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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6602 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:40 am Post subject: Elgeet Colorstigmat 4.5/135 Enlarging Lens |
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luisalegria wrote:
Elgeet was one of the less common US makers. One can find Wollensak enlarging lenses anytime, but Elgeet only occasionally.
Left - 4.5/90, Right 4.5/135
Both are labelled "Colorstigmat", which was an Elgeet trademark for some of their camera lenses also. I have mounted both on M42 plastic body caps for convenient use on bellows or focusing tubes.
Elgeet was yet another of the "Rochester" companies (the cluster of companies in Rochester NY that dominated the US photo and optical industry), one of the later ones in fact. It began as a post-WWII venture by some former employees of Kodak and Ilex. At one time they even owned what remained of Steinheil.
Elgeet tried its hand in many other markets, some very specialized, but other than 8mm cine lenses their products are rather scarce. They had a full line of enlarger lenses in the 1950's-60's, which was carried on for a while by their successor D.O. Industries.
I have two Elgeet enlarger lenses, a 90mm and a 135mm. They are very similar to the Wollensak enlarger lenses even in construction and finish, and are made to the same high build standard. Both are coated.
I have some shots from the 90mm here -
http://forum.mflenses.com/elgeet-90-4-5-enlarger-lens-flash-t9356,highlight,elgeet.html
The 135 suffers from heavy cleaning marks unfortunately, so it is prone to ghosts and flare. Its sharp enough for what it is, but I have to say the Wollensak 135 is better as a bellows lens. Perhaps a better example would give better results.
All flowers today unfortunately.
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mo
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:26 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
Beautiful.... _________________ Moira, Moderator
Fuji XE-1,Pentax K-01,Panasonic G1,Panasonic G5,Pentax MX
Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
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CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35 CZJ Pancolar M42 2/50 CZJ Pancolar Exakta 2/50
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Primoplan 1.9/58 Primagon 4.5/35 Telemegor 5.5/150 Angenieux 3.5/28 Angenieux 3,5/135 Y 2
Canon FL 58/1.2,Canon FL85/1.8,Canon FL 100/3.5,Canon SSC 2.8/100 ,Konica AR 100/2.8, Nikkor P 105/2.5
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16652 Location: Weinheim, Germany
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
great results! _________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
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Lomo ZIKAR-1A f1.2/100mm
Nikon UV Nikkor f4.5/105mm
Zeiss UV-Sonnar f4.3/105mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f1.8/45mm
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Pentax Quartz Takumar f3.5/85mm
Carl Zeiss Jena UV-Objektiv f4/60mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha II f1.1/90mm
NYE OPTICAL Lyman-Alpha I f2.8/200mm
COASTAL OPTICS f4/60mm UV-VIS-IR Apo
COASTAL OPTICS f4.5/105mm UV-Micro-Apo
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f4.5/85mm
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Minolfan
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:01 am Post subject: |
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Minolfan wrote:
Very good results. I did not see anything of Elgeet before, may be they did not export very much to Europe? |
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luisalegria
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
Very few US-made lenses ever got to Europe I think. Any that are found there are mostly because they were probably brought by travellers or sold by US Military PX's, or are military surplus.
The USA was always the high-cost producer, even in the 1890's. European lenses were much cheaper in Europe. The only reason the European makers didn't take over the US market early was probably because of tariffs. Even so there were plenty of European lenses sold in the USA for the whole of the last century. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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patrickh
