What happened to this lensboard?

unpopular · Mar 17, 2016

What the heck happened?

Cambo Metal 6 7/16" Square Lens Board with 41.6mm Hole for Copal #1 Shutter

It looks like someone shot at it, or the sync cord exploded. Upon zooming in, they tried fixing a blemish with a pencil?

Now here it is on ebay, being sold as in "average" condition for twice what a new aftermarket board is going for.

Derrel · Mar 17, 2016

Here is another Cambo board of the same style...it too looks like cr**.
Cambo Metal 6 7/16" Square Lens Board with 3 1/8" Hole

Looks like the paint on those things does not hold up very well.

robbins.photo · Mar 17, 2016

Sounds like something someone from my area would try to sell on craigslist. My latest favorite? The guy asking $1200 for a D7100 with an 18-250mm lens.

unpopular · Mar 17, 2016

I used to go to these Garage Sale facebook groups. I would get SO MAD because people were selling their crap for way too much.

"I'm not going to pay $20 for a used laundry basket! I don't care if you paid too much for it!"

unpopular · Mar 17, 2016

Derrel said:
Looks like the paint on those things does not hold up very well.

Too much lead.

Derrel · Mar 17, 2016

Speaking of lead...that first board does kind of look like maybe a .22 LR bullet hit it,or maybe even some small buckshot...it has that "look" of #4 buck, say maybe from a 20 gauge shotgun...kind of a cluster of what looks like round, lead balls...that sort of "explosion" pattern you referenced...it does look a lot like a gunshot from something very low-powered and soft lead. I really do think you're right--like maybe somebody shot it.

unpopular · Mar 17, 2016

I wasn't even thinking buckshot, but that does make sense.

What's up with all the pencil scratching though?

Derrel · Mar 17, 2016

I am wondering if that might actually have been shot from VERY close, like 8,9 feet with a .410 bore shotgun, with the "pencil scratching" perhaps being lines created by the many small bird shot, typically .410 bore sheels are loaded with small size #7 1/2 or size #8 birdshot, with the majority of the shot charge that was still in the plastic shot cup having causing the central white-gray splatter, then the outer periphery of the shot deflecting outward?

It sort of looks like six or so main projectiles hit the board...

Who know though...