I've seen the Auto-up adapters on *B!y for the Konica C35 and S2/S3. The S2/
S3 was made into the 60s (maybe late 60s-70s for the S3?). In both cases,
IIRC, there were wide/tele adapters for the S2/S3 as well as close-up. There
was an auction that ended March 4 for the closeup set for the S3; sold for
$35US.
Earl
On Friday 12 March 2004 02:16, you wrote:
> on 3/11/04 7:58 PM, Earl R Dunbar at edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Dan:
> >
> > I got the SP primarily for the same reason as you... to have a high
> > quality camera that I could use that would allow me to force myself to
> > have only one lens and use it well. So the tele and wide adapters are
> > just afterthoughts/ musing, a convenience on days when I'm just out there
> > sorta on a lark, not being terribly serious. The close-up lenses,
> > though, are another story. The close focus on the SP is about 1 meter.
> > That just doesn't cut it in certain situations. I have some 49mm closeup
> > lenses that I haven't used in years. I'll see what sort of condition
> > they're in and play around. If I can get the framing right, a newer,
> > higher quality set (these are el-cheapos from when I was living on a
> > shoestring) may be in order.
> >
> > Earl
>
> Most all rangefinders, fixed lens and others (read 'expensive, starts with
> "L"...) seem to focus only to about 3 feet or 1 meter. Closer than that and
> parallax starts to be a significant problem with the offset view through
> the rangefinder window.
>
> A long time ago some of the manufacturers made what are called "Auto-Up"
> closeup lenses, which incorporated the actual closeup lens and a
> wedge-shaped glass panel which fit in front of the finder windows and
> 'bent' the view to more closely match the actual area of the image. These
> seem to be kind of hard to find, and I don't think they were made much
> after the 1950's, so no specific Olympus 35-SP version was ever made so far
> as I know. I've seen Konica and Canon versions on e*ay on occasion, usually
> described as fitting some model from the mid to late 1950's.
>
> I think at one time Kodak offered a rig which comprised a closeup lens and
> a pair of metal wire arms which screwed to the tripod mount. The arms
> extended at an angle 'down and away' then had two uprights. When mounted
> and with the lens focused to a specified distance the uprights were just
> outside the left and right edges of the image area, and at the right
> distance... so if you centered the flower (or whatever...) in between the
> uprights you were in focus and in the center of the film image.
>
> I suppose you could experimentally create something like this for the SP,
> with duct tape, JB-Weld, epoxy and bailing wire... see if Walt can help you
> some. <g>
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