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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patrickh wrote:
Very nice results Luis
I never heard of the company before, but Rochester was almost the center of the photographic universe for quite a long time
patrickh _________________ DSLR: Nikon D300 Nikon D200 Nex 5N
MF Zooms: Kiron 28-85/3.5, 28-105/3.2, 75-150/3.5, Nikkor 50-135/3.5 AIS // MF Primes: Nikkor 20/4 AI, 24/2 AI, 28/2 AI, 28/2.8 AIS, 28/3.5 AI, 35/1.4 AIS, 35/2 AIS, 35/2.8 PC, 45/2.8 P, 50/1.4 AIS, 50/1.8 AIS, 50/2 AI, 55/2.8 AIS micro, 55/3.5 AI micro, 85/2 AI, 100/2,8 E, 105/1,8 AIS, 105/2,5 AIS, 135/2 AIS, 135/2.8 AIS, 200/4 AI, 200/4 AIS micro, 300/4.5 AI, 300/4.5 AI ED, Arsat 50/1.4, Kiron 28/2, Vivitar 28/2.5, Panagor 135/2.8, Tamron 28/2.5, Tamron 90/2.5 macro, Vivitar 90/2.5 macro (Tokina) Voigtlander 90/3.5 Vivitar 105/2.5 macro (Kiron) Kaleinar 100/2.8 AI Tamron 135/2.5, Vivitar 135/2.8CF, 200/3.5, Tokina 400/5,6
M42: Vivitar 28/2.5, Tamron 28/2.5, Formula5 28/2.8, Mamiya 28/2.8, Pentacon 29/2.8, Flektogon 35/2.4, Flektogon 35/2.8, Takumar 35/3.5, Curtagon 35/4, Takumar 50/1.4, Volna-6 50/2.8 macro, Mamiya 50/1.4, CZJ Pancolar 50/1,8, Oreston 50/1.8, Takumar 50/2, Industar 50/3.5, Sears 55/1.4, Helios 58/2, Jupiter 85/2, Helios 85/1.5, Takumar 105/2.8, Steinheil macro 105/4.5, Tamron 135/2.5, Jupiter 135/4, CZ 135/4, Steinheil Culminar 135/4,5, Jupiter 135/3.5, Takumar 135/3.5, Tair 135/2.8, Pentacon 135/2.8, CZ 135/2.8, Taika 135/3.5, Takumar 150/4, Jupiter 200/4, Takumar 200/4
Exakta: Topcon 100/2.8(M42), 35/2.8, 58/1.8, 135/2.8, 135/2.8 (M42), Kyoei Acall 135/3.5
C/Y: Yashica 28/2.8, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, Zeiss Planar 50/1.4, Distagon 25/2.8
Hexanon: 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 40/1.8, 50/1.7, 52/1.8, 135/3.2, 135/3.5, 35-70/3.5, 200/3.5
P6 : Mir 38 65/3.5, Biometar 80/2.8, Kaleinar 150/2.8, Sonnar 180/2.8
Minolta SR: 28/2.8, 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 45/2, 50/2, 58/1.4, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, 200/3.5
RF: Industar 53/2.8, Jupiter 8 50/2
Enlarg: Rodagon 50/5,6, 80/5,6, 105/5.6, Vario 44-52/4, 150/5.6 180/5.6 El Nikkor 50/2,8,63/2.8,75/4, 80/5,6, 105/5.6, 135/5.6 Schneider 60/5.6, 80/5.6, 80/4S,100/5.6S,105/5.6,135/5.6, 135/5.6S, 150/5.6S, Leica 95/4 |
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pich900
Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 1745 Location: The Netherlands/Zwolle
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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pich900 wrote:
Superb pictures, verry sharp and the colours are so beautiful ......but how is it possible to use this kind of lens on a DSLR pentax body ...... |
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patrickh
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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patrickh wrote:
@pich900
Mounted on extension tubes, helicoid or bellows. Most (but by no means all) enlarging lenses are M39 threaded. Best value available for high quality macro/closeup.
patrickh _________________ DSLR: Nikon D300 Nikon D200 Nex 5N
MF Zooms: Kiron 28-85/3.5, 28-105/3.2, 75-150/3.5, Nikkor 50-135/3.5 AIS // MF Primes: Nikkor 20/4 AI, 24/2 AI, 28/2 AI, 28/2.8 AIS, 28/3.5 AI, 35/1.4 AIS, 35/2 AIS, 35/2.8 PC, 45/2.8 P, 50/1.4 AIS, 50/1.8 AIS, 50/2 AI, 55/2.8 AIS micro, 55/3.5 AI micro, 85/2 AI, 100/2,8 E, 105/1,8 AIS, 105/2,5 AIS, 135/2 AIS, 135/2.8 AIS, 200/4 AI, 200/4 AIS micro, 300/4.5 AI, 300/4.5 AI ED, Arsat 50/1.4, Kiron 28/2, Vivitar 28/2.5, Panagor 135/2.8, Tamron 28/2.5, Tamron 90/2.5 macro, Vivitar 90/2.5 macro (Tokina) Voigtlander 90/3.5 Vivitar 105/2.5 macro (Kiron) Kaleinar 100/2.8 AI Tamron 135/2.5, Vivitar 135/2.8CF, 200/3.5, Tokina 400/5,6
M42: Vivitar 28/2.5, Tamron 28/2.5, Formula5 28/2.8, Mamiya 28/2.8, Pentacon 29/2.8, Flektogon 35/2.4, Flektogon 35/2.8, Takumar 35/3.5, Curtagon 35/4, Takumar 50/1.4, Volna-6 50/2.8 macro, Mamiya 50/1.4, CZJ Pancolar 50/1,8, Oreston 50/1.8, Takumar 50/2, Industar 50/3.5, Sears 55/1.4, Helios 58/2, Jupiter 85/2, Helios 85/1.5, Takumar 105/2.8, Steinheil macro 105/4.5, Tamron 135/2.5, Jupiter 135/4, CZ 135/4, Steinheil Culminar 135/4,5, Jupiter 135/3.5, Takumar 135/3.5, Tair 135/2.8, Pentacon 135/2.8, CZ 135/2.8, Taika 135/3.5, Takumar 150/4, Jupiter 200/4, Takumar 200/4
