El-Cheapo Lenses

Holy cow, somebody snarf that.

Here's another Vivitar LU. The Rodney Dangerfield of Enlarging lenses.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...B:SS:US:3160

I usually figure that Vivitar bellows in good condition are worth $50 or so ( ebay lowball price), and that the focus rail is worth about $30. The focus rail is useable on its own to mount a camera to tripod or copy stand. Unless you are doing slide copying the copier has little value. So if this setup goes for less than $80 it's a good deal. I bet it sells for less than half that..Ray

Great deal on the Vivitar bellows.

Here's a bellows some may be interested in. This model of Novoflex usually goes for $80 or more. It has the interesting feature of a micrometer adjustment on the front standard. Rear standard is fixed, and front is coarse adjustable on the slider with just a lock down (no knob for adjustment) but once you get it about where you want it there is a super fine adjust on the front. The knurled knob is not just a cosmetic cap but a micrometer focus adjust. It can be useful for higher mag focus stacking.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...B:SS:US:3160

And here is a Rodenstock Omegaron. There were two types, one with M39 mount and one with smaller (maybe M32.5, I don't know) mount. Anyone buying this should verify mount with the seller as M32.5 is harder to adapt to. I'd only suggest buying if it is M39 or if you already have the adapters.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...B:SS:US:3160

I should buy this one myself...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-EL-Ni...B:SS:US:3160

chequer needs that one for his new rig but they don't ship to Canada

A bit of a brag: I had a win......I had previously purchased a Minolta bellows III and separately a Minolta 100mm f4 bellows lens. I soon discovered that the Minolta bellows needed a focusing rail: I went hunting on ebay and was not impressed with the cost of decent focusing rails. Then I found this with a 105 mm lens:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/14109170670....m1439.l2649

They arrived today. The Novoflex bellows is slightly smaller than the Minolta. Definitely the integral focusing rail is brilliant. The 105 mm lens: I need to try it out, but it is clear the Minolta 100mm bellows lens is of a higher build quality. I guess later this week I will be listing a Minolta bellows for sale