[LRflex] Re: Slobodan's Format advice

You can always get a souped up Holga, or Woca.
http://www.holgamods.com/


Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8, AGCC
http://sdimitrovphoto.com



On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Bob Palmieri wrote:

> Slobodan -
>
> It's funny that you should address this issue - one of the other  
> things
> that hit me this trip as I looked through the snaps is that this 2:3
> rectangle is looking a little too rectangular to me.
>
> However, I don't think I'm Man Enough for the rigors of The Square...
>
> Bob Palmieri
>
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2005, at 11:09 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>
>
>> Change formats and see where it takes you.
>> I usually carry a TLR. You might try an Holga or Woca. Shooting
>> squares is sufficiently different in approach so as not to be
>> redundant. Another rectangular shooting  box, of whatever media,
>> silicon or gelatin, is pointless and adds unnecessary weight.
>>
>> Slobodan Dimitrov
>> Studio G-8, AGCC
>> http://sdimitrovphoto.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Bob Palmieri wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Charles -
>>>
>>> I was working with a terrific machinist and guitar maker named Ken
>>> Parker last week on a number of projects.  While he was working  
>>> on the
>>> lathe I pulled out my Fotodiox adapter, (which does get wiggly &  
>>> loose
>>> as the slots in the cams compress) and tried a few different shim
>>> thicknesses in the slots.  I had been using .020" jobbies cut from
>>> collar stiffeners stuck into the slots and the adapter was actually
>>> too
>>> tight on most lenses.  I tried .016; too loose.  You guessed it... .
>>> 018
>>> is pretty much the Goldilocks spec, at least for mine.
>>>
>>> But maybe .017 would be even slicker...
>>>
>>> Anyhow, if yer gonna leave 'em on the lenses, I'd say get a few  
>>> of the
>>> Fotodiox rings and stick 'em on;  if they get loose try some shims.
>>> The Fotodiox guy sez there's a pretty big difference in optimum
>>> spacing
>>> for old and new R lenses...
>>>
>>> Incidentally, I was traveling around the New York area doing a  
>>> coupla
>>> photo gigs, a music gig and also getting to see my dad for a few
>>> minutes in there somwhere.  Besides music gear I was schlepping  
>>> around
>>> a Leica M with 4 lenses and the 20D, also with 4 lenses.  I'm
>>> chagrined
>>> to say that,  try as I did, I just couldn't shoot a single frame of
>>> film.  Every time a photo opportunity was in front of my face, I
>>> had to
>>> admit that the digital was the tool for the job at hand.
>>>
>>> Bob Palmieri
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 25, 2005, at 8:48 PM, Charles Cason wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks David,
>>>> I decided to purchase two of these lower priced adapters.  When you
>>>> refer to the kerfs, are you talking about what looks like a slit
>>>> in the
>>>> bayonet?  Is this where you inserted the flat blade screwdriver?
>>>> Charles
>>>>
>>>> David Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Charles...
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe that Ted Grant is doing that with several adapters from=
>>>>> CameraQuest (Stephen Gandy). I understand, from others on this  
>>>>> list
>>>>> who=
>>>>> own both, that the Gandy adapter and the Fotodiox adapter are
>>>>> identical.=
>>>>> Of thest two the fotodiox is the lower price.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only functional difference between the Novoflex and the
>>>>> Gandy/Fotodiox=
>>>>> adapter is the method of holding tension on the lens.  The  
>>>>> Novoflex,
>>>>> as=
>>>>> you know, uses springs.  The other two use kerfs cut in the  
>>>>> metal...
>>>>> a=
>>>>> lower cost option.
>>>>>
>>>>> Goto my website: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/ 
>>>>> getting_a_grip.htm and
>>>>> scroll=
>>>>> down just a wee bit.  You'll see a close-up of how these kerfs  
>>>>> work.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I got my fotodiox adapter, the adapter was firm in the  
>>>>> camera,
>>>>> but the=
>>>>> lenses were quite loose and had a noticeable 'wobble', which  
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> seem=
>>>>> to affect the focus. But it sure affected my feelings about it!
>>>>>
>>>>> After much discussion, here, I cured this by taking a small,
>>>>> flat-blade=
>>>>> screwdirver and pushing it into the kerf.  The metal moved quite
>>>>> easily=
>>>>> and I thought the soft metal might need "re-adjusting" on a  
>>>>> regular
>>>>> basis,=
>>>>> but this has not proved to be the case.  The adapter continues to
>>>>> work=
>>>>> perfectly after several months and thousands of shots.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW: it is rumoured that the R-lens mount part of the Novoflex
>>>>> adapter is=
>>>>> purchased by Novo from the folks who OEM the mount for Leica!  No
>>>>> wonder=
>>>>> it's [a] perfect and [b] expensive!
>>>>>
>>>>> I find it most convenient to leave the one adapter I have, on the
>>>>> camera=
>>>>> and switch the various lenses.   This lowers cost, and makes my
>>>>> 'hand=
>>>>> actions' identical to mounting/dismounting as I have always done.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>
>>>>> David.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25/08/2005 at 7:57 PM Charles Cason wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just looked at the R lens to EOS body at Fotodiox at $90.  I  
>>>>>> want
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> order a couple of these but the image they show on their website
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> this adapter looks more like an extension tube.  I bought one
>>>>>> Novoflex
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from B&H but they are too expensive.  Does this Fotodiox adapter
>>>>>> look
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> the same as the B&H?  I am having trouble switching this from
>>>>>> lens to
>>>>>> lens and so I thought I would try a cheaper version and just  
>>>>>> leave
>>>>>> it on
>>>>>> the lens.  Anyone doing this?
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Charles
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David Young,
>>>>> Logan Lake, BC
>>>>> CANADA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Personal Web-site at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt
>>>>> Leica Reflex Forum web-page: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/ 
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