Exakta: Topcon 100/2.8(M42), 35/2.8, 58/1.8, 135/2.8, 135/2.8 (M42), Kyoei Acall 135/3.5
C/Y: Yashica 28/2.8, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, Zeiss Planar 50/1.4, Distagon 25/2.8
Hexanon: 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 40/1.8, 50/1.7, 52/1.8, 135/3.2, 135/3.5, 35-70/3.5, 200/3.5
P6 : Mir 38 65/3.5, Biometar 80/2.8, Kaleinar 150/2.8, Sonnar 180/2.8
Minolta SR: 28/2.8, 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 45/2, 50/2, 58/1.4, 50/1.7, 135/2.8, 200/3.5
RF: Industar 53/2.8, Jupiter 8 50/2
Enlarg: Rodagon 50/5,6, 80/5,6, 105/5.6, Vario 44-52/4, 150/5.6 180/5.6 El Nikkor 50/2,8,63/2.8,75/4, 80/5,6, 105/5.6, 135/5.6 Schneider 60/5.6, 80/5.6, 80/4S,100/5.6S,105/5.6,135/5.6, 135/5.6S, 150/5.6S, Leica 95/4 |
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pich900
Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 1745 Location: The Netherlands/Zwolle
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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pich900 wrote:
Thanks patrickh for your answer ...
But then this kind of lens (with M39 mount) can be mounted on the G1 (micro 4/3) with adapter M39/Micro 4/3 and with infinity focus (or at least with more DOF than for macro work), am I right?
Anyway, again congrats for the beautifuls results .... |
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wilson.c
Joined: 18 Jan 2010 Posts: 364 Location: Hong Kong
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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wilson.c wrote:
Nice macro shots !!
I've got a Schneider-Kreuznach Componar 75/f4.5 that I want to adapt, but the adapter for 25mm x 0.75 thread pitch to M39 or M42 are hard to come by. I may have to butcher the Durst adapter that I found it in to make it work. _________________ Wilson
DSLR: Canon 5DMkII, 500D + Panasonic GF-1
SLR: Canon T90, Canon F1, Canon A1, Canon AE1 + Rolleiflex SL66 + Bronica ETRs
R'finder: Contax G1, G2 + Leica M6, M3 + Contax II
Lenses
M42: Angenieaux 90/1.8
Canon: FD 50/3.5 Macro, FD 80/1.8, FD 80-200L/4
Contax G: CZ Hologon 16/8, CZ Biogon 21/2.8, CZ Biogon 28/2.8, CZ Planar 45/2.0, CZ Sonnar 90/2.8
P-Six: CZJ Sonnar 180/2.8, CZJ Biometar 120/2.8
Contax: Distagon 28/2.8, Distagon 28/2, Planar 85/1.4, Makro-Planar 100/2.8
Others: CZ Sonnar 135/3.5 (Hasselblad V mount)
More little ones to be documented.
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luisalegria
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:57 am Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
Hi Pich, Hi Wilson,
I use bellows or focusing extension tubes as Patrick says.
It should be possible to mount a bellows on a Micro 4/3. Any bellows for which you can get a Micro 4/3 adapter should work, M42, Nikon, Minolta, Canon FD, etc.
I like mounting smaller lenses like this on drilled plastic body caps. You can get these for any mount and they go perfectly on bellows. If you have a Nikon bellows get a Nikon body cap. Drill and file the hole just the right size and you can easily and securely screw the lens into it.
Most US-made enlarger lenses (Wollensak was the biggest maker, I know these well) are not M39, they have all sorts of non-standard threads. The European ones probably are mostly M39, but I have only a couple of small Schneiders with smaller threads so I can't say from experience. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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pich900
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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pich900 wrote:
Hi luisalegria,
Thanks for your answer.
I have actually this lens, a Steinheil Munchen Cassar 3.5/50mm, but I have no idea if it's an enlarger lens ...It has a screw mount with a diameter of about 30mm, here is a picture of my lens:
Do you may be know if this is an enlarger lens ? |
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martinsmith99
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
It is an enlarger lens.
