Snowed in a few days ago so I finally got around to seeing if I could somehow use my Pentax 67 35mm F4.5 FishEye on my 4x5 Sinar Norma. Front standard will be moved all the way to the front of the rail, Sinar Copal shutter mounted behind the front standard, WA bellows, rear standard pushed forward till touching the front standard, and then finally rail clamp in the rear, The "fine focussing adjustment" on the front standard moved back, and the rear standard's "fine focusing adjustment" moved forward as much as I could get it go. I held a black Foamcore "lens board" with the 35mm FishEye pressed to it in front of the front standard. Amazingly, I had to move the front standard's "fine focusing adjustment" forward about 10mm to achieve focus on the GG. As for mounting the 67 lens onto the Sinar board, for under $30.00 I found an "Adapter for Pentax 67 PK67 Lens to Canon EOS EF Mount" on eBay for under $30.00. Front piece of the adapter is 8mm thick and easily detached from the adapter by 4 screws. I will be using this part of the adapter and attach it to a Sinar board. This actually will give me an extra 2-3mm clearance to achieve infinity focus with the lens focused at infinity. Lens locking pin I most probably will have to do without, but that is no big deal. Viewing the image on the GG with fresnel lens in place and it looked to be super sharp. Image thrown by the Pentax 67 35mm F4.5 FishEye seems to be about 3.5 inches in diameter, perfect for shooting with 4x5 film. Since the front of the lens will stick out in front of the rail, the fisheye image will not include in it the front of the rail. Only piece that I am presently missing is a spare Sinar lens board. Should be getting one in about a week from now. Goal is to shoot some fisheye images of local waterfalls, streams, and gorges come springtime. Now looking for an auxiliary fisheye finder to mount on top of the camera. Add a grip to the bottom of the rail clamp, and I should have a very portable Sinar "Fisheye Handy camera". Scanning the 4x5 film negatives, and making larger digital negatives to print Platinum/Palladium prints from. When I get the camera all together will follow up with some images.
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