Kardan bag bellows, or what?

[Davros]

The leather bellows shown came with a Kardan B that I acquired recently. They fit the 4x5 standards but they do not have light baffles and so cannot be used as such.
Are they missing something or am I missing something?
Any help would be much appreciated.

Peter

[Bob Salomon]

They don't have baffles. The frames, providing they are not warped, make the light tight seal.

[Davros]

Thanks Bob. I will risk some film then.

[Bill Burk]

The obvious use is with a wide angle lens. You have one of those?

You could be fine with a normal lens but you can't get so close.

[Davros]

Thanks Bill.
I didn't mean to give the impression that I do not understand the purpose of bag bellows.
It is just that everything else that I have that attaches to the Kardan standards, such as modern bag bellows, standard bellows, backs and lens boards, has light baffles and I wondered why the bellows that I illustrated do not.
I wondered if something was missing but Bob has reassured me on the point.

[Bill Burk]

Had a hunch you knew. I would have wanted to find one of those when I picked up a Protar. As it was I ended up making my own from a scrap of kid leather. Wide angle LF is a lot of fun! Cheers