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Slide holding for Scanning - Ohnar and Other Options

Started May 21, 2021 | Questions thread
petrochemist Veteran Member • Posts: 3,619
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D Cox wrote:

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.

Don Cox

I fully agree, I find it bizarre that it's often cheaper to buy a new set of bellows for the pair of adapters than to but the adapters alone! I think I now have 3 sets of BPM bellows because of this.

Some of my other bellows take similar style end fittings, but of course they're a different size (and very rarely seen). I actually prefer my double extension bellows so have been debating making up some adapters to fit BPM ends to this.

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