine. They look good in stain and lacquer.

[k_jupiter]

That is not an adapter on that B&J, it is the end of the bellows. They are folded inward and seat around the lens I guess to improve the light trap. I have one just like it except stripped of that horrid paint sitting here with me. Someone cut that junk out of mine. They look good in stain and lacquer.

Yeah, I have been looking at my 5x7 B&J field camera, thinking, if I take it apart and refinish it, how long (in years) before I get it back together again. I might just leave it BS Gray.

tim in san jose