Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You can also get an adaptor to use 39mm screw mount lenses on the bellows II. This will allowsyou to use enlarging lenses, many of which are quite excellent and a lot cheaper than even old Leica lenses. FWIW, I use a 135mm Schneider enlarging lens on the bellows in addition the the 65mm Elmar. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luc Bourgeois" <luc@forcemajeure.qc.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 01:28 Subject: Re: [Leica] Visoflex & Bellows > Thanks Michiel, John & Sid. > > Yes, I surely made a mistake on the bellows number. The ring I have on > the front of the bellows is numbered 16558. On it are listed the > following lenses: 1:4/90, 1:2.8/90, 1:3.5/65. I have a modern 90 > 1:2.8, I don't think I should unscrew its head. I will look for the > Hove book sometime soon. > > So, with the appropriate ring, the 135...hum.... Now how about without > using the bellows, can I do anything, close-up wise, with the Visoflex > II? Where can I get these adaptor rings? > > I will check out John's link too... > > Luc > > On St-Valentine's Day, 2004, at 06:40 PM, S. Chatterjee & W.F. Grey > wrote: > > > For butterflies the magnification is < 1 so I would try to use the 65mm > > Elmar, designed for close up photography. For insects the > > magnification is > > > 1 and the object to front element of the lens may be too close for the > > 65mm > > Elmar. You may want to use the optical head of the Tele Elmar 135mm and > > screw that on to the normal adapter ring on the bellows. > > Sid > > 06:14 PM, John Collier wrote: > > > Here is a page on the Visoflex 1 to 3 and Bellows 2 as well: > > > > http://elshaw.tripod.com/ > > > > Close up cheap? Get a bellows front ring that has an M bayonet mount > > (16596). Mount lenses and go. The magnification will be very large > > though. Next cheapest would be buy a Cheap 135 Hektor and the adapter > > to mount it to the bellows and then you have coverage from Infinity > > and Beyond (Very Close Indeed). > > > > John Collier > > > 05:20 PM, Michiel Fokkema wrote: > > > Hello Luc, > > > > First of all I supose you have a viso III and bellows II. A bellows > > III does not exist. > > The answer depends a bit on what ring you have now. If you can tell me > > what ring you have I can tell you what lenses will fit. You can also > > buy the Hove's Leica accesory guide. This small book has all the info > > you look for. Also a Leica handbook from that time will give you all > > the info. > > If I presume you have the standard ring the folowing lensens will fit: > > heads of: Elmar90, (early)elmarit90, elmar65 and Tele-elmar 135. > > For the bellows II there are also rings available for: photar lenses, > > 135 hektor head, 125 hektor head, M-bayonet, early 90 summicron head, > > early 50 summicron head, head elmarit 135, head telyt 200/4, head > > telyt 280/4.8 and screw mount lenses including the enlarger lenses. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Michiel Fokkema > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html