Veteran Member Registered: September, 2010 Location: Somewhere in the Southern US Posts: 12,285 | | Review Date: July 21, 2011 | Recommended | Price: $9.00
| Rating: 9 |
| Pros: | Inexpensive, precise, light weight, good depth | | Cons: | Only M42 | |
What can I say, I found it mislabeled on ShopGoodWill with a throw away P&S Pentax Film camera and ratty leather bag.
Came with the original box and cardboard sleeve too!
Good depth, nice adjustment, locks in place, and generally very useful in a utilitarian way. For the price its fabulous. Would I like a K mount version - sure but this works well and I'm having fun with my 55/1.8 on it so who am I to complain. It does require the M42-PK adapter AND extension rings in order to attach properly to my K-x.
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Site Supporter Registered: June, 2008 Location: Florida Hill Country Posts: 17,377 | | Review Date: August 13, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $40.00
| Rating: 8 |
| Pros: | Well made and compact | | Cons: | | |
This was my sole Pentax macro tube for the past 16 years. It is more compact than my FD Bellows but doesn't have the cool little macro bellows lenses such as those 20mm/3.5 and 35mm bellows lenses that Canon used to make. I picked up my copy at Colliers Drug Store that at one time had a very good photography department including new and used gear as well has a plethora of developing and printing services for scientific and engineering applications.
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Veteran Member Registered: January, 2008 Location: GTA, ON, Canada Posts: 1,673 | | Review Date: June 17, 2010 | Recommended | Price: $40.00
| Rating: 7 |
| Pros: | Light, works well with M42 lenses | | Cons: | No automation, won't work with K mount lenses, requires adaptor on K mount bodies | |
This set of bellows works well with M42 lenses. It is compact and light, but not as solid as the 2 bar and x cross section K mount bellows. Unlike some of the other bellows Pentax sold there isn't a built in fine focus adjustment rail.
Worthwhile if you find them cheap and already own M42 lenses, otherwise K mount bellows are a better choice seeing as you can use them on digital bodies without an M42 to K adaptor.
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