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Slide holding for Scanning - Ohnar and Other Options

Started May 21, 2021 | Questions thread
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Halina3000 wrote:

Thanks Ernst. Nice setup. I don't have a history of using enlargers and therefore nothing of that sort tucked away in a cupboard so for me the bellows seemed like less 'stuff' to find a home for when not in use.

TBH a set of BPM bellows came up on eBay and it was a bit of an impulse buy but it got me started experimenting with different lenses from my old 35mm camera and figuring out what other bits I was going to need.

A BPM bellows is a very good thing to have, especially if you can build up a collection of the various lens and camera mounts. I find the M39 Leica thread ones (both male and female) the most useful. An M39 adapter on the camera is the shortest and helps you to get infinity focus. At the front end, an M39 ring accepts enlarger lenses.

The 'maker' rail systems are interesting - I was considering a setup with some longer rails covering the full length from the light source to the camera but then decided that I could go ahead and make something using bits of aluminium that I had left over from other projects. The 'stuff' already in my house does include some small machine tools so it would have been rude not to use them.

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