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...Use it for practice while I am waiting for a fresh one

Recently purchased a Pentax 645 with a A-120mm f4 lens.
Figured I had to try it on the bellows.
Put the lens on the bellows with adapters using the K7.
The K7 is dedicated to bellows work.
Focus stack of 43 photos.
Aperature set to f8 using the Metz 58 AF-1 flash.
She is not pretty but a good exercise for practicing this new hobby.

Clarence

Good stuff - worth looking at diffuse lighting to soften some of those highlights?

Thanks Nass;
Found your article very interesting and have some ideas.
Will work on that in my spare time.

Clarence

You should get fantastic results with the 645 although finding a value lens for the wider field of view will be harder on the MF system - I'm most interested in your progress

Probably the least expensive, highest IQ lens for macro (non-mobile subject) that will cover the 645 format will be a quality used enlarging lens of 75~80mm FL.

Yeah that should do it

I would go so far as to recommend a 75mm f4 EL Nikkor. They are readily available on EBAY for under $100. Above 1:1 they will work fine in normal orientation, better reversed at higher magnifications. Don't even think about a 105mm APO EL Nikkor. Superior - yes - but the asking prices are obscene.

Thank you for the information gentlemen, but.
I was using a 645 lens with an adapter on the front of the "K" bellows.
At the rear of the bellows is my K7.
I would dearly appreciate the cash flow to do a 50 photo focus stack in a medium format film camera or a digital

Clarence

Very cool.