[LargeFormat] Plate Holders

[Clive Warren]

At 6:18 pm +0000 27/3/02, philip.lambert wrote:
>Les,
>
>I did ask earlier and no-one replied. "Is a 9x12 darkslide the same external
>dimensions as 5x4?"  Does a 5x4 darkslide fit a 9x12 camera back? Same
>question really. I have seen a few 9x12 prewar bellows cameras going cheap
>but assumed they were impractical.  Similarly has anyone measured a
>halfplate plateholder?  Is it externally different to 5x7?  I came across a
>whole plate Kodak bellows camera in mahogany with no lens board. My 305mm
>would easily cover 8.5x6.5 ins but there were no cutfilm or plate holders.
>It weighed a lot less than my former 10x8 Sinar (later melted down and made
>into an oil tanker ......)  Philip

Philip,

My Kodak Specialist 2 has a half-plate back that takes ordinary 5x7 
film holders but that dates from the 50's rather than the earlier 
cameras you mention.

It wouldn't be too difficult to rig up a 5x7 back for one of the 
earlier cameras if you have a 5x7 back from another camera. This is 
what I was going to do with the Specialist but so far have not come 
across another back at a reasonable price. Maybe someone on the list 
has one knocking around?

Cheers,
        Clive