Starwoid's Luke Macros Build - UPDATED 3/8

Yeah I know what you are thinking... ANOTHER ONE?!


Yeah another one. I have been wanting one of these for a while, but never had the money to sink I I the cameras needed. Before Christmas 2015 I was able to snag a damaged Eumig. I held onto it until right after the new year when I printed a transition box template off one of the threads here to start testing the size. It seemed to look right, but I wouldn't know until I got the Kalimar.


A few weeks ago I found a Kalimar and Bell & Howell for cheap. Now the Kalimar didn't have the Kaligar lenses but it was also a lot cheaper than the camera with the correct lense, so I had to grab what I could, when I could.


I had the time this afternoon to breakdown all the cameras to start to put things back together. I harvested the Kalimar viewfinder, the two Kalimar knobs, the Kalimar lense ring, the B&H knob, and stripped the Eumig.


Here are the photos of what I did:

Re: Starwoid's Luke Macros Build

You're off to a great start ... even on a restricted budget Were there more pictures than one?

Chaim

Re: Starwoid's Luke Macros Build

So here are the other photos of the breakdown and some test fittings. I can't seem to figure out flipping them, sorry!

Re: Starwoid's Luke Macros Build

A few days after I posted last, I snagged the Seagull I needed to complete everything on the Macros besides the two Kaligar lenses.

I pulled the smaller knobs off the camera essentially destroying the camera body and pulled the larger knob off it as well. It took some figuring and precision, but I got the larger knob taken apart and test fitted it with the B&H knob.

Next up is getting the large knob put together, the transition box cut out and built and then mounting everything. This is where it gets tricky. I will bepouring over the other build threads in the coming weeks and taking my time to put this bad boy together.

Thanks for posting those pictures ... and this is coming together nicely indeed

Chaim