Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve Barbour NEW email address *** stevebarbour at mac.com *** > On Feb 8, 2017, at 5:40 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > > In the late '60s, I bought an Asahi Pentax Spotmatic from Yokohama Camera > Company and imported it myself. The camera came with some silver putty > over the mirror housing to hide the Asahi label. It peeled right off, and > I guess it was meant to bypass the Honeywell franchise on the name Pentax > Spotmatic. It was my first slr, since I learned on an Agfa and a King > Regula rangefinder. sounds a bit like my story, was in Cannes, went to Zurich to buy a pentax Spotmatic, Asahi, still have it and a Pentax lens a 50mm f 1.4, which I have and it works fine. steve > > > from my iPad > > Sonny Carter > >> On Feb 8, 2017, at 7:16 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> wrote: >> >> Yours is probably newer and more capable than mine. I have the original >> box, and it says Honeywell Pentax, and is just a single rail. The label >> on the front says Honeywell Pentax Bellows Unit, but the manual in the >> box says Asahi Pentax. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >>> On 2/8/2017 7:04 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >>> Yes, Jim, it is M42 and has the Asahi thread pitch. Though it just says >>> "Bellowscope, Japan" on the front plate, and is a dual rail, I think it >>> was made for Asahi. Can't find images of it on the net when I had a >>> brief look. Anyway, like me, despite its poor decorative repair, it >>> still works. The great thing about digital is that you can see instantly >>> what you get and can adjust accordingly. >>> >>> Similarly, I have an old Spiratone 400mm f6.3 and even though it looks >>> M42, it isn't. It does thread on for a turn, but locks due I think to a >>> different thread pitch, and thus doesn't focus properly. Sometime, when >>> I have a bit more time, I'll stick it on my heavier Manfrotto tripod and >>> see how far it's out, and maybe try to get some sort of adaptor >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at >>> lighttube.net> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 6:52 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Bellows >>> >>> >>>> Douglas, is that the M42 version of the Pentax bellows? I have used >>>> that one with a number of lenses, but haven't tried the 135. >>>> >>>> Nice tripod! >>>> >>>> Jim Nichols >>>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>>> >>>>> On 2/8/2017 12:47 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: >>>>> One of the advantages of getting a new camera that takes many >>>>> adaptors, is it opens up the use of kit that had been stored away for >>>>> a while. I'm still waiting for tomorrow's delivery of a new monitor so >>>>> that I can use my Win10 pc with latest LR and download images taken >>>>> with the Sony, but as I have the opening of the exhibition at 6pm and >>>>> a wine dinner at 7.30pm on the same day, it will be most likely at the >>>>> weekend. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, I've been pulling down kit from the boxes in the attic. >>>>> >>>>> Sony A7ii with bellows and Takumar 135mm. Fuji X100S. See Large. >>>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sony_bellows.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> Douglas >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information