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So, I was having a bit of a dig, as you do, and came across my little Rollei Nano 80. This is a dead sexy little camera that I really like but ... (and it's a biggie) ... but it's an APS :eek:

No problem I am thinking, hey it's 24mm right? I have a spare Paterson reel I can "convert" to take the film and it would be a tragedy to not let that Rollei HFT Vario-Apogon come out to play now and again :D

Anyone else done similar? It took me a while to find even the film size let alone home developing info!


Hey - with the TLR project on hold I gotta do something!
 
***Hey - with the TLR project on hold I gotta do something***

Try and beat Fritz chess game? Microsoft's chess is easy. ;)
 
True... actually, after an interesting 20 mins on the Bay of the Capitalist Dogs, the TLR project is alive and kicking
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Ambermile said:
True... actually, after an interesting 20 mins on the Bay of the Capitalist Dogs, the TLR project is alive and kicking
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Please tell me your not going for a certain Yashica on there Arthur...*begs and grovels* .. I need that shutter lol
 
Yeah, I got the Yashica A, the other one had a knackered shutter. If it's any good to you then it's yours.
 
That's a no then Ian?

Anyway, done the spiral mod, figured out how to open the film door of the cassette, wound it on to the spiral and am now cooking
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Is it me or is it a wee bit peaceful in here tonight?

Whatever, cooking done - here's what we got... and as ever I refused to use my last Tetenal kit so it's ID-11 again :naughty:

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Rest of the shots are here



Result? I kind of like it. There was not much (if any?) bw film made for the APS system - although the C41 bw stuff was to a certain extent made available - so doing things this way is going to be a bit odd. Would I do it again? Hell yeah, if the film came along cheap enough and I had a little beastie like the nano to play with... though those Vectis' do have a certain charm...

Hmmm...
 
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Excellent :clap::clap::clap:

What did you do in terms of modifying the spiral Arthur - just reducing the height of the internal bits so they fit closer, or was it a bit more involved?
 
No, just allowed it to close up a bit - as you can see in the pic I had to fit a cleverly-designed clip (from the shower curtain) to hold it together but it worked just fine :LOL:
 
Ah - so it closes up tighter than before and the curtain ring clamps it in place. Gotcha...
 
Yup. None of the spirals I have here allowed trimming the internal part so that I would still be able to use it for other formats. So this one is pretty much APS forever. Which is fine as it's another film type I can play with
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yes, but... why? I mean I could do that too, but 500 hours spent doing something I have many boxes similar to?
 
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yes, but... why? I mean I could do that too, but 500 hours spent doing something I have many boxes similar to?
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Well he might have told the readers why he made a SLR & Rangefinder camera ;)
 
Life's too short to re-invent the wheel every time you wanna ride...
 
Sorry didn't see that Arthur, yeah I didn't fancy the A, Knackered shutter is handy to me.. cheers, I have a copal I need some parts for.

My bay account and bank account is starting to curse this section though, so damn addictive!!
 
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Sorry didn't see that Arthur, yeah I didn't fancy the A, Knackered shutter is handy to me.. cheers, I have a copal I need some parts for.

My bay account and bank account is starting to curse this section though, so damn addictive!!
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I completly agree there:shake:
 
iancandler said:
Sorry didn't see that Arthur, yeah I didn't fancy the A, Knackered shutter is handy to me.. cheers, I have a copal I need some parts for.

My bay account and bank account is starting to curse this section though, so damn addictive!!
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It was the A I bought, has the Compur shutter unfortunately.
 
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