Does anybody remember NPC Polaroid backs for Hassys?

[Mainecoonmaniac]

This back uses Fuji Instax 9 film.

https://petapixel.com/2018/10/09/combining-a-hasselblad-500c-m-and-a-fujifilm-instax-9/

 

[guangong]

Yep! Still have one. With universal use of digital by real estate sales, I doubt if my Polaroid back will ever be more than a curiosity. What I really enjoyed was my 4x5 Polaroid back, but the Kickstarter for that turned to other interests.

 

[ic-racer]

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...1-4-x-3-1-4-film-holders.156089/#post-2023817
No light leaks, no framing issues, not focus issues and the back rotates to landscape or portrait orientation.

 

[ic-racer]

I'm calling it 'fake news.' The film back they show holds the Instax film in landscape orientation. Why is the guy's face showing on the film in 'portrait' orientaion?

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

I'm calling it 'fake news.' The film back they show holds the Instax film in landscape orientation. Why is the guy's face showing on the film in 'portrait' orientaion?
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Very observant!

 

[AgX]

Not observant at all. Here you see they made portraits in both orientations:

https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2018/10/93A0032-2-800x450.jpg

 

[AgX]

https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...1-4-x-3-1-4-film-holders.156089/#post-2023817
No light leaks, no framing issues, not focus issues and the back rotates to landscape or portrait orientation.

You are comparing apples to oranges... Your instaxed Horseman to an instaxed Hasselblad.

 

[mweintraub]

I'm calling it 'fake news.' The film back they show holds the Instax film in landscape orientation. Why is the guy's face showing on the film in 'portrait' orientaion?
View attachment 209212

 

[ic-racer]

Not observant at all. Here you see they made portraits in both orientations:

https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2018/10/93A0032-2-800x450.jpg

True, they could have mounted the camera 90 degrees on a pan-head tripod.

 

[AgX]

But indeed, as in all photos they only show a Hasselblad with only a waist-level finder, it would be awkward to do, as with turning 90° one would gain an uncomfortable height, plus an unusaul lateral position.

I am ignorant on the details of the Hasselblad mount, but I guess would it be possible to design the adapterplate that way that one could mount the Instax back turned by 90° degrees too, as with its slit pointing downwards.