Does anyone know of a 35mm back for Series V Hasselblads?
It seems a good idea to me.
It seems a good idea to me.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
The only Hasselblad V system back that takes 35mm film that I'm aware of is the A2035 panorama back. It makes 20 56x24mm exposures on a roll of 135-36 film. The film travels vertically in the back, so to make typical landscape panoramas you need to turn the camera on its side to use it (certainly a little awkward with a Hasselblad V system body unless you have one of the 90 degree prism finders).
They're pretty rare, I've never seen one in the flesh. It seems that KEH has one in stock at present (18 DEC 2020: https://www.keh.com/blog/hasselblad-35mm-panoramic-back) and is asking $1300 for it.
More commonly found are the A16H (645 horizontal orientation on 120), A16V (645 vertical orientation on 120) and A16S (4x4 superslide format on 120 film), in addition to the most common A12 and A24, and the fairly common A70 (70mm perforated cine film for up to 250 exposure lengths from bulk film reels).
G
They're pretty rare, I've never seen one in the flesh. It seems that KEH has one in stock at present (18 DEC 2020: https://www.keh.com/blog/hasselblad-35mm-panoramic-back) and is asking $1300 for it.
More commonly found are the A16H (645 horizontal orientation on 120), A16V (645 vertical orientation on 120) and A16S (4x4 superslide format on 120 film), in addition to the most common A12 and A24, and the fairly common A70 (70mm perforated cine film for up to 250 exposure lengths from bulk film reels).
G
Austintatious
Well-known
Perhaps a candidate for 3D printing ?
gbealnz
Well-known
I lusted for one but balked at the pricing.
The remedy for me was a pair of 3D printed spools to fit the 35mm cassette into a magazine, and go from there.
A plus is that you get the sprockets in the shot, if you want.
The minus, is as Godfrey has stated, the film runs vertically.
I took this along with other mags when we travelled Europe in 2018, got some wonderful panoramas.
The remedy for me was a pair of 3D printed spools to fit the 35mm cassette into a magazine, and go from there.
A plus is that you get the sprockets in the shot, if you want.
The minus, is as Godfrey has stated, the film runs vertically.
I took this along with other mags when we travelled Europe in 2018, got some wonderful panoramas.
Jamie123
Veteran
I think there are better medium format cameras to shoot panoramic 35mm in like e.g. the Fuji GW690 or Pentax 67. 3D printed kits for that purpose are easily available online and you can go quite wide.
As others have mentioned, with the Hasselblad the film runs vertically. And you're limited to 56mm length anyway so there's not much benefit compared to just using an A16 back and cropping.
As others have mentioned, with the Hasselblad the film runs vertically. And you're limited to 56mm length anyway so there's not much benefit compared to just using an A16 back and cropping.