Hi,
I have a selection of apo rodagons and i'd be curious to try them out for macro work.
What are my options for front mounting them on a shutter? I dont want to modify or permanently mount them as i also need them for well...printing :-)
Is front mounting on a Copal 0/1/3 shutter feasible?
Get a reversing ring. Rodenstock did make them, make sure to tape over the illumination port on the base of the lens if you don’t use the Rodenstock one!
some will mount directly in shutters.
The ones i have are in Leica 39 Thread, what shutter adapter combinations for those exist?
Taping over the illuminated aperture light inlet is a good point, i hadn't thought of that yet.
You might not need a shutter. The speeds in macro at or greater than 1 to 1 can be really long. I just reversed the lens and mounted it roughly in a copal 2 lens board, held in place by the 39mm retaining ring. Then I would focus, stop down and keep the cap on. Pull the cap off, wait a second for the vibration to stop, fire the flash, and then replace the cap. This got me good results without a shutter for my usage.
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