Description

This is a bulk loading jig that allows you to shoot bulk 46mm (127 format) film in any 120 format camera. This is a variant to the original 35mm/120 bulk loading jig. Original Message This jig turns your medium format camera into a Hasselblad XPAN. Take a finished 120 film roll and a fresh 35mm film and boom Now you have a perfectly centered 35mm film in a 120 package. Shoot 35mm with your favorite medium format camera. Enjoy the same shooting experience with 120 film, but in a different perspective. See my example shots with Mamiya RB67 on Kodak Tri-X Pan. See it in action: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hitm-WirnLE Color may vary. Design improve without notice. Variant for 127 film is also available! This can also be used to re-spool 120 film to 620 spools. This can also be used to re-spool 70mm film (IMAX). Due to recent USPS shipping damages, all jigs will be mailed unassembled. Assembly required. Glue is optional. Background The Xpan, the dream of many photographers, the unobtainable holy grail of rangefinder cameras, its 50mm panoramic shots are simply awesome. However, not everyone can afford or even find an Xpan. Here's how this jig comes into play. It was my goal to achieve the XPan look, without having an Xpan. A 6x7 frame is twice the width of a 35mm frame, which is exactly what the Xpan sees. If I can perfectly load a 35mm film in a 6x7 camera, I can achieve the Xpan look. There are adapters that allows one to load a 35mm canister into a 120 camera. However, there are drawbacks: The film is not flat for the lack of backing paper; they are also at the wrong focal distance. The finished roll is not covered; you need a darkroom to unload your film. How can I improve? Why not reuse a 120 roll? I designed this jig to reload a finished 120 film roll. The backing paper reels in a fresh roll of 35mm film, perfectly in the center. The film is at the designed focal distance. The finished portion securely wrapped in paper, safe to unload in daylight. Your shooting experience is unchanged. Just shoot it like any other 120 film. Only the jig itself is included. You will need: 1 empty 120 spool, 1 finished/spent 120 spool with backing paper, 1 35mm film (24-shots or more), and Darkroom or film change bag Designed and Manufactured in USA User Manual