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Subject: Re: [OM] Bellows slide scanning, was so we moved house...
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:32:11 -0500
I do have a 7mm tube, a 50/3.5 macro and oodles of flash.  But no live 
view.  Perhaps a variable power studio light with 150 watt halogen 
modeling lamp will allow manual focus w/o live view.

Chuck Norcutt


On 1/5/2013 6:13 AM, iwert bernakiewicz wrote:
> Hello Chuck:
>
> I use a 7mm extension tube to mount the 5D on the bellows. The 80mm
> macro as lens.
> The whole unit is mounted on a solid block of steel for stability.
> For light I use a cold light slide viewing tablet mounted to the other
> end. (a flash would do just as good I suppose, but I don't have any:).
> The convenience with the 5DII is that with the cold light and enlarged
> live view focussing is very easy.
> I put the aperture at f8-11 and use the cable release and silent shutter mode 
> 1.
>
> All the best,
>
> Iwert
>
>
> 2013/1/4 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Can you describe this.  I tried coupling the 5D to the OM bellows many
>> years ago and, perhaps my memory is faulty, but I seem to recall that
>> the body didn't want to mate comfortably with the bellows.  Is a short
>> extension tube required to avoid the frontal protrusion of the prism
>> housing?  What lens are you using for a 1:1 image?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 1/4/2013 9:48 AM, iwert bernakiewicz wrote:
>>> the 5DII coupled with OM
>>> bellows and an old slide viewer form an odd looking contraption with
>>> fine results.
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