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Alas, no. The 16 kit was designed to be used in the T only. It is especially useful in that, with careful loading and cranking, you can easily get 17 exposures on a roll of 120 film.
F&H also manufactured a 16 kit for the Rolleicord from models IV up. The 'cord kit will not work in the 'flex T. To use it in the 'cord, you need the wheel which attaches to the side of the camera. It is marked '16' to differentiate it from the 12 exposure wheel which is marked, predictably, '12'.
However, you can get a Rolleikin 35mm kit for the 3.5E2 and the 2.8E. You need a counter wheel to use this. I believe this wheel was standard issue on the 2.8E but not the 3.5E2.
I've checked all the above in my copy of 'The Rollei Guide' (Pearlman, 1972) to be doubly sure of my information.
Are you confused? There was also a 24 exposure kit for the Rolleicord, which also will not work on the others, but let's not go into any more of this. Time now for a stiff drink of something good and strong, I reckon.
F&H also manufactured a 16 kit for the Rolleicord from models IV up. The 'cord kit will not work in the 'flex T. To use it in the 'cord, you need the wheel which attaches to the side of the camera. It is marked '16' to differentiate it from the 12 exposure wheel which is marked, predictably, '12'.
However, you can get a Rolleikin 35mm kit for the 3.5E2 and the 2.8E. You need a counter wheel to use this. I believe this wheel was standard issue on the 2.8E but not the 3.5E2.
I've checked all the above in my copy of 'The Rollei Guide' (Pearlman, 1972) to be doubly sure of my information.
Are you confused? There was also a 24 exposure kit for the Rolleicord, which also will not work on the others, but let's not go into any more of this. Time now for a stiff drink of something good and strong, I reckon.
Interesting. I have the Pentax 645n which gets 16 exposures on 120 film, as compared to 15 on the earlier 645. Frame spacing on the Rollei 645 must be extremely close, or they "fudge" a little.
Not so, GR. Careful loading is the trick. Many Rolleiflex T users who use the '16' kit have found there is quite a bit of wasted film at the start and end of a 120 roll. As the T loads by lining up the arrows at the start of the 120 roll with two arrows on the sides of the film track, it's easy to just stop cranking about 3 centimeters before the film track arrows, and then crank carefully after the 16th exposure. Two-thirds of a 'crank turn', I found, easily allows the 17th shot, and also retenses the shutter. Easy as pie!
Apparently some Hasselblad 16A film back users also figured out a similar trick to get a 17th shot.
Which goes to show that the ingenuity of film shooters knows no bounds...
Apparently some Hasselblad 16A film back users also figured out a similar trick to get a 17th shot.
Which goes to show that the ingenuity of film shooters knows no bounds...
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