will_shouse Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 Hi folks... <p> I'm not very deep into photography, but have one of these and know next to nothing about it... someone emailed me and suggested I check here. It's currently on eBay... have *lots* of pics of it there. <p> Here's a link: <p> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1282016143 <p> Can someone please tell me what exactly I have and if it's all here? I read a *little* about these... sounds like they have various uses - ? <p> Also... would be interested to know what a fair value would be for this... I was doing litle more than guessing and may be high... <p> thanks! <p> Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_darnton1 Posted October 5, 2001 Share Posted October 5, 2001 The Aristophot is a macrophotography stand. It's configured a lot like a microscope, with a very long bellows instead of the microscope tube, and a camera at the top. There was a special series of micro Summar lenses for it (sometimes you see them on Ebay) in lengths from 20mm to 80mm or so, that permitted very high magnification with the long bellows. I believe there were also adapters for LTM lenses, lenses with the standard Schneider (34.5mm) thread, and for microscope objectives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_butler Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 The Aristophot is an interesting ( and heavy ) piece of photographic equipment for macrophotographic purposes. I have several of them. One of them came equipped with a 4x5 Linhof back and film holder. The Aristophot is so stable, vibration or shake is almost never a problem. It is a great piece of specialized equipment. It will probably last forever. I have no idea of the value, but then, I have no intention of ever selling mine. I will take a wild guess and say that the value is more than you think it is. It is hard to imagine another piece of photographic equipment made as sturdy as the Aristophot. If you have a need for good equipment for macrophotography, the Aristophot is like gold. It is not for everybody, but if you have a use for it, you can't beat it. In fact, I am looking for some kind of adapter that will permit digital cameras to be used with the Aristophot. Does anyone know of any adapters? <p> George Butler thambar@att.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucemccau Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Hi George A number of years ago we took a Nikon extension ring to a repair shop and had him attach it to our leitz aristophot. That allowed us to use a Nikon cameras on our Macro setup. They seemed to be able to attached the extension tub without altering or damaging the aristophot. They gave us back the part with the option to restore it back to the original mount if we wanted to do that. It has worked well. I'm sure there are some leitz fanatics are cringing right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 This is a near 20 year old thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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