[rollei_list] Re: rollei_list Digest V3 #97

No, I adapted them.
I looked at adapting them to rotate but that would be a LOT of work and, frankly, not worth the effort. The problem with the Rollei prism is that it does not focus, and it doesn't contain a meter. Hassy meter prisms have a center weighted integrated meter, a spot meter, and an incident meter. The meter is very useful for determining bellows extension and filter factors. My SL66 has built-in bellows extension factors for the 80, 120, and 150, as well as the reversed 80, but I sometimes use my 250 or 50, and a filter, with a lot of bellows extension and even though I use my hand held meter for exposure determination, I sometimes check the factor via the prism meter. It's there, so why not use it?
I don't use the prism meter very often but there are circumstances where it has come in very handy. One time was when I left my 'real' meter (Minolta VI - which is a magnificent all around spot/incident meter) in another backpack, in my car, and I ended up too far from the car to go back just for my meter, so I used the Hasselblad meter prism for everything (I was way upstream, in the CA coastal redwoods). I was not disappointed with the results. I shoot 75%-90% Velvia and exposure is critical. These Hasselblad prism meters actually do a good job.
Speaking of meters, I used to carry two meters, my Pentax Digital spotmeter and my Sekonic Studio Deluxe incident meter. The Minolta VI has taken over both with a very high degree of accuracy and a plethora of useful features. Out in the field under the CA sun, a meter really is rarely needed. But I do a major part of my photography under redwood a forest canopy, coastal fog & drizzle, and a dozen other very variable light situations. I've owned and used most every meter version, and I have to say that I like my Minolta VI best... so far... :-)
The MAIN reason for the Hasselblad metered finders is that they are clear, clean, and sharp (FOCUSABLE).
BTW, adapting the Hasselblad prism finder to the SL66 does NOT in any way modify the Hasselblad prism finder. It can be removed from the SL66 mount and used directly on a Hasselblad. No one would ever know that it spent time on an SL66. 

I do not have a 500 Tele-Tessar. But I do have a 250 HFT and a 2x extender.

Jim


At 11:10 AM 4/17/2007 -0400, Jan Decher wrote:

Jim:
Your Hassy finder adaptation is very interesting, especially for shooting chromes. How did you do it? Did you have it done by Harry or S.K. Grimes? I especially like the PME45. Does it rotate like the meterless SL66 prism finder? 
Do you have the 5.6/500 TeleTessar?
Jan

On 17 Apr 2007, at 02:29, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote:


Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:09:05 -0700

From: Jim Brick <<mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxx>jim@xxxxxxxxx>

Subject: [rollei_list] My switch to the SL66

...

One thing I did early on was to adapt both the=20

Hasselblad PME45 and the PME90 finders to an SL66=20

mount. This gives me through the lens metering=20

for those occasions when TTL metering is=20

advantageous. I did the same for my student - she=20

now has a Hasselblad PME45 on her SL66. One of=20

the reasons for moving to the Hasselblad metered=20

finders is that they both have built-in=20

adjustable diopters. ...

Hassy finders on my SL66's:

<http://www.visualimpressions.com/HassyFindersSL66.jpg>http://www.visualimpressions.com/HassyFindersSL66.jpg

Jim



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