Zurich, 20 November 2009
Dear friends of the ALPA, We have decided to communicate to our customers and aficionados more regularly about news, upcoming new products and tips and tricks. This is the first interim version. There will be some very interesting news and publications in the near future. BTW: We offer an RSS feed since 3 years. Since last week ALPA is also on Twitter as additional channel. You can follow us on www.twitter.com/alpacameras The ALPAs \|\|\|
An ALPA field report By Mark Dubovoy writes an excellent review on the ALPA Lens Corrector and ALPA in general. Worth to read Link to the news page...
ALPA Lens Corrector and scanning We have enhanced the manual of our ALPA LC with a chapter describing the work-around for scanned images. Please have a look at the new manual which is online now at the product page. Please read the product page for eligibility in order to get the ALPA Lens Corrector for free: Link to the product page... \|\|\|
ALPA Tilt/Swing adapter now with 0-12 degrees We are about to introduce a new version of the ALPA tilt/swing adapter with 0-12 degree tilt range in all four directions (equals 24 degrees from side to side). The first series just came from the production.The older version of 0-6 degrees (12 degrees from side to side) will still remain available. The product page will be online next week. Link to the product page of the 0-6° tilt/swing adapter with YouTube videos... \|\|\|
Tips: Copal 0 and 1 shutters - Correct handling Back in analog times everything was a little bit easier. Photographers were photographers and the number of actuations of the shutters low. Now in the digital times the number of actuations has increased dramatically. This might be the reason why some restrictions become more obvious. Copal avoided to mention that it is a bad idea to change the time ring after cocking the shutter! To be clear: If a photographer constantly changes the times after cocking the shutter (especially times around 1/30 sec) he or she will destroy the shutter sooner or later. One can observe a golden shiny covering of the aperture blades from the abrasion of copper. In order to avoid expensive repairs, please check for proper handling! \|\|\|

Zurich, 20 November 2009
Dear friends of the ALPA, We have decided to communicate to our customers and aficionados more regularly about news, upcoming new products and tips and tricks. This is the first interim version. There will be some very interesting news and publications in the near future. BTW: We offer an RSS feed since 3 years. Since last week ALPA is also on Twitter as additional channel. You can follow us on www.twitter.com/alpacameras The ALPAs \|\|\|
An ALPA field report By Mark Dubovoy writes an excellent review on the ALPA Lens Corrector and ALPA in general. Worth to read Link to the news page...
ALPA Lens Corrector and scanning We have enhanced the manual of our ALPA LC with a chapter describing the work-around for scanned images. Please have a look at the new manual which is online now at the product page. Please read the product page for eligibility in order to get the ALPA Lens Corrector for free: Link to the product page... \|\|\|
ALPA Tilt/Swing adapter now with 0-12 degrees We are about to introduce a new version of the ALPA tilt/swing adapter with 0-12 degree tilt range in all four directions (equals 24 degrees from side to side). The first series just came from the production.The older version of 0-6 degrees (12 degrees from side to side) will still remain available. The product page will be online next week. Link to the product page of the 0-6° tilt/swing adapter with YouTube videos... \|\|\|
Tips: Copal 0 and 1 shutters - Correct handling Back in analog times everything was a little bit easier. Photographers were photographers and the number of actuations of the shutters low. Now in the digital times the number of actuations has increased dramatically. This might be the reason why some restrictions become more obvious. Copal avoided to mention that it is a bad idea to change the time ring after cocking the shutter! To be clear: If a photographer constantly changes the times after cocking the shutter (especially times around 1/30 sec) he or she will destroy the shutter sooner or later. One can observe a golden shiny covering of the aperture blades from the abrasion of copper. In order to avoid expensive repairs, please check for proper handling! \|\|\|