Yashica F2 Bellows at last...

You'll probably hate me asking, biggles3, but... I have yet to find a Yashica branded focus rail for the F2 bellows I have. I haven't physically tried it yet, but the Contax rail appears to be a match. I don't have an 'F' or it's accessories to try it with. I'll have to pull out all the various parts to see what fits what.

I've seen photos of the Yashica macro stand setup using 'a' rail, but when it's oriented in its upright position, the brand plate on the rail isn't visible. I assume there is a Yashica rail - and if there is - does it work across the board for the F, the F2, and the Contax tilt/shift bellows?

While the Yashica 100mm bellows lens should be great with this bellows, the other macro lenses should work fine, too. I haven't checked, but I assume Contax made a bellows lens(es). I know they made some macros. But for closer work, don't forget the 40mm Yashica enlarging lens (f3.5?) with a Leica thread. I have a Yashica Ataron 21mm ENLA-UNIT that, and one of these days, I should try on my bellows. It also has a Leica thread.

I'm not sure if the 40mm and the 21mm are on the Yashica lens list, as I haven't looked at every page.

I think other lenses (in normal or reverse positions) should work fine, and certainly the standard 100mm does, when in normal position... but the balance of the whole setup is far more manageable when the bellows 100mm is used without any helical sleeves to add bulk and weight. The Makro Planar's would operate like the standard Yashica 100 does - although - there weren't any bellows-only lens from Zeiss that I'm aware of. The 'macro flowchart' doesn't show one... only referring to a generic 'T*' lens for bellows use, and using extension tubes for the Makro Planar's in place of the bellows/lens setup. There's no bellows-only lens listed in Zeiss's C/Y datasheets. I suppose one of the Zeiss microscope objectives could have been adaptable too.

All of the Atoron 21mm's I see on ebay are usually north of $1000, and more often than not, they're priced at $1500+ when they're in the boxed set with the film holder. I recall seeing a single 40mm enlarger lens for sale in the last 5-6 years, but don't remember how high the asking price was.

Does it seem odd that only the 21mm and 40mm Tomioka enlarging lenses were labeled as "Yashica/Yashinon"? I would guess that sales would have been better with the Yashica brand, although the Tominon EL 135mm f4.5 seems to have been relatively popular.

Seems odd that:

www.photocornucopia.com/1061.html

Which seems pretty comprehensive (I've had to correct them on a couple of items), lists only ONE Yashica enlarging lens, and NO Tomioka enlarging lens at all.

What am I missing??