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Subject: [Leica] Rollei
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Feb 9 21:29:44 2007
References: <020820070216.17421.45CA87EE0005177E0000440D219791336303010CD2079C080C03BF970A9D9F9A0B9D09@mchsi.com> <200702080302.l1832mrk040849@server1.waverley.reid.org> <942D63D395AFEC29CF4A3F8C@rutabook.reid.org> <45CAA79D.1080607@hemenway.com> <34F31D3C-4ACC-425F-A925-C45DFEA3E9EC@pandora.be> <3577.203.193.210.179.1170973356.squirrel@webmail.ncable.net.au> <45CD3FCF.4060602@hemenway.com>

Jim thanks for that. I will have to search for one that fits something in
my collection: I took my 6x6 blad to Antarctica and left the Xpan at home,
claiming that I could always convert images to pano's when I came home --
but I love to travel with Rolleis as well ;-)

> 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
>
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