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You can get a lot of information, as well as spare parts, from this site: Tiltall Tripod Support. Much more useful than the company that now produces the tripods named Tiltalls. I have three old Tiltalls, one each from Marchioni, Leitz and Star D. Just from eyeballing them, it seems that the Marchioni-made one used beefier parts than the Leitz, at least the part around the collar that the legs attach to - not that there's anything flimsy about the latter. So Leitz was a downgrade :).

I second Ed_Ingold's recommendation of the RRS Arca Swiss plate. I've got one with a 3/8" screw on my Hasselblad body and wouldn't want to use anything else.

"Crop factor" of approximately 1.5 when using traditional medium-format lenses on the X1D, assuming you can put up with the tactical problems of leaf shutter, stopping down, etc. This can still be quite useful to someone with a collection of V lenses. Unknown factor: how wide angle lenses would image around the edges of the sensor; probably not too badly, until the dream of a 56mmx56mm sensor comes around. Another fantasy: a Metabones Speed Booster for the X1D :).

Thank you for the information!

Hello, everyone. I wish to mount 39mm-thread enlarging lenses to my M-mount bellows but can't recall what Leica called that adapter disc. Can someone please tell me? Thank you in advance, and happy shooting!

Hello all, I got an unbelievable deal on a Super Wide C and am trying to furnish it with basic accessories. I know virtually nothing about Hasselblads or any cameras for film larger than 35mm, so please bear with me. First thing, I would like a haze/UV filter to protect the front of the lens, and it needs to be a series VIII, or 63 in Hasselblad terminology. I'm aware that I'll need a Hasselblad-made filter so that the two glass surfaces will not touch. I'm looking at the lens and it seems to me that there is a filter retaining ring on it already. I'm attaching a picture of my camera and one of a ring I found on keh.com. However, the ring on my lens does not budge when I try to loosen it by hand. Is it a good idea to use a filter clamp to turn it? I'll be asking Mr. Odess to overhaul the whole thing, so no big deal, but my curiosity is getting the better of me :).

<p>Yep, I figured it wouldn't be able to stop the lens down. I had one of those plastic things, but it got lost.</p>

<p>Hello, I'm in the mood to try some wide angle macro shots with my FD 17mm lens which, unlike earlier breech-lock lenses, does not have a lever for locking down the aperture. The old Canon M5 is apparently the thinnest ring available, perhaps the thinnest one ever made for a 35mm camera. I've never handled any of the FD extension rings, so my question is, will the M5 enable me to stop down the aperture? Thanks for your help!</p>

<p>A little nitpicking first, the 8mm is a fisheye, not an ultrawide lens :). I have one, but I use it on a Sony mirrorless body, and I like it. The build quality is good and so is the picture quality - as long as you close the aperture down at least one stop! Wide open, your pictures will look fuzzy, as if everything is wrapped in alpaca sweaters.</p>

<p>I like the Action Finders for the Nikon F and F2 that give an experience similar to looking at a small TV, and making the camera bodies more dangerous as tools for splitting wood - and heads. The downside is the added weight on top. The equivalent accessory for the Canon F-1, called the Sports Finder, adds the capability for waist-level viewing through an ingenious mechanism that allows it to be swung up 90 degrees. </p>

<p>I agree with Don Bright: "Retro or not, I don't see what the looks of a camera has to do with making good pictures. If it were the reality, old beat up, tarnished camera's would make, beat up, tarnished rotten pictures, and that the better looking camera, subjective, would be making beautiful pictures." Furthermore, I'm reminded of the old advice that if you go to buy an old guitar, beware if it's in mint condition. That may mean that someone did not like playing it, and you may be better off with an old, beat up guitar that got played every night. Haha.</p>