Enlarging Rolleiflex and Hasselblad negatives

[Sirius Glass]

This highlights the issue you are experiencing, and helps explain why it is a problem. I don't know that most people understood why it was a problem - most have either a rotating carrier or an inclined column..
The vertical column prohibits you from turning the easel.
The negative holders prohibit you from turning the negatives if they are in a strip.
The only way to turn the negative in your negative carrier is to cut up the strips into single negatives, which I will agree is not ideal.
The only way to avoid the problem for vertical compositions in camera is to turn your Rollieflex or Hasselblad sideways at time of exposure.
Even Sirius would probably agree that that makes the Hasselblad awkward to use.

I have no problem looking a negative sideways. After all when I look at a ground glass for LF the image is upside down. A lot of fuss and bother about nothing.

 

[MattKing]

I have no problem looking a negative sideways. After all when I look at a ground glass for LF the image is upside down. A lot of fuss and bother about nothing.

Sirius:
The OP has no problem looking at the negative (actually projected image) sideways.
The OP has a problem with the fact that the negative carrier will only accept the negative strip in one way, and if the OP wants to print a horizontal crop of the image on to 12"x16" paper, the enlarger's post prevents placement of the easel in a position that permits that crop.
The OP would have to rotate the back of his Hasselblad and Rollei cameras (for horizontal images) in order to avoid printing from cut negatives. Of course, that would require that the whole camera be rotated.

 

[MattKing]

So glad you wrote this. I didn't realise I can insert negatives into the front of my carrier! (or it looks like I can...can't check it right now as there's a negative in it that I'm in the middle of printing). Obviously, this doesn't solve the problem for negatives in the middle of strips, but this will make things a lot easier. If this works, I may even be tempted to cut my future Hasselblad and Rollei negatives into strips of two instead of three, and use an extra sheet to file them. That would be better than dealing with single negatives.

Consider changing your negative holder sheets to the ones that hold three strips of four negatives. Then, when you decide to print one of the two "inner negatives" large, you can cut that strip of four into two strips of two, and store them at opposite ends of the same "channel".
Printfile's product number is 120-3HB: https://www.printfile.com/120-3hb_25.aspx
They work well for 6x7 (nine negatives per page unfortunately), 6x8 negatives and for 6x4.5, when those come from cameras that give you 15 exposures per roll.

 

[FujiLove]

Consider changing your negative holder sheets to the ones that hold three strips of four negatives. Then, when you decide to print one of the two "inner negatives" large, you can cut that strip of four into two strips of two, and store them at opposite ends of the same "channel".
Printfile's product number is 120-3HB: https://www.printfile.com/120-3hb_25.aspx
They work well for 6x7 (nine negatives per page unfortunately), 6x8 negatives and for 6x4.5, when those come from cameras that give you 15 exposures per roll.

Thanks Matt. I’ve not seen those vertical sleeves before.

 

[John51]

How about setting up your Durst for floor printing? (Reversing the column and putting something heavy on the baseboard.)

Have a small table that gives the easel enough clearance to be under the worktop/column.

Would be a hassle to set up but you could do all the tricky negs that session.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sirius:
The OP has no problem looking at the negative (actually projected image) sideways.
The OP has a problem with the fact that the negative carrier will only accept the negative strip in one way, and if the OP wants to print a horizontal crop of the image on to 12"x16" paper, the enlarger's post prevents placement of the easel in a position that permits that crop.
The OP would have to rotate the back of his Hasselblad and Rollei cameras (for horizontal images) in order to avoid printing from cut negatives. Of course, that would require that the whole camera be rotated.

The OP needs a different easel. I have several because the largest and easiest to use has a limited range that I can move it around. Therefore I have several different sizes and types of easels.

 

[Soeren]

I got so annoyed with mine I got rid of it. Now I have a Omega D3, Durst M70 and Laborator 1200 which unfortunately is to many.