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sergiob
1-Sep-2012, 07:26
I want to buy an extension tube for my Pentax 645D that will allow me to fill the sensor as best as possible with a 35mm negative. I have 2 lenses I could use, the 75 2,8 or the 55 2,8.
I donīt know how to calculate the magnifications required so I donīt know which one to buy. There is a 13.3 mm and a 26.6mm one. Or should I buy both and couple them together?:confused:

Bob Salomon
1-Sep-2012, 07:31
A bellows would give you more versatility in cropping and sizing then one or two tubes will.

sergiob
1-Sep-2012, 08:09
I havenīt seen one for pentax 645. If I can find a 645 lens mount I could figure it out how to put the 645 on my view camera. Then I could use enlarging lenses I guess because they are flat fields. But I havenīt been able to find one anywhere.

Dan Fromm
1-Sep-2012, 08:24
I havenīt seen one for pentax 645. If I can find a 645 lens mount I could figure it out how to put the 645 on my view camera. Then I could use enlarging lenses I guess because they are flat fields. But I havenīt been able to find one anywhere.

Look and you will find. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=%22auto+bellows%22&as_epq=pentax+645&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&lr=&cr=&as_qdr=all&as_sitesearch=&as_occt=any&safe=images&tbs=&as_filetype=&as_rights=

Bob Salomon
1-Sep-2012, 08:59
I havenīt seen one for pentax 645. If I can find a 645 lens mount I could figure it out how to put the 645 on my view camera. Then I could use enlarging lenses I guess because they are flat fields. But I havenīt been able to find one anywhere.

Check out the first two bellows systems here. One has tilts and swings front and back and the other doesn't:

http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/macro-accessories/bellows-systems/

sergiob
2-Sep-2012, 19:28
If I use the 120 macro lens, that should give optimum image quality, instead of using a non-macro lens, right? If I need more a higher magnification than 1x, then extension tubes should do the trick. Basically what Iīm trying to do is rig a setup that permits me to very easily ĻscanĻ 35mm negatives in less time with good quality. Any ideas or suggestions?

Bob Salomon
3-Sep-2012, 03:04
Then see this as well:

http://www.novoflex.com/en/products/macro-accessories/focusing-racks/castel-cop-digi/

sergiob
7-Sep-2012, 12:38
I decided to go the macro lens route since I anyway need a short tele. I bought a 120 f4 macro lens. The lens, (still in the mail), should do 1:1 mag. If I shoot a 35mm neg at 1:1 I would be wasting sensor real estate. Now the question is, which extension ring should I buy, the 13.3mm or the 26.6mm to fill the 645D frame as best as possible with a 35mm neg?

Jeff Keller
8-Sep-2012, 11:41
You're trying to take 24x36 up to 33x44. So you need about 1.5x enlargement. To get a 1.5x enlargement, distance from lens to image needs to be about 2.5 x FL.

Note M = (Di - f)/f where Di = distance from lens to image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnification

Jeff Keller

Jeff Keller
8-Sep-2012, 11:56
For your Pentax macro lens you could use the calculator at
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/macro-extension-tubes-closeup.htm

Plug in native mag 1, focal length 120, and extension of 50mm gives a magnification of 1.42x
So you need an extension tube of about 50mm.

Jeff Keller

John Kasaian
8-Sep-2012, 12:17
Get a Deardorff! :rolleyes: