Any alternative Linhof bellows fit Technikardan?

[Bob Salomon]

No change.

[NoBob]

Would buying a pair of wide angle bellows (with frames) and Chinese made standard bellows (without frames) off ebay and swapping the bellows work? How easy is it take the wide angle bellows off the frames and put in the standard ones?

[Bob Salomon]

Would buying a pair of wide angle bellows (with frames) and Chinese made standard bellows (without frames) off ebay and swapping the bellows work? How easy is it take the wide angle bellows off the frames and put in the standard ones?

You don't know the TK. The 45 TK has a double conical bellows. It is larger in the middle then it is at either end and the front of the bellows is smaller then the back. It is also extremely flexible as the camera standards make a 90° turn when you close the camera and it does that with the bellows attached.

[NoBob]

True Bob, I don't know it. Am doing research to find out what's involved and how much it'd cost down the road.

So on a pair of frames the wide angle bellows can't be swapped for the standard bellows by hand?

[Bob Salomon]

True Bob, I don't know it. Am doing research to find out what's involved and how much it'd cost down the road.

So on a pair of frames the wide angle bellows can't be swapped for the standard bellows by hand?

Frames are the same.

As a point of reference. A new TK 45 W/A bellows retails for about $850.00 and the standard, replacement TK 45 bellows retails for about $950.00 so they are so close in price that salvaging frames would not be sensible unless one can find junked ones with frames that are not warped. And that while salvaging they don't warp the frames. Which can be done fairly easily if not careful. Warped ones will leak light.

[NoBob]

Thanks Bob. Just that you can find wide angle bellows on eBay for a lot less than the new ones.

[Bob Salomon]

Thanks Bob. Just that you can find wide angle bellows on eBay for a lot less than the new ones.

That's because the W/A bellows is an accessory while the standard bellows is a replacement part. And we sell far more accessories then replacement parts.

[NoBob]

Hi Bob,

Do the 45 and 45s use the same bellows?

[Bob Salomon]

Hi Bob,

Do the 45 and 45s use the same bellows?

Yes, all accessories are the same.

[NoBob]

Thanks.