Is there any way to use any instant film with Hasselblad V system?

[sperera]

Hi there...since the fuji film run out Im stuck....any ideas????????

 

[jbrubaker]

Hi there...since the fuji film run out Im stuck....any ideas????????

Check out this Kickstarter back for Hasselblad:

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...lassic-meets-modern?ref=discovery&term=instax

 

[sperera]

Check out this Kickstarter back for Hasselblad:

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...lassic-meets-modern?ref=discovery&term=instax

thanks for the link!!!! the big question........does this make the Hasselblad into a polaroid camera with its own peculiarities due to a viewfinder adapter.....OR can it be used as a polaroid back as normal.....i.e. stick on and off to check lighting when using flash etc and respecting the exact look of what the film will record when its off?

 

[sperera]

Useless for me......u can't focus on infinity as the back is pushed back from film plane.....they won't be able to solve it using existing instant film packs the kids use.......fun item though

 

[ic-racer]

I use instax film in my Horseman medium format camera by putting the film in the 2x3" (6x9cm) film holders. Then I process the film by putting them in an inexpensive Instax camera. I have been doing that for a few years now. I wonder if the instax film will fit in these film holders? As you can imagine, when the instax film is put in film holders, there is no issue with focusing.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

I use instax film in my Horseman medium format camera by putting the film in the 2x3" (6x9cm) film holders. Then I process the film by putting them in an inexpensive Instax camera. I have been doing that for a few years now. I wonder if the instax film will fit in these film holders? As you can imagine, when the instax film is put in film holders, there is no issue with focusing.

This is very interesting. This way, the film is mounted in the exact correct position to focus through your normal viewfinder. I have seen a similar technique where someone uses the cut film holders on the TLR Rolleiflex. There, the entire normal back must be changed with a back that specifically holds the cut film septums. The Hasselblad unit would be more flexible. I am still surprised that Fuji has not made a Instax back for Hasselblad and for Mamiya RB/RZ. I think there would be sufficient customers.

 

[sperera]

wow fantastic 'hacks' as they call them!!!!!!! I wish I could figure something out for the Hasselblad polaroid back though

 

[ic-racer]

wow fantastic 'hacks' as they call them!!!!!!! I wish I could figure something out for the Hasselblad polaroid back though

I taped an Instax film to a piece of paper and pulled the whole thing through the rollers of a Polaroid back. It did spread out the developer. Not all the way , though, but maybe if I pulled slower.

The idea was that I would collect a number of Polaroid backs and just put a single instax film in each one. Not unreasonable assuming the extinction of pack film drives the Polaroid pack film backs to near worthless.

 

[peter k.]

... or thicker paper, as perhaps some matt inkjet photo paper?

 

[darkroommike]

Once upon a time someone, maybe NPC but don't hold me to that, made an adapter for SX-70 film for the RB and possibly the 'blad. The only problem was that since the stuff is exposed through the back the images were reversed left to right. You could use a right angle front surface mirror to fix that.

 

[jtk]

This is very interesting. This way, the film is mounted in the exact correct position to focus through your normal viewfinder. I have seen a similar technique where someone uses the cut film holders on the TLR Rolleiflex. There, the entire normal back must be changed with a back that specifically holds the cut film septums. The Hasselblad unit would be more flexible. I am still surprised that Fuji has not made a Instax back for Hasselblad and for Mamiya RB/RZ. I think there would be sufficient customers.

Yes...at least a dozen each (and all on Photrio at least once in the past year or two !