Gilles L. Posted March 20, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I am totally new at this so please excuse my ignorance... I am trying to photograph with the M8 objects which are between 2 and 4 inches high (5 to 10cm.) so I picked up a visoflex III and bellows II. There is a M-mount on the bellows so I attached a summicron 50 but it only allowed me to frame the object at a specific distance and I could not get the whole object in the frame. My question is the following: are there any specific lenses which would allow me to focus to infinity and shoot at whatever distance I wish? Am I missing something? Thanks for helping me solve this.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 20, 2007 Posted March 20, 2007 Hi Gilles L., Take a look here Need help understanding visoflex and bellows on the M8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
sergiolov Posted March 20, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 20, 2007 If you make a search with the word visoflex with the search engine on the top of the page, you'll find a lot of results. I learnt practically everithing doing so. Sergio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_brown Posted March 20, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 20, 2007 Am I missing something? .... Hello, Gilles, When you attach the Visoflex and the bellows, you are in effect starting with quite a long "extension tube" of sorts on the camera body. When you mount a 50mm lens on the bellows, you will start with a large, probably too large, magnification. There are a number of older lenses which enable you to remove the elements from the focusing mount. They will allow you to accomplish your task. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 20, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 20, 2007 This site has some information and pictures, nicely described: Lot 49 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles L. Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted March 21, 2007 Thanks for the hints... From what I gathered, there are four lenses available, with the front elements that can be removed from the focusing barrel, and which screw on the bellows via adapter 16558. The lenses are: - elmar 65 screwmount - elmar 90 bayonnet - elmarit 90 bayonnet - elmar 135 bayonnet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 21, 2007 Share #6 Posted March 21, 2007 That sounds right, yes. You don't need these lenses though. With a Visoflex and bellows, and just a regular decent lens, you can get quite far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilles L. Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted March 21, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Carsten, what would call a decent lens? would a 50 or 90mm do? I tried both but the range of focus is barely a few inches... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted March 21, 2007 Share #8 Posted March 21, 2007 I tried my 50 Lux Asph on the Visoflex III directly, while I am waiting for my bellow II to show up, and at f/11, the sharpness was astounding across the picture. I think the 90 Macro would likely also be very good. Without one of the special adapters and a special lens, like the Elmar 65mm, I don't believe you can get infinity-to-macro focus ranges. You are working in a very limited range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joern Posted March 21, 2007 Share #9 Posted March 21, 2007 I am using the head of the old 4/135 Tele-Elmar. Stunning quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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