Re: [Rollei] Film slitting for Baby Rollei

[tripspud <tripspud >]

Hi Ferdi,

      Could you check?  I'll bet there's
quite a few here how would like to
have one.

Thanks,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud  

Ferdi Stutterheim wrote:

> Martin,
>
> No, but there is a chap in Germany selling a cutting device for 127 film. I
> have lost the details.
>
> Ferdi.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-rollei  us
> > [mailto:owner-rollei  On Behalf Of Martin Jangowski
> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 8:29 AM
> > To: rollei  us
> > Subject: [Rollei] Film slitting for Baby Rollei
> >
> >
> > Hi Rolleiphiles,
> >
> > after owning Rolleis for 120 film for several years now, some time ago I
> > got bitten by the Baby Rollei bug when seeing one in the display of an
> > nice photo shop in Künzelsau. (BTW, they just have an exhibition with
> > land- and cityscapes made by the grandfather of the current owner, mostly
> > on 18x24 and 13x18 plates in the late 1920's. Talk about quality...)
> > Anyway, I bought a nice grey/green specimen (including strap, lens cap and
> > a silver Rolleilux) via ebay.
> >
> > This thing is so cute! I played with it for hours. However, it took me at
> > least half an hour to realize that the shutter won't fire with a closed
> > finder... quite useful trigger lock, if you think about it.
> >
> > The main problem is of course getting film. Development is no problem,
> > Jobo 2502 spirals can hold 127 film. However, after testing the Efke films
> > in 120, I'm not too happy to use that curly monster of film. I'll buy and
> > use ten films just to get the spools and correctly sized backing paper,
> > but after that I'd rather use Delta 100...
> >
> > Has anyone on this list successfully used a film slitter to make 127 film
> > from 120? I tried to make one film (I have two empty 127 spools) in the
> > light from an old roll of film using a Dahle 558 cutter (1400mm long),
> > but this is still too short to cut a full length backing paper, and it's
> > nearly impossible (even when you can see anything) to get the film to the
> > correct size. Obviously, this is not the way to go. I found a few hints on
> > the web, but most of them sound either to complicated (machined aluminum
> > blocks etc.) or _very_ simple and not quite up to the task.
> >
> > Any personal expiriences?
> >
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > | Martin Jangowski                         E-Mail: Martin  
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> >

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