Quote Originally Posted by jstraw View Post
I've never had my hands on a Canham but I took Sandy's comment to be in regard to a lack of an indent to indicate where the vertical plane is at 90 degrees to the bed, not where the center of the lens is centered relative to the ground glass. Sandy, can you clarify?
That is correct. My comment was in relation to a lack oif indents to indicate the vertical plane at right angles to the board. Just moving the standard up and down while looking at the bellows is usually a good enough indicator for me of how the lensboard is centered.

However, just this morning I had pm from the former owner of the 5X7 metal Canham and he told me that there are indeed idents on both the front and rear to set the standards at 90 degrees to the board. And that is correct. However, finding the indent is a bit trickly, which is why I did not realize they were there. So I should qualify my statement to say it would be nice to have larger or more positive indents!!

Sandy King