I did a bunch of searching, but, alas, I couldn't find them. Sorry.
I did a bunch of searching, but, alas, I couldn't find them. Sorry.
“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
Bummer guess it’s back to SKG
Yes, a good 'hack' is not a crime against the enlarger gods.
Many ways to do this very cheaply.
One way would be to install machine screw studs and use threaded knobs to clamp a lens board adapter in place.
Can be done with a small drill bit and a thread tap.
The prints will never know...
Originally Posted by jnantz
SK Grimes is a machine shop in Rhode Island that does custom fabrication and makes beautiful objects of desire. In addition to fabricating solutions to camera-problems, fixing / repairing lenses, they also make sweet spanner wrenches and probably the most beautiful lens caps you will ever see.
http://skgrimes.com
While I love Adam and Co. and they make beautiful things, a custom fabricated metal adapter board might not be not-inexpensive (like everything custom made by a professional craftsman, and then is photographic ). Then again I don't know what you might think is crazy expensive
You could also do something that is very inexpensive on your own .. like attach a square wood plate with a hole in it with a foam edge as a light baffle and a hole big enough for whatever lens. make a hinge and a 2nd plate that sandwiches the lens on a big washer that fits in the hole. It would cost less than $15 It could be made of 1/4" and 1/8" plywood. It would make changing lenses a snap and cost almost nothing ( you could make it yourself ) the hard part would be attaching it to the body of the enlarger and deciding if you want to drill a hole, use clamps, glue it or attach it some other way ( rare earth magnets? ). Probably no one else will use this enlarger for the rest of its life, you might as well do what you need to do to do what you need to do.
You could also mount a lens clamp/iris to a board and be done with it
there is one for sale in the classifides right now.
https://www.largeformatphotography.i...ris+lens+clamp
Tin Can
I’d rather pay and have it done right.
YES !!
You can say that again ! and the next user will be grateful there was an easy solution to getting a 300$ lensboard machined
because those Iris Mounts accept any lens seeing they are you know, like brought down from Mount Olympus all shiney and glowy ...
With that ring, you can't just screw-on a piece of scrap metal with a hole in it? That is how I made this lens fit this lensboard.
Unfortunately there aren’t threads on this ring, however I’m just going to utilize the preexisting holes and have a reducer made. Similar to what youve made, just using different attachment methods.
With that ring, you can't just screw-on a piece of scrap metal with a hole in it? That is how I made this lens fit this lensboard.
Ashlyn Posiak
www.ajposiak.com
Don't forget Apo Nikkors. A 360/9 of one of these is going to be far more compact and distinctly optically superior to the huge 360/5.6 El Nikkor. I have both. The 5.6 is nice for brighter focus and easel composition, and a solid performer, but still hits its best performance starting at f/11 just like the 360/9 Apo. So the printing speed is the same. The 240, 305, and 360 4-element Apo Nikkors are fairly common and affordable on the used market, although they were rather pricey new. Either variety of Nikkor will be superior to Componon S, though those were decent workhorses in their day.
She made it pretty clear that she already has a lens!!!!!!
Well, Luis, maybe more than one lens will be needed down the line. But anyone competent with a milling machine could make aluminum alloy or preferably brass adapter, or now, even a CNC rig could do it. I've done it numerous times with just a basic industrial drill press. I don't recommend wood because it can warp.
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