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Subject: [Leica] Was Bellows now Pentax.
From: stevebarbour at mac.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:53:45 -0800
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> 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
>>>>> 
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In reply to: Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Bellows)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Bellows)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Bellows)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Bellows)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Was Bellows now Pentax.)