[LargeFormat] Bellows

[philip.lambert]

I'll look for some.  PL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Hemenway" <Jim@hemenway.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Bellows


> Philip:
>
> Instead of leather, have you considered leather-like vinyl?  It can be
> had much thinner than leather.
>
> --
>
> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>
>
>
> "philip.lambert" wrote:
> >
> > I just bought a Gandolfi 54 Variant Level One and am attempting to cope
with
> > its limitations (or mine). The standard bellows don't stretch much
beyond
> > 250mm and my long lens is 305mm so I need to make another top hat lens
> > board, not really demanding if one has time.
> > More of a problem is using my 47mm f5.6 S Angulon with the bag bellows -
> > it's quite difficult to get the lensboard near enough to the glass and
still
> > have usable rising front. Gandolfi just promised to send me some
> > instructions which if all else fails I shall have to read.
> > If the bellows are removed the front and rear standards can get closer
> > together. It looks to me as though the bag bellows fabric is just too
bulky
> > (it stretches to 120mm approx and works fine on 90mm lenses).  It is
> > possible that a bag bellows of reduced material bulk would work a lot
better
> > with the 47mm and actually permit some rising front.
> >
> > Does anybody have any views on reducing the bag bellows bulk?   I am not
> > keen to cut it down as it's nearly new.  Maybe if I find an old Gandolfi
> > bellows I could use the front and rear frames to have a less bulky bag
made.
> > Or even copy the frames out of plywood of the same thickness.
> >
> > Anybody know what material a bag bellows ought to be made of and where
to
> > get it?  I can get leather from a hobbies shop but it feels a bit thick.
The
> > colours are a bit odd but I could use black suede dye at least for the
> > inside.
> >
> > Another possibility is to use an idea from the Toho monorail of having
the
> > w/a lens mounted off-centre on a circular disk that can be revolved on a
> > lens board having a circular hole in the middle.  If the lens is mounted
> > 12mm off centre it gives that much rising front, cross front and drop
front,
> > or a combination of cross with either rise or drop front. This is apart
from
> > any movement the camera permits.   I just ordered an adjustable circle
> > cutter so as to make recessed lensboards, maybe it will come in handy
for
> > the Toho idea.  It will take three attempts to make it work right.
> > Philip
> >
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