[LRflex] Re: Slobodan's Format advice
- From: Bob Palmieri <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:34:14 -0500
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
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