Building an Auto Bellows for Sigma SA Mount

[tc95]

iD...I have not seen either one of them around for a while...KR was banned...if you pick-up an old SA300 with lens for about $25.00 off ebay...you would not have to worry about trashing your SA7n...or you can contact:

Kathy Solano
ksolano@criscam.com
Parts Coordinator
C.R.I.S. Camera Services
250 N. 54th street
Chandler AZ 85226
P: 480-940-1103 x101

And just buy the parts...then make it work...probably cheaper to just trash an old SA camera....

I want to do this...but I want to make macro-tubes instead...

Good Luck... Tony C.

 

[ambaker]

Buying the parts makes the most sense to me. I find it very difficult to destroy a working camera, if I don't have to. Broken cameras seem hard to come by. They really aren't worth much of anything to most people, so they usually get tossed in the trash.

 

[iD Photography]

So, I started this project yesterday!

I was using my old SA7n and a kit lens (both had been dropped and damaged beyond repair) but while I was taking the SA7n apart I made an uber bonehead move and cut the ribbon cable that goes from the contact pins on the bottom half of the lens mount.

Any recommendations?

http://demenna.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/SDIM8716.jpg

 

[tc95]

I would pick-up an old SA-300 or SA-7 on ebay...and start again...the cable itself is about...$45.00 from C.R.I.S....Did that on an SD14...don't feel bad...

If your good at cold soldering you might be able to attach the two pieces together with a thin copper wire..(don't use twisted pair...make sure it is a sold wire)...the problem you might run-into is the resistance might muck-everything up...

Let-us know what you do...Tony C. :z04_cowboy: