Well, I haven't actually done this yet, but here's what I was going to try. I've got an old Omega 45E view camera that has ceased its useful life as a view camera (bellows shot, worn locks, etc.) My thought was I would remove the standards on one end or the other so I just had the rail clamp with the geared focusing mechanism in place. Make a camera support plate that would attach, cut the rail down from the existing 16 inches to maybe 8 inches and there you have it. Rough position could be done by loosening the rail clamp and sliding to whole stage to approxiamte position and the geared fine focus would be there for fine adjustment. This would not give lateral movement which may be desirable for your application. I suppose I could leave the lateral shift mechanism in place on the standards..... I'm going to go look at that.
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Mengel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:14 PM To: Cameramakers Subject: [Cameramakers] macro focus rail has anyone made a focus rail for macro-photography? I'm going to make one, for my SLR, and I have several designs in mind. I was thinking of copying the Novoflex design, but then I thought I could probably make it simpler. Anyone already do this? Photos? Thanks, Matt __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
