[LargeFormat] Problems with Polaroid back 545i

[Les Newcomer]

Put the lever on L put the film in, pull the dark envelope,  it should 
stop on its own, if it didn't you put the film in backwards.

Expose.

put the dark envelope back down over the film.  Remove the back.


Flip the lever over to P.   And pull with a continuous but quick pull.

If this doesn't work, the little lever at the bottom needs to be bent 
back.  SK grimes has pictures of field stripping a 545. They should be 
the same, except the 545i has more plastic and a better profit margin.. 
Thus "new and improved"



On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 03:52  PM, Dan Kalish wrote:

> I have a problem with the 545i Polaroid film holder. I've never used 
> one before, so I may be doing it wrong. I insert the film+envelope as 
> far as it goes, and then pull it out. It doesn't catch so I'm pulling 
> out the film+envelope, not just the envelope. I've tried this with the 
> film holder in the camera back and with the film holder just loose.
>
> Any ideas on how to insert the f+e so it catches?
>
> BTW, I had been using a 504 (405?) adapter on my Graphic View II and 
> Linhof Kardan M. It did not work on the Gandolfi Variant I: light 
> leaked in. So these film backs aren't universal.
>
> Anyway, I'd appreciate any insight into the film insertion technique.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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