Adapting Horseman bellows lenshood to Sinar

[Greg]

Some time in the past, I saw posted a picture of a part/adapter that locked/attached onto the top of the front standard of a Sinar and allowed a Horseman front bellows lens hood to be also attached to it... thus being able to use a Horseman bellows lens hood on a Sinar. Does anyone know if this part/adapter is commercially available? If not it would be great to view a picture of this adapter enabling me to machine a similar one. Just looking for not having to reinvent/design this seemingly simple part/adapter from scratch. At the time I printed the picture of this part/adapter but misplaced the print.
thanks

[Jerry Bodine]

Is this what you're looking for? It's not really clear to me how it works, but I trust Kumar.

https://www.largeformatphotography.i...n+bellows+hood

[Bernice Loui]

That or use the Sinar bellows to lens shade clips, which works without a lot of fuss. The 7mm hex rod allows using the Sinar filter holder if needed.


Another way is to use the Sinar cold shoe that fits into the slots on the sides of the 4x5 frame standard. to adapt some other kind of compendium lens shade.
Or make a part that fits into these slots to adapt to the compendium lens shade of your choice.


Bernice

[Drew Wiley]

Sinar and Horseman bellows are interchangeable. I use an old Sinar bellows as my compendium shade using the rod and clip system shown above, plus a little "barn door" front flap Sinar also offered.
One problem arises when the same hex rod is used for the older Norma system, where the rod fits in at a diagonal rather than the normal orientation. No big deal. I just filed some extra flats on it, and now it works either way.

[Greg]

Is this what you're looking for? It's not really clear to me how it works, but I trust Kumar.

https://www.largeformatphotography.i...n+bellows+hood

Many thanks for the post... Now that I know what the adapter/part looks like, looks actually quite easy to machine the adapter using my mini-mill.