Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great! Be sure to show us the resulting down under pseudo panoramas! Jim Jim Hemenway > Sent: Saturday, 10 February 2007 13:45 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rollei > > Hi Alastair: > > It's not really a panorama attachment, it's a Rollei gadget which makes > 24 horizontal frames on a roll of 120. Those little notches at the top > and bottom of each frame show the user where to cut the film so that it > will fit into a 35mm slide mount. > > They also made one which produces 4x4 cm frames for SuperSlides. > > It's not a Rolleikin, which uses 35mm film in portrait mode as you mention. > > Mine are for my Rolleicord and won't work with my 2.8F > > The box for one is labeled "Rolleicord 16 Exposure Kit" and the > accompanying leather case is marked Rolleicord 16. I have no box for > the one which I use for the pseudo-panoramas, but the leather case is > marked Rolleicord Vb 24. > > These units come with a replacement frame counter for the camera body > and a plastic mask for the ground glass and metal mask for the > sportsfinder opening. > > I've heard that all of these were also made for some Rolleiflexes as well. > > This page from someone named "Alistair" has some further information: > http://www.dmakos.com/square/manual/rolleikin/index.html :-) > > I completly agree with you regarding the unit which uses 35mm film. I > had one for the Rolleiflex, used it once to take some portraits, sold it > soon afterwards. Mt R8 with the 90mm works much better for portraits. > > Jim > > > Alastair Firkin wrote: > >>Jim this is a panorama attachment that uses 120 film, rather than the 35 >>set up, where the panorama is 'vertical'? Looks like a nice addition and I >>should look for one for one of my flex's. Do you have serial numbers etc, >>or know what it is called "officially". >> >>The 35mm attachment I have is very fiddly and really not worth the effort: >>works well, but unless they stop making roll film, and that is not off the >>cards, mine will stay unused ;-) >> >>Cheers >> >>Alastair >> > > > > <snipped and mover here> > > > >>Op 8-feb-07, om 05:31 heeft Jim Hemenway het volgende geschreven: > >> > >> > >>>Brian: > >>> > >>>I only have a few scanned and available... I haven't scanned any > >>>taken with the 2.8f 12/24 or the Ikoflex. I have some taken with > >>>the Mamiyaflex 220F and the various Retinas but think that I've > >>>posted them here in the past. > >>> > >>>Here's my Baby Rollei: > >>><http://www.hemenway.com/BabyRollei/> > >>> > >>>And some photos taken with it: > >>><http://www.hemenway.com/BattleRoad/> > >>> > >>>Here's my Rolleicord VB with the 24 frame (35mm) adapter: > >>><http://www.half-fast.com/CordVBstuff/CordVB-back.jpg> > >>> > >>>And here it is with the Yashica lenses which convert the focal > >>>length from 75mm to about 50mm: > >>><http://www.half-fast.com/CordVBstuff/CordVB.jpg> > >>> > >>>Some pseudo panoramas taken with the VB: > >>> > >>>Without add-on lens > >>><http://www.half-fast.com/CordVBstuff/without/> > >>> > >>>With wide angle add-on lens: > >>><http://www.half-fast.com/CordVBstuff/with/> > >>> > >>>Have shown all of these to the LUG before, but I can't remember? I > >>>should rescan and re-Photoshop them as my skills in both areas have > >>>improved a bit since then. > >>> > >>>Jim > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >