[rollei_list] Re: SL66 645 Vertical Back
- From: John Wild <JWild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:54:41 +0000
Thanks for that information Carlos. I know I'd seen it somewhere but my
first source was Prochnow and I could not see anything there.
It's cheaper using 35mm film anyway ;-)
John
On 07/02/2012 11:49, "CarlosMFreaza" <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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