- a bellows with a wide distance between the rail and the lens mount (the mount can not be in between the handles)
- two brackets about as wide as the bellows
- 2 1/4 inch- 20 screws with course thread
- 4 small screws to attach the brackets to the bellows
- a iron saw and a round file
- 2 small ball heads ( I got mine from B&H for $10 a piece)
Saw the bellows off the rail, fit the bracket to the bellows part by sawing and filing a half moon piece out of it, drill holes and attach it to the bellows. My bellows rail already had 2 holes to mount the ball heads, but you might have to cut them yourself. I am still planing to do this on the other side to attach it to a tripod. Use the 2 1/4"-20 screws to attach the bellows to the ball heads on the rail. My ball heads had a rubber ring at the mount which I removed since otherwise the whole construction wiggles. I hope the pictures explain the rest:
6 comments:
wow! can you build me one? seriously.
Awesome. I thought of an idea like this long ago but I never got this far. Ingenious!
Any ways, you may want to look into using enlarger lenses to have the image circle and throw that you need to get the most out of this set-up.
I'd also love some pictures and feedback from the results.
I made this bellow, but for my canon camer, but I lose the infinity focus. it's ok ?
Interesting. Any way you could post a pic of the unmodified bellows?
I'm making one right now :) thanks for the great idea!!!
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