Pentax Bellows

Correct Amin, they are Pentax bellows. : :

I've never understood what bellows are or what they do. Can anybody explain in layman's terms, please? And is it a bellows or just (the) bellows?

By increasing the distance between the lens and the body they allow for closer focusing and are used for macro work. They can work with any lens but it is most common to use them with 50mm or 100mm lenses. There are also special 'bellows' lenses with no internal focusing mechanism. Hope that helps.

K.

Oh my, identification aside, the first one is outstanding, first I saw it I felt an overwhelming, urgent need to duck

Very simply, it's an infinitely adjustable extension tube, mostly (if not always) used for macro work. Some also include a slide copying attachment.

It also facilitates very accurate focusing on static objects. Camera/bellows/ lens focus can be adjusted in very small steps when the whole rig is mounted on a tripod.

Pentax bellows are beautifully engineered too.

Amin: What is the purpose of your post? Do you have a problem with it?

Hi Peter
apologies for not writing anything along with the images, but the thread was a follow up from a conversation I was having with Kris (Womble) from the other thread about the bellows and I had offered to upload the images as I had just recently bought it and might be considering selling it. Not sure still, but wanted to show it to Kris. Just thought it would be rude to hijack the other thread which was already going completely bonkers with security subjects and dog's ears and God knows what else and didn't want to ruin it totally.

I have to have a go at the bellows again and see if I can make full use of it. Love the magnification with the 50mm reversed but haven't found any good subjects still to try it. Wonder if I should catch a fly and put it in the fridge first to anesthetize and make it sit still for some posing shots

I quite enjoyed that thread!

Thanks for your explanation, Kris and Peter. I'm beginning to see the light.

Gareth,

You have just cleared up a little mystery - I think.

There used to be a prolific auctioneer of camera stuff called Member4371 (or something similar). One day he just disappeared. This Ferndown has an identical style - including the irritating use of upper-case everywhere - so I suspect it is our old friend.

G

I should have chosen my words more carefully, as they were liable to mean more than one thing.

He was a dependable supplier, and because he didn't spend much time describing his stuff, it was generally better than the fairly awful text suggested.

But I did hate the upper-case!

G

There is a thread about Ferndown cameras on mflenses.com. Not the greatest reviews It's someone called Keith Rock apparently.