Just put in an order for a Sekor C 50mm f/4.5 lens for my RB67. Significant cosmetic wear, but certified 100% functional; comes with both caps. Now when I shoot on 35mm film, I'll get a real panoramic effect.
Just put in an order for a Sekor C 50mm f/4.5 lens for my RB67. Significant cosmetic wear, but certified 100% functional; comes with both caps. Now when I shoot on 35mm film, I'll get a real panoramic effect.
That's my go to lens when I'm out with the RB. Is there a 35mm magazine for the RB? Or do you have to load film into a regular holder?
I have 35mm-to-120 adapters and a 220 back with the counter drive roller bound to the turn around roller so the counter will work as it should. Once I fully develop the technique, I expect I'll splice a leader on the film, long enough to avoid wasting 2-3 70mm wide frames for loading -- and I'm still trying to figure out a practical way to put a tail on commercially loaded film, so I can wind into a cassette and be able to change film in the field (since even with a leader I'll only get 17-18 exposures on a 36 exposure roll). I do carry a changing bag, so it's not impossible, but it'd be easier not to need the bag.
The camera's a lot heavier than an Xpan, but it doesn't have electronics that may fail without warning, needs no battery, and I can also shoot the original 120 with it, 6x7, 6x6 (in a Graflex 22 back) and 6x4.5. Not to mention that at present I've got about $4000 less into it than I would for an Xpan with 90mm and 45mm lenses...
The part I'm still working on is being able to unload in daylight.
The idea that comes to mind first is to have another 135 cassette in the take-up spool. You could have the leader loaded in this take-up spool, so it would also make it easy to load film. You’d need a pair of good adapters, so as to keep the alignment.
Yep, I have that -- but there's still the issue of having at least the last frame still in transit when the film comes taut. With commercial film, the only option that comes to mind is to open the cassette in the dark, respool the film, splice on a tail long enough to reach from cassette to cassette, wind back onto the original spool, and install that in a bulk load cassette shell (at least I don't have to worry about DX coding).
For now, I'll set up 2-cassette loads with leader, and take a changing bag. Not too much issue with shooting more than 18 in a day, anyway...
Mamiya RB67 kit with 50 65 and 90mm
Nice! My RB is my first choice for "going out to shoot film" -- too heavy for daily carry, but that's okay, it's not a snapshooter anyway.
I am still young, so that's no problem for me I go out regularly with a C330 and M645 and some lenses.
18 years old
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