Discussion Forum Leica S System Alternative Lenses Arca Swiss 6×9
  • June 10, 2011 at 2:04 am #382
    David Farkas

    David Farkas
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  • June 10, 2011 at 2:17 am #383
    Mark Gowin

    How well does this work? A little bit of tilt could solve some of the foreground to main subject depth of field problems I have been having. Granted I wouldn’t want to tote that rig around all the time.

  • June 10, 2011 at 2:28 am #384
    David Farkas

    Mark Gowin;34 wrote: How well does this work? A little bit of tilt could solve some of the foreground to main subject depth of field problems I have been having. Granted I wouldn’t want to tote that rig around all the time.

    It actually works very well. Note that the lens mounted here is a Scheider APO Macro 120mm. Because of the increased register distance (both from the adapter board depth as well as the depth of the mirror box) vs a digital back or sheet film, wide angle lenses don’t achieve infinity focus. We are looking into a recessed lensboard and/or a shorter adapter tube to be able to use wider lenses.

    And, this Arca Swiss has a folding rail and disassembles/reassembles pretty easily. Taken apart, it is actually pretty portable. And the lenses are tiny.

    David

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  • June 13, 2011 at 4:25 pm #407
    Al Tanabe

    Cool!

    Took a look at a Sinar P3 this weekend, my they are proud of their price, $8000! I bought my first Sinar P 4×5 for $750

  • June 13, 2011 at 6:17 pm #409
    David Farkas

    Atanabe;79 wrote: Cool!

    Took a look at a Sinar P3 this weekend, my they are proud of their price, $8000! I bought my first Sinar P 4×5 for $750

    Al,

    An Arca Swiss 6×9 F-Classic like this one can be had for around $1800 used. And the form factor of 6×9 (2×3 in) is much smaller than 4×5 (in). Something to consider for field use.

    David

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  • September 8, 2011 at 10:36 pm #916
    Stuart Richardson

    Just some questions out of curiosity, David…what is the widest lens you can focus to infinity with using this kind of setup? I suppose it would support basically any 4×5 lens as long as it was not too huge…
    How do you synchronise the shutters in the S2 and the view camera? Just with a flash sync or something similar? Or do you have to use a dual cable release, or even use bulb on the S2 and then trigger the lens shutter?

  • September 8, 2011 at 11:11 pm #917
    David Farkas

    Stuart Richardson;668 wrote: Just some questions out of curiosity, David…what is the widest lens you can focus to infinity with using this kind of setup? I suppose it would support basically any 4×5 lens as long as it was not too huge…
    How do you synchronise the shutters in the S2 and the view camera? Just with a flash sync or something similar? Or do you have to use a dual cable release, or even use bulb on the S2 and then trigger the lens shutter?

    Stuart,

    We are currently experimenting to see what the widest usable lens is. We have a 15mm recessed lens board and a wide-angle bag bellows (both different than what is pictured here). Both of these have given us an extra 20mm or so, but we are exploring other avenues to reduce the register distance further. We will publish our final findings and some test shots soon.

    As far as the shutter goes…. the S2 uses a focal plane shutter, so we just leave the lens shutter open. There is no reason to sync it. Same goes for using Hasselblad CF lenses.

    David Farkas
    Red Dot Forum
    Leica Store Miami
  • September 9, 2011 at 1:36 am #919
    Stuart Richardson

    Yes, of course, the focal plane shutter! Not sure how I could have overlooked that! It also opens up some other nice options, like barrel lenses. I can see things like aero-ektars and process lenses could be fun to play with. Are you thinking of a generic graflock adapter, or similar, or are you only make something that would fit this specific camera? Just having a generic adapter might make it quite useful for studio work as well…sort of makes the problem of not having a technical camera option not quite so bad.

  • September 9, 2011 at 12:20 pm #923
    fotografz

    Hmmmm … I have a full blown Rollei Xact-II with recessed lens boards and bellows bag for wides. I just wonder if someone like the Kapture Group could engineer a mount for the S2.

    Hmmmm.

    -Marc

  • September 18, 2011 at 7:50 pm #986
    hikemate

    i love the idea of the 6by9. how much would it cost to hook my s2 up this device

  • October 24, 2018 at 4:14 pm #21259
    wceide

    Hello David,
    i found this thread doing a search on google looking for such a board to adapt an SL at the back of my F-line. I found nothing on the market, am i wrong ? Is the board custom made ?
    Thank you for the info.
    Just discovered this site / forum which seems to be a great source.
    best
    CW

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