luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
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Location: San Francisco, USA
Expire: 2018-01-18
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:14 am Post subject: Komura 200/4.5 Leica screw mount on mini-bellows |
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luisalegria wrote:
I got this Leica screw-mount lens very cheap early this year as it was broken - the helical was completely frozen. I repaired it, but I have no Leica or Canon rangefinder ! So I took off the lens head and mounted it on bellows -
Komura made an extensive range of rangefinder lenses for Leica/Canon screw mount and Visoflex. This Komura was the longest focal length lens ever made with a rangefinder linkage, so it is a bit of a unique item. Very impractical though ! Other Komura 200mm's were either for Visoflex (no linkage) and/or SLR, and are very different in design.
The lens is a very extreme telephoto - its very short for its focal length. It also, curiously, has two aperture scales, on both sides of the lens - I don't know why.
Right now its on another interesting item, a Kopil folding mini-bellows. This thing not only folds up, but its got just the one rail and a short one at that, so it fits in a pocket.
The lens is a bit of a dud - it is unusable wide-open, its soft and has a strange set of aberrations. It could be that its defective, maybe some element isn't in right, who knows. It does get sharp by f/8. It has a typical Komura golden color rendering, which I find attractive.
The bird -
crop -
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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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estudleon
Joined: 15 May 2008
Posts: 3754
Location: Argentina
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estudleon wrote:
Hi Luis
Tell me the truth!!!
Did you embalm the white bird ? 
Greats, Luis, as always.
Regards, Rino.
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Konica 2,8/100
CZJ: 4/20, 2,4/35, 1,8/50 aus jena, 3,5/135MC, Pentacon 1,8/50
Pentax S-M-C-1,4/50
Helios 44-3
Mamiya 2,8/135
Misc. : jupiter 9
Stuff used:
A) SRL
Alpa 10 D - kern macro Switar 1,9/50 -black, Kilffit apochromat 2/100.
Asahi pentax spotmatic super takumar 1,4/50
Contaflex super B tessar 2,8/50 Pro-tessar 115
Leica R3 electronic summicron 2/50 elmarit 2,8/35
Konica Autoreflex 3 (2 black and chrome one), TC, T4. 2,8/24, 3,5/28 not MC and MC, 1,8/40, 1,4/50, 1,7/50 MC and not MC, 1,8/85, 3,2/135, 3,5/135, 4/200
Minolta XG9 2,8/35, 2/45, 3,5/135
Nikkormat FTn 1,4/50, 2,8/135
Fujica ST 801, 605, 705n. 3,5/19, 1,4/50, 1,8/55, 4/85, 3,5/135.
Praktica MTL 5 and a lot of M42 lenses.
Voigtlander. Bessamatic m, bessamatix de luxe, bessamatic cs, ultramatic and ultramatic cs.
Skoparex 3,5/35, skopagon 2/40, skopar 2,8/50, skopar X 2,8/50, super lanthar (out of catalogue) 2,8/50, dinarex 3,4/90, dinarex 4,8/100, super dinarex 4/135, super dinarex 4/200, zoomar 2,8/36-83, portrait lens 0, 1 and 2. Curtagon 4/28 and 2,8/35
Canon AV1, 1,8/50
Rolleiflex SL35 and SL35 E. 2,8/35 angulon, 2,8/35 distagon, 1,4/55 rolleinar, 1,8/50 planar, 4/135 tessar, 2,8/135 rolleinar, x2 rollei, M42 to rollei adap.
Etc.
RF
Yashica Minister III
Voightlander Vito, vitomatic I, Vito C, etc.
Leica M. M2, M3 (d.s.) and M4. Schenider 3,4/21, 2/35 summaron 2,8/35 (with eyes). Summicron 2/35 (8 elements with eyes), 2/35 chrome, 2/35 black, 1,4/35 pre asph and aspheric - old -, 2/40 summicron, 2,8/50 elmar, 2/50 7 elements, 2/50 DR, 2/50 - minolta version, 1,4/50 summilux 1966 version, 1,4/75 summilux, 2/90 large version, 2/90 reduced version of 1987, 2,8/90 elmarit large version, 4/135 elmar. |
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