[Leica] Was Bellows now Pentax.

[Sonny Carter]

In the late '60s, I bought an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic from Yokohama Camera Company and imported it myself.  The camera came with some silver putty over the mirror housing to hide the Asahi label.  It peeled right off, and I guess it was meant to bypass the Honeywell franchise on the name Pentax Spotmatic.  It was my first slr, since I learned on an Agfa and a King Regula rangefinder.  

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Sonny Carter

> On Feb 8, 2017, at 7:16 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> Yours is probably newer and more capable than mine.  I have the original box, and it says Honeywell Pentax, and is just a single rail.  The label on the front says Honeywell Pentax Bellows Unit, but the manual in the box says Asahi Pentax.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
>> On 2/8/2017 7:04 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>> Yes, Jim, it is M42 and has the Asahi thread pitch. Though it just says "Bellowscope, Japan" on the front plate, and is a dual rail, I think it was made for Asahi. Can't find images of it on the net when I had a brief look. Anyway, like me, despite its poor decorative repair, it still works. The great thing about digital is that you can see instantly what you get and can adjust accordingly.
>> 
>> Similarly, I have an old Spiratone 400mm f6.3 and even though it looks M42, it isn't. It does thread on for a turn, but locks due I think to a different thread pitch, and thus doesn't focus properly. Sometime, when I have a bit more time, I'll stick it on my heavier Manfrotto tripod and see how far it's out, and maybe try to get some sort of adaptor
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 6:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Bellows
>> 
>> 
>>> Douglas, is that the M42 version of the Pentax bellows?  I have used that one with a number of lenses, but haven't tried the 135.
>>> 
>>> Nice tripod!
>>> 
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
>>>> On 2/8/2017 12:47 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
>>>> One of the advantages of getting a new camera that takes many adaptors, is it opens up the use of kit that had been stored away for a while. I'm still waiting for tomorrow's delivery of a new monitor so that I can use my Win10 pc with latest LR and download images taken with the Sony, but as I have the opening of the exhibition at 6pm and a wine dinner at 7.30pm on the same day, it will be most likely at the weekend.
>>>> 
>>>> Anyway, I've been pulling down kit from the boxes in the attic.
>>>> 
>>>> Sony A7ii with bellows and Takumar 135mm. Fuji X100S. See Large.
>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sony_bellows.jpg.html
>>>> 
>>>> Douglas
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