70mm Film FUN up ahead

Does your EL have a 9V alkaline battery adapter?
Does it work OK with 120 magazines?
Are you sure the camera dosen't have any issues?
That said the issues with Hasselblad are usually the film magazine, but not always.

I would suggest taking your EL with you and showing the Guy what is going on.
Tell him you want to keep the cassettes, but you don't need a paperweight.
These are relatively cheap and somewhat plentiful. Don't give up.

I am willing to sell you one of my rubber wheels, when you are ready. Let me know.
 
A friend who saw my Exaktas a couple of weeks ago wants one for herself, and in the course of looking around for one for her, I happened to stumble on an A70 mag in virtually mint condition, being sold for 40 quid. If anyone here wants it I can pass on a link. As a Hassy owner myself, it's tempting, but I've been a bit acquisitive lately and there'd be postage from UK to Australia on top of that anyway. Things seem to have a habit of finding me, so I'm sure one will turn up at some stage, when I'm ready to shoot some 70mm.
Cheers,
Brett
 
I'm running my EL off a 9V battery with the adapter and have shot a lot of rolls in the last few months in my 2 a12 backs with no issue so I'm confident the camera works. I'll try to get a refund on it when I meet with the seller. I might sell one of my a12 backs to get this running sooner.

Thanks for the offer I'll defiantly take you up on that when I get paid
 
I just picked up this Graflex RH50 70mm back for $35 on Ebay. It comes with two cassettes, so a bonus. This is a 6x7cm back. I will need to remove a metal plate on the front (fits the Graflex XL camera) by undoing four screws. Then it will fit my Makiflex cameras or my Sinars.

Like the Beatty Coleman Transet 70mm back, this back will take perforated or unoerforated 70mm film. And unlike the Beatty, this back is daylight loading. Which can be a huge plus for me. I can open the back in daylight, cut the roll, and develop a partial roll, if and when I feel like it.

Graflex RH50 by Nokton48, on Flickr


RH50 Graflex 70mm 6x7 Film Back by Nokton48, on Flickr
 
DSC05910 by Nokton48, on Flickr


My Graflex Rapid Vance 70mm film holder arrived today. It took about an hour or so to convert from Graflex XL, to 4x5 Grafloc mount, and to clean it up and restore it, including new foam inside, which disintegrated into powder when I touched it. So this would fit a 4x5 Speeder or anything that takes a 4x5 Grafloc back.
 
INCOMING: I bought yet another CINE. This one is an earlier tan version with the retro dark slide. For $99.00 it comes with a pair of cassettes.

Rollie 400S is known to be prone to "light piping" so it is best to change magazines rather than reload. Best to load backs indoors and under subdued light.

One thing that is awesome is since I have an unusual and rare 645 CINE, that can make more than 120 plus exposures, that can give me a 35mm FOV. With a 6x7 CINE I only get 60+ exposures, but I get a 28mm FOV. Basically I can change backs instead of lenses to get different FOV's.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
INCOMING: I bought yet another CINE. This one is an earlier tan version with the retro dark slide. For $99.00 it comes with a pair of cassettes. Rollie 400S is known to be prone to "light piping" so it is best to change magazines rather than reload. Best to load backs indoors and under subdued light.
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Cal,

Is this the one you bought? I was going to suggest you pick it up: Looks like mine, except mine is Grafloc 4x5.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Linhof-Cin...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557


You should get a 180mm Schneider Tele-Xenar to complete your Baby outfit.
 
Here is a homemade 70mm daylight tank, made from a large Chromega Print Drum, and a 35mm SS daylight tank. Might help some here!

Looks to me like a 70mm Kindermann reel inside the print drum. This could be made single, or double reel easily enough. Very clever! 🙂

If you got a nylon 70mm reel or two, and made this, anybody here would be good to go!

Homemade 70mm tank 2 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Homemade 70mm tank by Nokton48, on Flickr

Homemade 70mm tank 3 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Homemade 70mm tank 4 by Nokton48, on Flickr
 
I will prolly make two or three of these, to fit my SS tanks. Good for up to 26 exposures I have read on the ole interweb.

Looks like a waterproofed wooden dowel. Easy enough to make. Great for short ends of 70mm.

Also might work for you 116 film guys! 🙂

I guess this is a 220 reel? Anybody?? I will have to find a few to adapt. Easy to cut apart with a dremel.

70mm Film Reel Adaption by Nokton48, on Flickr
 
70mm film in Paterson tank

70mm film in Paterson tank

Hi Dan, There is no need to make anything special if you are using Paterson reels and tanks. There is solution how to process #116 and "shorter" 70mm films.
https://flic.kr/p/Cxszx3
Goran, another 70mm film user
 

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Thank you Dan for inviting me to this thread!
It took me a while to go thru all the posts.
Well, I dont have to add much. Back in the day my son was going thru lots of #127 fim and 70mm film was good idea to make our own. Then I bought Hasselblad 70mm magazine, found brand new "old stock" 100" capacity Nikkor processing reel in local shop and started using it. So far I'm using only Kodak 70mm Double-X Aerographic film 2405. To keep life simple, after processing I trim off perforation and use regular 120 negative preserves. I do not miss at all processing tank. Sitting in total darkness is actually way calmer then my usual processing of the films in multiple Paterson tanks. Good music and pure peace.
 
Welcome Goran.

Glad you can make it. I have seen your work on Flikr and I am impressed.

Question: How best to develop Super-XX 70mm? One of our regular contributors (Jake from the UK) is receiving some soon, and is asking how best to process it?

Super XX is certainly a classic emulsion, wish I could find some! I have used it in 4x5 fresh stock but that was many many years ago.

Trimming off the perforations is something I have done myself. The 70mm pages are not always easy to find.
 
WoW! Super XX is "super" old emulsion. It has been decades since it was beed discounted. Even Ansel Adams was saddened by its demise. Never had chance to use any of it. Verichrome is another story. Superb keeping characteristics.
Well, D-76, HC-110, DK-50 home made, your home brew Adox, some variant of Rodinal? Anything will work. What he already has at home? I'm using Kodak HC because is easy availabile, economical and I know what to do with it. After 40 years of processing I'm convinced that the best developer is one you know well.
 
For first steps with 70mm film I will recomend using slitter to make your own 120 film. Just a few rolls so you can dial film speed and development. It's not easy as it looks with 70mm double perforated film. You are short 1mm in the width of the film and can be tricky loading it in 120 reel. Another option is to keep one side of perforation and cut just from one side to 61mm with. For testing purposes it can work. With hasselblad 70mm back you always lose close to 1ft of film for loading. Being cheap skate I would like to avoid it just for simple test. I do not mind it for my 42 exposure load (100").
I think Dan that we have same slitter made by xkaes from Ebay?
 
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