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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · 135 to 120 film adapters


hi, just wondering if anyone has had good experience using 135 to 120 film adapters to shoot 135 film in medium format cameras. doing this could allow something like a hasselblad to shoot something that's 24mm x 60mm. seems like it could be fun and might be worth a try. anyone?


Mar 06, 2015 at 12:58 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · 135 to 120 film adapters


I don't want to dissuade you from experimenting, but unless you are hell-bent on or solely capable of shooting, developing and printing and/or scanning 35mm film only, this is a real case of diminishing returns.

Let's say you're projecting a 6x6 family slide, on the screen in front of everybody.

Now, trim the screen to half the width and about 40% of the height, and voila! You are now seeing what a 135 peephole through a typical 120 format image looks like.

If it's a 120 camera, I would just shoot 120 or 220 in it. For better image quality than typical 35mm, shoot a Fuji TX-1 or Hasselblad X-Pan.

I mean no offense, of course. But it's simply not logical. Just like the "panorama" masks that used to cover a 135 frame, in the 1990s. Users were wasting film and image circle on that gimmick.

When I processed those things at a 1-hour lab, people thought it was sort of cool, until I showed them the cropped negatives. Then they'd swear off that dial, forever.



Mar 06, 2015 at 01:18 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · 135 to 120 film adapters


Some cameras came with this ability. I believe the Mamiya 7 could shoot 135 film and perhaps the Mamiya 6 as well.




Mar 06, 2015 at 01:21 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · 135 to 120 film adapters


I shoot a lot of 135 on my Mamiya 7. It's a blast.




Mar 06, 2015 at 02:42 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · 135 to 120 film adapters


lbloom wrote:
I shoot a lot of 135 on my Mamiya 7. It's a blast.



any samples to share by chance? thanks



Mar 06, 2015 at 03:31 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · 135 to 120 film adapters


I think the only adapters are the ones that were oem; like in house rolleiflex adapters, etc. I don't know if any third party adapters, but it really shouldn't be too hard to make your own if you are so inclined.


Mar 06, 2015 at 03:45 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · 135 to 120 film adapters


http://pinholeprinted.com/order/35mm-film-to-120-spool-adapter/


Mar 06, 2015 at 04:47 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · 135 to 120 film adapters


I'd imagine Hasselblad has a back for this, the Bronica SQ series does, I believe its the 135W back. I think (based on very quick research) the Hasselblad version is the A2035 film back. They aren't exactly cheap though.


Mar 06, 2015 at 08:55 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · 135 to 120 film adapters


I think Pentax 6x7 had an independently made kit (out-of-production?) to convert to 35mm use. Don't remember if it was for the original style or the electronic 67II style.

I agree with sirimiri, your efforts can be more fruitful by simply shooting 120/220 film and cropping/scanning. It will be expensive and awkward to shoot 35mm in medium format unless you have the camera and luck into an inexpensive (obsolete) film back/magazine.



Mar 06, 2015 at 09:46 AM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · 135 to 120 film adapters


The Hasselblad 35mm back is very expensive! If you want to shoot panorama, you would be better off shooting with an XPAN, or much less-expensively the Horizon 202 pano camera.

One of the advantages of a true panoramic camera vs. cropping, is that there are framelines to help you compose the shot as a widefield shot, rather than making that decision later. It does have some effect on the creative process.

If you really wanted to use the Hasselblad medium format, you could tape or mark some framelines on the focusing screen to help you compose...then crop later.



Mar 06, 2015 at 01:11 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · 135 to 120 film adapters


Having just received a Mamiya 7 II kit, I've been intrigued with the 135 panoramic adapter.
However, one problem mentioned from reading online, you have to shoot the whole roll, can't change it out mid roll.



Mar 06, 2015 at 09:11 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · 135 to 120 film adapters


Have bought an aluminium adapter from ebay, it has anodized finishing, which works well on my 120 cameras like mamiya,fuji and haselblad. It's fun to shoot panorama with a wideangle lens on a 120 camera



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