Ended up crossing the street and finding an Albinar bellows unit, in much better shape, for $60 euro's...
Thanks to all for the information, I'm off to go play with the new toy... ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 7:14 PM Subject: Re: Asahi Auto Bellows M > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Y > Subject: Asahi Auto Bellows M > > > > I've found I really enjoy taking macro photo's and want to > move beyond my > > "Star-D" 28,,/f2.8 macro lens. While out shopping for > extension tubes today > > I stumbled across a well used Asahi Auto Bellows M, very > similar to the one > > on Boz's site, priced at 455 euro's. Two questions: > > > > A). From quick glances around usenet, this seems really > expensive for this > > unit. My next stop is to search Ebay for old sales. > > It is expensive, methinks. I just paid Can$250 for a bellows M > and slide copier. > > > > B). For anyone who uses (used) this, how well does it work? > Anything to > > watch out for in a used one? > > Make sure the bellows are flexible, and that there are no cracks > at the folds. Extend the bellows fully, put a body cap on the > lens end and stick a small light bulb into the other end. Darken > the room you are in and turn on the light. You will see pinholes > this way. A few are not a problem, they can be sealed with black > photo tape. > > There is a bit of foam rubber in the lens release to tension it. > It is the same sort of foam as is in the LX mirror box, and has > the same problem with drying out and getting yucky. > Make sure the lens release operates properly and easily before > you mount a lens to it. > The release lever is fairly sturdy, but can be broken if > exceesive force is applied during lens release, if the foam is > dead. I found this out the hard way with mine, and it cost me 75 > bucks to fix, rather than being able to dismantle it myself and > replace the foam. > > William Robb > > > > > > > merci... > > > > > > Mike Y. > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't > forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
