OP smacked himself alreadyThe back should rotate.
Yes - I've used my RB many times. Yet there I was. Holding it up sideways. Trying to frame with the reversed sideways view of a WLF.OP smacked himself already
The standard roll film backs won't attach directly to the body, you need the rotating back. The film back uses a graflok 23 latch, the body uses... something else. The rotating back acts like an adapter between the two.I've been debating adding an RB67 to my kit for longer focal length wildlife shots, but so far the only examples I've found from my usual sources at the same time I had spare cash in the budget to buy one have been noted as missing the rotating back adapter.
Were a lot sold/often used without them, or are they an easy to break part that has been lost to general attrition faster than the camera bodies?
[Or possibly the same handful without them have been making the rounds at the few places I typically shop?]
I ended up with a back for one from a yard sale for cheap, so I figure collecting the rest of the camera and a few more backs belongs at the top of my list...
Rotating back adapter would take a truck to run over it to break it. Not sure what money you are trying to spent on one, but you should be able to get full working set (body, finder, back, lens) for around $300 maybe even less if cosmetics are not important. But I would save up and wait for Pro SD body with SD back and KL lens as that is closer to 400 and higher. Bargains do come up, wanting something now usually costs more.I've been debating adding an RB67 to my kit for longer focal length wildlife shots, but so far the only examples I've found from my usual sources at the same time I had spare cash in the budget to buy one have been noted as missing the rotating back adapter.
Were a lot sold/often used without them, or are they an easy to break part that has been lost to general attrition faster than the camera bodies?
[Or possibly the same handful without them have been making the rounds at the few places I typically shop?]
I ended up with a back for one from a yard sale for cheap, so I figure collecting the rest of the camera and a few more backs belongs at the top of my list...
Rotating back adapter would take a truck to run over it to break it.
He did .. afterwords.Yes, it feels rock solid. But how come OP have not noticed that you can rotate the back?
I've been debating adding an RB67 to my kit for longer focal length wildlife shots
I knew you could rotate it. I’ve used the camera for years... I just had a brain lapse in the moment because I was rushing, and because I had been using my 500cm lately.Yes, it feels rock solid. But how come OP have not noticed that you can rotate the back?
Not knowing which focal lengths you're thinking of, but a 645 with a focal plane shutter or a Pentax 6x7 would be probably better options. There are more longer focal length lenses available and not having a leaf shutter means most are faster.
Dear chap; another reason to stay away from those hasslebalds! Go for the straight and narrow; SL66 or/and RZ67."brain lapse & rushing & using my 500cm lately"
True... the Hasselblad isn't any easier to hold sideways for vertical shots. And it doesn't have a rotating back!Dear chap; another reason to stay away from those hasslebalds! Go for the straight and narrow; SL66 or/and RZ67.
I shoot my Mamiya RB67 sideways from time to time. Because I have only the waist level finder when the camera is placed very high on a tripod to clear a foreground obstruction I can't look down into it; not tall enough. So sideways it goes and the upside down image is friendly and familiar from all the view camera work I do.
I have held my Rollei upside-down (and over my head) -- great way to photograph over a crowd.True... the Hasselblad isn't any easier to hold sideways for vertical shots. And it doesn't have a rotating back!
And these days you cannot even think, never mind mention, how it could be used at opposite pole position.I have held my Rollei upside-down (and over my head) -- great way to photograph over a crowd.
You mean hold it under my ass?And these days you cannot even think, never mind mention, how it could be used at opposite pole position.
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