DIY enlarger lens adapter for MFT

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I'm still on the lookout for a suitable tilt piece to use in a tilt adapter.

in the meantime I put this together so I could use my enlarger lenses on my MFT body:





I was a bit shocked and pleasantly surprised at how sharp enlarger lenses are.

I designed it around my 50mm el Nikkor as it had the shortest register distance.

I used a body cap and a UV topcor 50mm lens as it had the shortest body compared to how far the inner threads travel for focusing.

its slightly adjustable as you can remove the focus ring and set the focus depending on what lens your using.

my leitz focotar has a slightly longer registration than the nikkor but I prefer the Nikkor after doing dome testing.

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Very clever! See, I'm lazy and bought a helicoid, mft adapter to it and a M39-M42 ring...

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thanks, hey whatever works works!! it didn't take to long to put together though, the most tedious part was using a dremel to cut off the unnecessary back end of the lens.

I was quite lucky as I bought a practically destroyed leica 135 lens and it come with a rear lens cap that I glued into place in the helicoid!! fitted perfectly.

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just wanted to load this image up too, it looks better with the Nikkor: