70mm Film FUN up ahead

Nokton48 said:
Another view of the 150 exposure 70mm back for the TLR Rolleiflex.
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As I said on the other thread, it is questionable whether it uses 70mm/65mm film - some sources state it as 61.9mm (plausible, as that would be the width of 120 backing paper, which must fit the body side film rails) and the film path has no 70mm sprockets. Besides, if the back was introduced in 1952 in France, it is unlikely that it could already have been designed around Todd-AO 70mm film, which was first presented in the same year in Hollywood.
 
Great news: John at Focal Point successfully repaired a lens separation on the rear elements on my Zeiss 100/2.8 Planar. Basically I bought a 1958 6x9 Linhof Tech IV loaded with accessories that was a time machine from 1958 for $800.00. The seller was up front about the lens separation, so I took the gamble. Only cost $250.00 plus shipping for the lens separation repair, and alone the 100 Planar is worth $1.8K to $2K for a clean one.

The cam serial number matches the lens serial number. It does not get better than this. For $800.00 the body and accessories was still a good deal. The perfect Planar for $250.00 is a mighty big bonus.

From Glenn Evans I'm getting a 53-100-180 cam for my Tech V. The cost was only $10.00, but is a rare find. Mucho thanks to Dan for the GlennView link. Now I don't need to file a cam for my 53/4.5 Zeiss Biogon.

My stubborn persistent behavior has paid off yet again. Now all I need is a daylight tank for my reels and I can blast away.

Cal
 
John does amazing work, dosen't he? He recoated one of my Summicrons once and he did a beautiful job. Not many know how to recoat lenses.
I love my 100mm T* F3.5 black Hasselblad Planar, what an amazing lens. Also that's a great price from Glenn. I've done business with him for a long long time. He is been great at manufacturing things for me. $10 is a steal for an original cam. You will also need negative pages and film. There are some print file long rolls of 70mm negative preservers on Ebay right now. You might look at those.

-Dan
 
Nokton48 said:
John does amazing work, dosen't he? He recoated one of my Summicrons once and he did a beautiful job. Not many know how to recoat lenses.
I love my 100mm T* F3.5 black Hasselblad Planar, what an amazing lens. Also that's a great price from Glenn. I've done business with him for a long long time. He is been great at manufacturing things for me. $10 is a steal for an original cam. You will also need negative pages and film. There are some print file long rolls of 70mm negative preservers on Ebay right now. You might look at those.

-Dan
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Dan,

Thanks for your guidance. Mucho appreciated.

Cal
 
Right, just got my hands on my a 70 and one of the cassettes contained some ektachrome which I used to test it and when I load the camera, the counter is on 0 and when I advance the film I can see the film clearly advancing but the counter will just go halfway to 1 and then back to 0. Is this just a generic issue or a problem with my magazine, I got it working on the camera despite showing a red dot but the camera physically struggled to advance the film and gave up multiple times
 
Jake Mongey said:
Right, just got my hands on my a 70 and one of the cassettes contained some ektachrome which I used to test it and when I load the camera, the counter is on 0 and when I advance the film I can see the film clearly advancing but the counter will just go halfway to 1 and then back to 0. Is this just a generic issue or a problem with my magazine, I got it working on the camera despite showing a red dot but the camera physically struggled to advance the film and gave up multiple times
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After you load the magazine, you wind on to "1".

These magazines take a bit to get the hang of loading. Great that you have some practice stock. I have not had any problems with the counters in my A70 not going as they should, although sometimes I get a red dot in the front window, even though there is a cassette inserted in the magazine. You should have two white dots when properly loaded.

I have A70 instructions I could photocopy and send you.
 
Nokton48 said:
After you load the magazine, you wind on to "1".

These magazines take a bit to get the hang of loading. Great that you have some practice stock. I have not had any problems with the counters in my A70 not going as they should, although sometimes I get a red dot in the front window, even though there is a cassette inserted in the magazine. You should have two white dots when properly loaded.

I have A70 instructions I could photocopy and send you.
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That would be great! Do I need to turn the little push and turn dial or the main wonder?
 
Jake Mongey said:
That would be great! Do I need to turn the little push and turn dial or the main wonder?
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When you first load, you should be a "0". If not you turn the circular wheel so that you are at "0". Then fold out the crank and turn in the direction of the arrow, taking it to "1".

Also when you load, you have to undo the crank and slip the film under the sliding "clip" inside the magazine. Otherwise it will bind up.

I struggled a lot at first then I figured it out.
 
Im doing all of that but when I Wind on at step 6 the film counter will travel half way to 1 and then it will travel back (note it does not spring back) and it will do this the entire length of the roll.
 
Nokton48 said:
I haven't had any of mine do that
Usually these are somewhat sticky from age but function properly
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Seems to not be working, I can get it to run a few frames in the ELM but it sounds like a dying horse and the frames still dont advance.

On a side note for anyone not feeling the hasselblad perforation woes ultrafine are selling 100 ft lengths of portra 160 that are frozen since new:
http://www.ultrafineonline.com/deabkopo1670.html
 
I have purchased eight A70 mags and six of them were good to go. A Hasselblad factory repair person sent to a local camera store checked them out for me. Two of them has issues. One had been dropped and it deformed the mechanism, the other just wouldn't work. So I gave up and moved on. Those two broken backs were used for parts.

Did you get a silver spring clip inside the cassettes? Hopefully that is the best scenario
 
Nokton48 said:
I have purchased eight A70 mags and six of them were good to go. A Hasselblad repair person sent to a local camera store checked them out for me. Two of them has issues.
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looks like I just got a bad egg which is pretty disapointing as quite frankly I was excited for this and this was the last money I had that wasnt going to digital. :bang:

However It was a local ebay sale and I am actually meeting with the seller to take a look at his other items and test them for him (rolleiflex mx evs) so ill see what happens

Both mags have clips!
 
If you are meeting with him try to get your money back and get another!

Try to keep the cassettes; the silver clips can be hard to find
 
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