I have one too and I can say I'm fairly disappointed with it. _________________ Casual attendance these days |
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jjphoto
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Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:30 am Post subject: |
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jjphoto wrote:
I can't figure out what the thread is on this thing, the Elgeet 135/4.5, so does anyone know?
It seems to be 32 or 32.5mm and I can't tell if it's 0.75 or possibly even finer. Then again it might not be metric at all as 1 1/4"=31.75mm. Does any one know?
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RioRico
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:29 am Post subject: |
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RioRico wrote:
jjphoto wrote: |
I can't figure out what the thread is on this thing, the Elgeet 135/4.5, so does anyone know?
It seems to be 32 or 32.5mm and I can't tell if it's 0.75 or possibly even finer. Then again it might not be metric at all as 1 1/4"=31.75mm. Does any one know? |
I have one Elgeet lens, marked APOS 90mm f/4.5 COLORSTIGMAT, small but dense. Its thread seems to be between 29-30mm. I use 30-37mm + 37-42mm step rings to put it on M42 bellows. I will admit that I have not used it enough to judge its qualities. As I obtain more enlarger lenses with strange threads, I am inclined just to drill holes in US$1 Pentax body caps and mount them on my PK bellows.
pich900 wrote: |
I have actually this lens, a Steinheil Munchen Cassar 3.5/50mm, but I have no idea if it's an enlarger lens |
A couple months ago I bought an M42 Bellowscope with a Steinheil Culminar VL 105/4.5 mounted on it. I researched it slightly. I read that some Steinheil lenses were made so the front element could be removed from the focusing helicoid to be mounted on bellows for close work. This suggests that these may be considered more as macro-bellows lenses, than as enlarger lenses. Is that too fine a distinction? Do we expect more flatness of field from an enlarger lens? Maybe the threads on a non-focusing lens is a giveaway -- if L39/LTM/M39 threads indicate an enlarger lens, do M42 threads indicate a macro-bellows lens? Does it matter? _________________ Too many film+digi cams+lenses, oh my -- Pentax K20D, K-1000, M42s, more
The simple truth is this: There are no neutral photographs. --F-Stop Fitzgerald
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luisalegria
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:19 am Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
I will measure the thread on my Elgeet when I get the chance, but I doubt it will help much. The thread is certainly not metric.
The usual US enlarger mount was on a flange screwed into a lens board. The flanges came with the lens, they did not interchange into standard threads.
The plastic body cap system works very well, its easy and cheap. The problems are with lenses that are too large for body caps.
I have the Steinheil Culminar 135/4.5, and the thread is M40. It perfectly fits the thread of the Exakta extension tubes - Exakta extension tubes are peculiar in that they screw together to the required length and then you screw on the male/female bayonets at either end. I don't think its a coincidence that Steinheil made the lens to fit. Its extremely easy to mount this lens on any Exakta macro equipment without any special arrangements, and without the need to provide a special Exakta bayonet mount.
A macro/bellows lens would be expected to fit on the macro equipment that it is intended for without a fuss, so I certainly would think that a lens with M42 was made for that purpose.
M39 is something else. There is a lot of old macro equipment around designed for M39, such as the many flavors of Visoflex bellows and Novoflex bellows, etc.
Lenses designed for Visoflex, both lens heads and lenses with focusing mounts, are all M39. Komura and Kilfitt both made many lenses with M39 as a base mount, with the various SLR, cine or whatever camera mounts fitting with a screw on adapter.
The lens end of many Novoflex bellows are M39, with an adapter used for the camera end, like the Kilfitt lenses. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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Attila
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Attila wrote:
Beautiful pictures, well done! Lens also pretty! _________________ -------------------------------
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jjphoto
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Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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jjphoto wrote:
Thanks guys.
It seems, but is not confirmed, that the thread for the Elgeet 135/4.5 Colorstigmat should be 1.25" at 30TPI. I need to make some more enquiries but this seems to be the case.
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Phenix jc
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:04 am Post subject: Re: Elgeet Colorstigmat 4.5/135 Enlarging Lens |
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Phenix jc wrote:
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Beautiful ! _________________ "Plonger les choses dans la lumière, c'est les plonger dans l'infini" Léonard De Vinci
f/1.2 club Zuiko : 50/1.2, 55/1.2 Rokkor : 50/1.2, 58/1.2 Nikkor : 50/1.2, 55/1.2 Third Party : Porst(Fujinon-X) 50/1.2, Porst 55/1.2 Canon : S 50/1.2, nFD 50/1.2, FL 55/1.2, R 58/1.2, nFD 85/1.2 Hexanon : 57/1.2 Nokton : 50/1.1 |
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rafoarc
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rafoarc wrote:
luisalegria wrote: |
The plastic body cap system works very well, its easy and cheap. The problems are with lenses that are too large for body caps.
