Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Noel, How appropriate a name at Christmas time! I had this set up once so can remember most things... There is a part missing, a shutter lever, which when depressed hits the button/s to make the mirror flip up before tripping the shutter release. from memory I think there are 2 buttons as the camera can be twisted through 90 degrees without resorting to lopsided tripod arrangements! Re the focussing of the lenses, it wont matter, the bellows effectively move the lens 'lock stock and barrel' so the extra millimetre or two that the focussing ring moves the elements is inconsiderable. Yes, WYSIWYG, as much as any reflex viewing system is. The Russian Zenit cameras showed about 75% of the final neg. and a Leicaflex claims to show 98% (excluding the edge masked by a transparency mount, the reflex housing will most likely give you something in between those two options. You'll certainly get everything you see in the finder, and a bit more besides. If your bellows have a focussing rail on them then you're fortunate. One aspect of using long lens/bellows extensions is that the reproduction ratio changes, ie. 1:20, 1:10, 1:5, 1:2, to 1:1 and beyond, so if you then 'focus' with the bellows, you end up changing the size of the object in the frame. A focussing rail underneath the bellows allows you to maintain the reproduction ratio you choose, eg. 1:1, and focus by moving the whole camera, viewer, bellows and lens backwards and forwards towards the subject. I hope that wasn't indecipherable... The best thing to do is just to play with it and see what happens, it's only the price of a roll of film! If you wish to e-mail me privately with your postal address I'll mail you a set of instructions after Christmas. Jem jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk ---------- From: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' To: KIMEJ44; leica user group Subject: [Leica] Novoflex bellows & Leica IId Date: 18 December 1997 18:07 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. Noel