I need a few more items for it to be complete, but it's rapidly coming together.
I picked up this Multiscope bellows from ebay, modified a rear lens cap and the front standard to accept Mamiya 645 lenses (via a removable metal lensboard that locks in). The rear standard has a removable board as well, with four tiny screws. I'm going to cut off the rear standard's bottom clip for the track and put some kind of two-plate system on the back for shifting vertically and horizontally without extending the bellows past the minimum.
If it doesn't work on the 645 body, it should work on the Canon AE-1 35mm body, so at least I get to use all my cool new (old) Mamiya glass...
Here are some pictures:
Here's the unit:
And, of course, the teaser mock-up of the finished product (using a 2nd tripod instead of a support arm and no focal plane vertical or horizontal shifting mechanism, still waiting on body caps to modify for attachment to camera)...
I picked up this Multiscope bellows from ebay, modified a rear lens cap and the front standard to accept Mamiya 645 lenses (via a removable metal lensboard that locks in). The rear standard has a removable board as well, with four tiny screws. I'm going to cut off the rear standard's bottom clip for the track and put some kind of two-plate system on the back for shifting vertically and horizontally without extending the bellows past the minimum.
If it doesn't work on the 645 body, it should work on the Canon AE-1 35mm body, so at least I get to use all my cool new (old) Mamiya glass...
Here are some pictures:
Here's the unit:
And, of course, the teaser mock-up of the finished product (using a 2nd tripod instead of a support arm and no focal plane vertical or horizontal shifting mechanism, still waiting on body caps to modify for attachment to camera)...
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