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Hello! My first post here, and on an old thread... So, can someone explain to me how this "plastic body cap system" works? I mean, I get the general idea, but how do you mount the lens on the cap? I have this same lens (Elgeet Colorstigmat 4.5/135 Enlarging Lens) and I try to find a way to mount in on a pentax K or Q. Mine came with a metal ring around the thread (see pic), but I have no idea what to do with it... Thanks!
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luisalegria
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:39 am Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
The ring was meant to secure the lens on a lensboard, which is exactly what it sounds like, a thin flat board. I use body caps in the same way as lens boards.
Unscrew the ring from the lens. Drill a hole in the body cap so the rear thread is a snug fit. Stick the rear of the lens in the hole. Screw the ring on the thread that's poking through the hole. Tighten the ring and the lens will be snugly held on the body cap. _________________ I like Pentax DSLR's, Exaktas, M42 bodies of all kinds, strange and cheap Japanese lenses, and am dabbling in medium format/Speed Graphic work. |
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hinnerker
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hinnerker wrote:
For those of you, who are trying enlarger lenses on µFT, FT, Fuji cams or any cam for that are 52mm reverse rings available to bring a focussystem to it, a short hint to my VNEX or VµFT System.
As i read, often people have trouble with different diameter of a lens-given screw threat, my system do have 4 special parts for convert the lens thread to M39 thread simply by 4 rings with different diameters, 25mm, 27mm, 30mm and 32,5mm... so you can connect any enlarger lens different to M39 standard...
(rings are shown in the front row)
With this rings, you can connect an enlarger (or any other) lens to the focus system..
After establishing one of the rings to the lens thread, you can simly connect the ring to the focus-system...
So this system helps a lot, if you want to handle different threads up to 32,5mm without the need to work only in fixed focus positions.
Lots of lenses in 50-80mm range can be used as normal taking lenses from infinty to a close focus distance of 20-25 cm...
For more informations, please read the VNEX and VµFT Ads, Attila made "sticky" at the beginning of this forum section.
Cheers
Henry _________________ some light-painting lens stuff..
... and an EOS 5D MKII
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rafoarc
Joined: 04 Mar 2014 Posts: 7
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rafoarc wrote:
Thanks Luisalegria! Everything makes sense, except that the ring that is on this lens, is not like the ones I usually see (on photos online mainly), that have holes that will allow you to screw them on the body cap. This ring is without holes (and is actually quite thin in the direction where the holes should be)... so I guess that I have to find one such ring...
Update: ok, I got it now. I had a different type of ring in my mind... so this is going to work too!
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philslizzy
Joined: 07 Aug 2012 Posts: 4744 Location: Cheshire, England
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philslizzy wrote:
Elgeets were used on American cine cameras too, Bell & Howell I think. _________________ Hero in the 'messin-with-cameras-for-the-hell-of-it department'. Official. |
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pterpm
Joined: 17 May 2014 Posts: 15
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pterpm wrote:
hinnerker wrote: |
For those of you, who are trying enlarger lenses on �FT, FT, Fuji cams or any cam for that are 52mm reverse rings available to bring a focussystem to it, a short hint to my VNEX or V�FT System.
As i read, often people have trouble with different diameter of a lens-given screw threat, my system do have 4 special parts for convert the lens thread to M39 thread simply by 4 rings with different diameters, 25mm, 27mm, 30mm and 32,5mm... so you can connect any enlarger lens different to M39 standard...
(rings are shown in the front row)
With this rings, you can connect an enlarger (or any other) lens to the focus system..
After establishing one of the rings to the lens thread, you can simly connect the ring to the focus-system...
So this system helps a lot, if you want to handle different threads up to 32,5mm without the need to work only in fixed focus positions.
Lots of lenses in 50-80mm range can be used as normal taking lenses from infinty to a close focus distance of 20-25 cm...
For more informations, please read the VNEX and V�FT Ads, Attila made "sticky" at the beginning of this forum section.
Cheers
Henry |
Could you please, repost the pictures. I just got the enlarger lens and try to mount on the M42 helicoid focusing but no way that i can focus . Please, help me what i need to do.
Thank you |
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