[KOML] AUTO UP ATTACHMENTS

[Clive Warren]

At 12:43 AM -0500 28/11/01, GENDERWARS3@aol.com wrote:
>
>I have recently obtained the auto up/ close up attachments.
>
>The #2 [ closest focus] is in two peices. the close up lens is detached from
>the metal frame that holds the optics that cover the rangefinder/viewer. it
>appears to have been held in the frame with glue.  Did this auto up have a
>jam nut type retaining ring to hold the lens in the frame?????
>
>The other close up attachment is held on with a jam nut type ring and turns
>smoothly for screwing into the camera lens.
>
>anyone have  experience with these attachments???????????/

Hello,

I have both the auto-up attachments but have not even looked at them 
for a long time!  Tend to use either a 2x3 Crown Graphic or a large 
format camera with a roll film back for 6x7 close photography.

 From memory the two attachments are very similar and the 
supplementary lenses should be held captive in the frame in a similar 
fashion. The #2 that you have seems to be in a sorry state. The 
auto-ups are not that common so you may have to bite the bullet on 
this one and perhaps ask for a partial refund on the cost of the #2.

The auto-ups look pretty strange and add another dimension to the K-O 
when fitted.

Let us know how you get with using them. Someone sent me a Japanese 
instruction sheet for using the auto-ups which helped a bit.  There 
is a thread on using the auto-ups in the archive at 
http://www.koniomega.org

Cheers,
        Clive