[rollei_list] Re: SL66 645 Vertical Back
- From: CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:49:14 -0300
2012/2/7 John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I agree, I do not see the point I a 12exp vertical 4.5x6 magazine. It is a
> rare magazine, probably because not many people saw the point of it.
>
> I made an adapter to fit inside one of my SL66 backs to take 35mm film –
> trying to imitate the panoramic frame of the X-pan. Image size is 56mm x
> 24mm compared to the longer Hasselblad frame size. The other disadvantage is
> that the frame is portrait so the camera has to be flipped 90 degrees to
> take a landscape. Not to much hassel - ;-) - when using the prism, although
> this is 45 degrees not a 90 degree one, which was not made for the SL66.
> Results are excellent.
>
> The full details of my experiment can be found at
> http://rollei.org.uk/2011/06/35mm-panoramas-with-a-rolleiflex-sl66/
>
> The full issue can be downloaded as a PDF at
> http://rollei.org.uk/2010/01/club-rollei-user-issue-16/
According L.A. Mannheim in his book "The Rolleiflex SL66 and SLX Way",
the SL66 vertical format magazine was made for professionals dedicated
to portraits taken in the upright format and linked to certain
automatic printing systems to have the pictures pre-cropped already on
the film. Anyway, Mannheim also thinks it's better to use the regular
magazine with the 645 mask or marks on the focusing screen where the
vertical format is not required all the time, since the vertical
magazine does not save film. The 645 16/32 exposure roll film magazine
is also available for the SL66 BTW.
John, congratulations for your self-made SL66 35mm adapter, it looks
very interesting to use 35mm film with the SL66 since 35mm magazines
for this camera were only prototypes. Regarding the "panoramic
effect", you can obtain the same effect cropping the 120 image to
54x24mm via enlarger or via scan.
Carlos
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