Fotodiox Vizelex RhinoCam for Canon EOS EF (EF Full Frame & EF-s APS-C) Cameras with Hasselblad V Lens Mount

2019-06-24T12:33:40

I received the Rhinocam adapter about two weeks ago and have used it to connect my Hasselblad 60mm f/3.5mm lens to my Fuji X-T2. There are no instructions for the Rhinocam provided by the manufacturer and I'm still at a loss as to if they provided me the wrong case as the foam doesn't match the adapter properly. So be sure to visit youtube or the Fotodiox website for instructions on how to use the adapter. My unit had the L-shaped bracket which controls the vertical motion of the back installed upside down. After a few minutes of confusion and about 90 seconds of work with a screwdriver this problem was resolved. The adapter works very well. The lens clicks easily into place, the plate slides smoothly, and the camera adapter is secure. Rotating the camera from horizonal (for panoramic) to vertical (for 6x4.5) is easy and there's a screw to tighten the mount so that the camera doesn't rotate. On the downside, it helps to have small fingers. The space between the camera and the adapter is very tight and it makes it difficult to tighten the screw once the camera is in place. Removing the camera is similarly fussy as the little lever that depresses the lens release button on the camera isn't quite aligned. So some more thought into usability needs to go into this device. I used a hiking ballhead tripod on my initial trip and for the future I'll be sure to use a heaver tripod. The adapter isn't very heavy but it is considerably wider than a camera and will affect stability on lightweight tripods. When I went to process the photos in lightroom I found that it was able to successfully create panoramas about 30% of the time. This may be due to the limited overlap between frames. The dots don't provide the 40% overlap that photoshop asks for in its auto-align function. So there was a bit of manual work but not too bad. I think if I took photos with less negative space (the day was overcast so little detail in the sky) lightroom would have been able to get a higher percentage of sets merged automagically. Overall its a very effective device but the manufacturer could put a little more care into the usability and packaging of the device. Instructions would be nice and matching the bloody case to the ordered adapter should be a no-brainer.

Joshua W.