Traditionally square bellows are found on monorail cameras for ease of
modularity, you can swap bellows end-for-end, add an intermediate standard
and another bellows for extensions, or with the right gadget convert a
bellows to a lens shade (think "Sinar", get their catalog for an idea book).
The tapered bellows was made to collapse into itself, a bit like those
camper's drinking cups--takes up less space when folded. You'll see tapered
bellows on folders of all kinds, Kodaks, Graphics, Linhof Technika's, etc.
IMHO--all else being equal--a bellows with more size to it is going to do a
better job of absorbing and difusing flare light from a lens/imaging system.
Ansel Adams favorite 4x5 camera (in the days before cheap multi-coated
lenses) was actually a 5x7 with a reduction back. The larger bellows
handled the lens flare better (don't ask me for a bibliography, I think it's
in the older edition of The Camera, I've got one of those Trivia Pursuit
type minds).
Mike
>Hi y'all --
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>Made my first practice bellows last night. It cam out pretty good for a
>first shot. My question is this, which is better tapered or straight? and
>why would someone want one over the other?
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>-- Bradley
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