Sinar Wide Angle Bellows 2

Hi!

I am planning to purchase Rodenstock APO-Grandagon 55mm f/4.5, and mount it on my sinar F2. I like to know izzit necessary to have the wide angle bellows 2 for this lens. Will wide angle bellows 1 work as well? Or i can use the Horseman wide angle bellows to save cost? Also, do i need a recessed lens board for it? Thanx guys for ur help!

You will need a recessed lens board for this lens and camera

combination. i don't know that the Horseman will be that much

cheaper, and there is a trick you have to do to use such short

lenses with a Sinar. The trick is to place the tripod block either in

front of the front standard or behind the rear standard. You

haveto do this because you cannot get the standards close

enough to each other (unless you use a very deep recessed

board) to focus to infinity.

Hi,

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My experiences with the Sinar F2 is totally contrary to that

expressed by Ellis and I have particular views concerning the

recessed panels.

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Wide-Angle Bellows:

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If you can afford the W/A Bellows II then that is the way to go. The

extra pleat makes movements for far more flexible and can be

used with lenses up to 180mm. Before the pundits chime in

with comments relating to the limited movements possible on

4x5 with the 55mm let me say that the 55mm is a fine focal

length on RFHs for 6x9/6x12. A standard bellows with a 150mm

can be too compacted to permit sufficient rise or lateral shift.

The W/A Bellows I makes a fine viewing device.

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Sunk Panels:

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When I used a Sinar F2 for many years in architectural

photography I used lenses down to and including 47mm on flat

panels. Only the Apo-Grandagon had to be used in a sunk

panel. I always had the mounting block between the standards

(ie: normal position) and experienced no difficulties.

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The Sinar recessed panels are very expensive and poorly

designed considering the large area they had to play with. (Toyo,

Arca & Cambo use square recesses which work with greater

facility.) Access to the aperture and cocking controls is

problematic and this worsens with the diameter of the

centre-grad on front of a lens.

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Good luck ... Walter Glover

Sorry,

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I used the recessed panel only with the Apo-Grandagon 35mm

lens.

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Walter

Get Horseman bag bellows. You could use it with 47-150mm lenses on

flat board. Use 6' rail. Good luck.