Hi Bob: Yes, I think they are that blue. This blue is the current trademark color of Novoflex. it was orange for decades; they probably thought they needed a "cool" makeover for marketing. I also liked it better when they used the blue more sparingly on the knobs and rings instead of the bellows. AFAIK the bellows are manufactured by Camera Bellows in England (http://www.camerabellows.com/Products.html) which can supply them in any color. Jan ================== On Thursday, January 13, 2005, at 02:13 AM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote: > From: Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Very interesting. I wonder if the bellows is really bright blue?? I > think I'd want a less conspicuous color, myself. Like black or brown. > Bob > On Wednesday, January 12, 2005, at 02:36 PM, Jan Decher wrote: >> Novoflex just came out with a very interesting MF tilt-shift bellows >> and three new Schneider lens heads >> (http://www.novoflex.de/english/html/co_ema5.php#ema5-balpro-ts).