Just a follow up to this post. I have my 36" draw bellows for the 14x17 installed on the camera. The bellows from Custom Bellow is first rate. It is light weight and compresses to about 1 1/2". Very well made, I love it.
Just a follow up to this post. I have my 36" draw bellows for the 14x17 installed on the camera. The bellows from Custom Bellow is first rate. It is light weight and compresses to about 1 1/2". Very well made, I love it.
A follow-up from me, too. The bellows from Sandeha arrived today. Needed negligible fitting before installing. They're beautiful and fit like a glove.
Asanuma, bellows installed. by Scott --, on Flickr
Aside from a little lag in mail service on the US side of things, things went perfectly smooth. I'm working on an 8x10 Seneca now (well, in a couple weeks), and will be using Sandeha again for those bellows as well.
I got the bellows, and they are nice. Much classier looking than the original ones in terms of texture; sorta silky black. They are lighter in weight too, and compress further (for potential shorter focal length) too. The old ones were compressed to about 5" thick, the new ones compress to about 2".
He attached them to the original wooden mounting frames for me.
Jim Ormond at Western Bellows just delivered a relacement bellows for my Ansco 5x7 and I'm quite pleased with it. Jim fitted the new bellows to my original frames and it fit the camera perfectly, a five minute installation.
I second the commments made by jp498. The new bellows is a different material and far more flexible than the ones originally furnished on the Anscos (5x7 and 8x10); it will compress quite a bit more as well.
Jim's turnaround time was two months.
I have just received a bellows from ecbuyonline2008 and the quality is excellent. His communication was very good and the bellows shipped quickly. I bought one of the Linhof replacement bellows for a DIY project I'm starting. From time of order to arrival here in Australia was just over 2 weeks. I don't have a Linhof but others who have used this person indicate this is a good replacement for the bellows on that camera.
I got a red one for $89 US for my beater Technika. It seems fine, the attachment was lacking the felt and double-sided tape mentioned in the instructions. The bellows itself is as long as the OEM, nearly as thin and flexible but synthetic. If you have moderate skills and common sense you can get it attached....
Just ordered the ecbuyonline2008 bellows for my beater Technika too, will add my thoughts once it arrives and I have a chance to try them out. Even if they're crap, I'm sure it's still way better than having to wrap my dark cloth around the 50 year old bellows on my camera every time I use it*.
*which, unfortunately, is something I've actually gotten quite used to - the only camera I've ever had with perfect bellows was a 1929 Graflex. Oh man, these cheapo ebay bellows are going to be a treat.
Luckily the Technika is very well engineered and has mechanical bellows attachments rather than just a prayer and glue like most cameras....
I recently decided to try ecbuyonline for bellows for a Kardan Super Color JBL. I figured that his apparently good rating and the $90 price tag, made it a reasonably safe bet.
The bellows arrived from Hong Kong in good time and I was immediately impressed by what I saw. I've since glued the bellows into the two end frames and am ready to go. I must say that I'm very impressed. The material seems to be a good quality nylon, fits perfectly for size, and of course is light-tight .
I can see no reason why these bellows should not be long lasting with normal usage. On my experience I'd highly recommend this guy (name's Rudy Wang). 10/10. Hope this is helpful.
Barry.
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