Leica S Shift Option... Will this work???

[tthorne]

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I have been really excited since deciding to move to Medium Format for my architectural work, but equally disappointed in my PC lens and movement options. I have made a ton of calls and done a lot of google searches and not I am wondering about a particular option. As soon as I can piece this together, I am either picking up a 006 or possibly even 007. 

 

Novoflex makes a bellows system called Castbal that is pretty compact. 

 

http://www.sansmirror.com/_Media/novoflex_med.jpeg

 

They do sell a rear adapter that fits directly to a Leica S camera. Ok, great.

 

Then they sell an adapter for the front that mounts a Copal #0 shutter. 

 

So theoretically, a lens like the Schneider 35mm APO-Digitar with a Copal #0 shutter should mount, and with a 90mm image circle, there is room for some movement. 

 

So where I am stuck is with focussing. I have never had to piece something together like this and am wondering if there will be a flange distance/register issue that will make this setup ultimately unable to focus to infinity. I am also wondering how difficult or easy this will be to focus if I go with the 006 which does not have live view. 

 

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

[Manolo Laguillo]

Do you mean this:

 

http://www.novoflex.com/de/produkte/makrofotografie--blitztechnik/balgengeraete/universal-balgengeraete-fuer-leica-neu/

 

Novoflex sell this set with a 90 mm... Too long...

 

But let's think together! :-)

 

1. Regarding framing, composing and focusing: we don't need liveview, we have a beautiful viewfinder!

 

2. Regarding focusing at infinity: what's the distance the Schneider 35 APO-Digitar needs behind it for that?

The flange distance of the Leica S is 50 mm. The question is: will it be enough?

 

In other words: using a S lens on a M camera is feasible, but not a M lens on a S camera.

 

In any case, the bellow will be tightly compressed, and shifting will become impossible, unless a wide angle soft bellow substitutes the standard one.