Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:54 AM 12/18/97 -0700, Noel H Charchuk wrote: > >I rrecently acquired Novoflex bellows with reflex viewer for my screw >mount Leica. Can anyone advise me on where to set my Elmar 3.5/50 and >Summar 2/50? Do I set it at infinity and focus by moving bellows, or can I >also focus with the lenses? Is the viewer WYSIWYG, am I seeing what my >picture will be? Any advise would be appreciated as I would like to try >some closeup work, and the bellows had no instructions. Also to get the >mirror out of the way there are two small buttons to depress, there seems >to be no way to do this automatically, and when assembled with the camera >it is very close to the lens flange, and is difficult to function. Is >there supposed to be another part here, is use a small plastic strip to >flip the mirror up right now. You're missing the release bridge, a clip which screws over the shutter release and which simultaneously trips those two mirror buttons. The Novoflex part number is SYNAL. You might wish to contact Novoflex in Germany: they made me a similar piece for my Contax housing a couple of years back. It's kind of nice when a company will reproduce a part which has been out of production for 40 years! Jem Kime just sent me the English instructions for this unit. Noel, send me your address and I'll send you a copy. I also have the German IB. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!