Rolleifix offset distance

[filmamigo]

I have a Rolleiflex Automat K4B and would like to shoot panoramics.

The K4B won't accept a Rolleifix attachment. (No grooves in the round tripod mount.)

I do have the newer Rollei pano head (which simply screws to the tripod mount), and I have macro tripod plates, allowing for precise adjustment of a camera forward and backward from the tripod mounting point.

What I am missing is the exact offset distance provided by the Rolleifix, which allows the camera to rotate around the nodal point of the lens, instead of rotating around the centre of the tripod mount.

Can anyone offer an exact measurement of the offset distance?

 

[BrianShaw]

Hi. I can't answer your question with a numeric value but believe you can measure to determine... like from the center of the tripod screw to the lens board (which should be about between the two lens elements). I practice, though, I found that the difference between the Rollei Panorama Head 1 and 2 to be significant enough to have a practical impact on, what for me is rather casual, panorama photography. I've even used the Rollei Panorama Head 2 on a Hasselblad with a much greater deviation between the ideal lens nodal point and the "tripod screw" rotation points.