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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6602 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: Wollensak Enlarger 105/4.5 on bellows |
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luisalegria wrote:
Its not an innovation to use an enlarger lens as a camera lens on bellows. These tend to be excellent lenses, even if a bit slow and optimized for close-up work. I would say though that some at least are quite good as all-around lenses also.
I have a little gem of an enlarger lens, a Wollensak 101/4.5, easily available for trivial expense. I mounted this on an M42 body cap for easy attachment to my bellows. Here is the little thing next to my Ilex Paragon -
Some of its work -
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Fotal
Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 282 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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Fotal wrote:
excellent photos!
Do you have a pic of the lens mounted too? _________________ Mr Scott please restrain your leaps of illogic. I have said nothing. I was merely speculating. |
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poilu
Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 10472 Location: Greece
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:35 am Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
nice shots Luis!
what are those Kodak adapter
how do you mount the lens on a m42 body cap, did you glue it
do you still hope to find something better than Schneider, Meopta, El-Nikkor and Rodenstock ? _________________ T* |
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Helios
Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 537 Location: East of France
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:17 am Post subject: |
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Helios wrote:
Amazing pictures .... I started this "lens hacking" 35 years ago with a Zeiss Novar anastigmat 6,3/105 which was surprisingly excellent ! Followed by Tessar 4,5/135 (Plate camera), enlarging lenses from Schneider, Rodenstock , El-Nikkor, Industar-23 4,5/110 . The main problem is to find a decent sunshade , these lenses are generally prone to huge flare... One of my best "adaptation" is a Lacour-Berthiot f/6 100mm 6 elements symmetrical from an old stereo camera (coverage circle about 100mm). Found on flea market for $1 . Totally dismounted and cleaned up , it is a pleasure for itself !
Old "dead" foldings can start a second life . Bests results : Rodagon 5,6/80 on helical mount . Equivalent to the smc_takumar 4/100. |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Amazing results!!! _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Helios wrote: |
Amazing pictures .... I started this "lens hacking" 35 years ago with a Zeiss Novar anastigmat 6,3/105 which was surprisingly excellent ! Followed by Tessar 4,5/135 (Plate camera), enlarging lenses from Schneider, Rodenstock , El-Nikkor, Industar-23 4,5/110 . The main problem is to find a decent sunshade , these lenses are generally prone to huge flare... One of my best "adaptation" is a Lacour-Berthiot f/6 100mm 6 elements symmetrical from an old stereo camera (coverage circle about 100mm). Found on flea market for $1 . Totally dismounted and cleaned up , it is a pleasure for itself !
Old "dead" foldings can start a second life . Bests results : Rodagon 5,6/80 on helical mount . Equivalent to the smc_takumar 4/100. |
Wow! Thanks for sharing these valuable information! _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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kds315*
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 16652 Location: Weinheim, Germany
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: |
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kds315* wrote:
Very nice results, never tried these enlarging or graphic Raptars (I have a set), since I did not expect much from them - you proved the opposite! So I have to bring them in service I guess....Thanks!
Cheers, _________________ Klaus - Admin
"S'il vient a point, me souviendra" [Thomas Bohier (1460-1523)]
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/kds315/albums my albums using various lenses
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Currently most FAV lens(es):
X80QF f3.2/80mm
Hypergon f11/26mm
ELCAN UV f5.6/52mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f4/60mm
Zeiss UV-Planar f2/62mm
Lomo Уфар-12 f2.5/41mm
Lomo Зуфар-2 f4.0/350mm
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
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f4.1/94mm
CERCO UV-VIS-NIR f2.8/100mm
Steinheil Quarzobjektiv f1.8/50mm
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
Pentax Ultra-Achromatic Takumar f5.6/300mm
Rodenstock UV-Rodagon f5.6/60mm + 105mm + 150mm
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luisalegria
Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 6602 Location: San Francisco, USA
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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luisalegria wrote:
The lens is mounted on a body cap. It came, luckily, with a flange ring, normally used to mount it on a lens board - many enlargers used lens boards, like large format cameras. Because the lens is so small the drilled body cap is just like a tiny lens board.
On other lenses like this Bausch&Lomb from an old Rochester plate camera I just screw the thread at the back of the lens into the right size hole in the body cap -
The adapter, filter holder and hood are standard Series VI items made by Kodak. The "Series XX" system is an obsolete standard for filters and lens accessories, which was almost universal in the US several decades ago, before the metric threads from Germany and Japan took over. The sizes increased with the series number - Series VII was bigger than series VI, etc. Filters were not threaded - they went into a filter holder, and were held in place by the next ring in the series.
The slip-on type of adapter (in different sizes) was very common for all kinds of cameras before the 1950's. They came in English units (1", 1 1/4", 1 3/8", 1 3/4", etc.). The tabs on the adapter are a little flexible and can be bent to adjust for small variations on the outside dimension of the lens.
Wollensak was probably the most common brand of enlarger lens in the US market, as it was a US company. |
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Fotal
Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 282 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Fotal wrote:
great description, thanks _________________ Mr Scott please restrain your leaps of illogic. I have said nothing. I was merely speculating. |
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shad309
Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 453 Location: Illinois, USA
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:54 am Post subject: |
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shad309 wrote:
Awesome! Now I know how to mount some lenses to my bellows. I was going to try and make lens boards to fit. Not anymore!!! I am heading down to my workshop to do surgery now _________________ Canon 400D & 350D
Lenses- German, Japanese, & Russian |
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Laurence
Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 4809 Location: Western Washington State
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:03 am Post subject: |
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Laurence wrote:
Wonderful! Did you apply threads to the opening in the body cap, or did you simply push the lens into the opening?
Just GREAT! _________________
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And handled with a chain.
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Yashica Mat 124 w/ Yashinon 80/3.5,
CV Apo-Lanthar 90/3.5SL, (Thank you Klaus),
Pentax 645,
Flek 50,
Pentax-A 150
Pentax-A 120 Macro
Voigtlander Vitomatic I w/Color Skopar 50/2.8
Konica TC and zoom lenses (thanks Carsten)
Contax AX
Yashica ML 50/2
Yashica ML 35/2.8
Carl Zeiss Contax 50/1.4
Tamron Adaptall SP 17/3.5
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