I have to say I really like the color, the camera looks great with the red bellows.
I have to say I really like the color, the camera looks great with the red bellows.
Certainly in the field, in a pinch, that's what I'd do. I'll see how well the velcro works and go from there. Thanks, Peter.
Thank you, Anthony! It's a deeper, wine-ish colour; I was expecting bright fire-hydrant red, but I'm happy that that wasn't the case.
Nice, Neal; I know others have this small problem, but both my old bellows and new bellows are seated very tightly against the rear standard.
Your photo reminds me, though, that I wanted to make a carrying strap, too.
Well, I was all set to figure out a clean, effective and unobtrusive way of attaching the velcro to the front standard and bellows, when I thought I'd try flipping the bellows upside-down instead.
After a day of storage, in which the bellows stayed in the compressed position, they looked a little better than they did yesterday; the sag was minimal, but it was there. I could see that I'd have problems.
So, I removed them, and re-attached them upside-down.
Looks better, and no sag at shorter extensions.
Here it is at about 320mm:
Looks good.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Love the red bellows!
Thanks, Peter and David.
After a little more peeking, I've found that it would be a little more effective, and a little more subtle, to have a strip of velcro come out from the top of the rear standard.
That way, there's no chance of it blowing in front of the lens, and I don't have to pay any attention to it once installed.
But I'll only get on that if the sag re-appears; so far, so good.
Next up: checking focus with a new GG.
Ari,
I wonder if this amount of bellows sag is really a problem, is it visible when you mount a 300mm lens on the ground glass ? OTOH that can be hard, I have been "bitten" a couple of times by a compendium stretched out to far, and it is surprising how hard it is to see that compendium stretched too far on the ground glass.
I have seen bellows with a ring attached in the middle, and than a elastic cord is used to lift the bellows.
Keep us Toyo users posted, it is very interesting !
good luck,
Cor
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