[rollei_list] Re: Bellows on 2.8D?
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:59:59 -0400
>> RUGers,
>>
>> On the Medium Format Forum, some chap stated that his 2.8D
>> had BELLOWS
>> in
>> it. Internally of course. Is this true? My 2.8E2 does
>> not.
>>
>> Eric, I believe that you have a 2.8D.
>>
>> Can someone confirm this?
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>> ---
> My 2.8E definitely has a short bellows. Rack focus out to
> maximum and shine a flashlight at the back of the taking
> lens, you should see a cloth surround there. Presumably,
> this forms a more reliable light trap than the plain
> telescoping tubes on earlier Rolleis. Perhaps it was used on
> only a few models.
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
We're bumping up against a definitional thing here. My 2.8 C has the same
cloth surround light trap around the taking lens that Richard describes in
his 2.8 E, but I don't think of this as a bellows in the traditional
sense...
Eric Goldstein
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