types of backs (and changing them)

[ragc]

I read your first post; what you look for is easily made. I have made/adapted backs for my cameras many times, and it is not rocket science to make one to work well. I am attaching a scan of my Graflex 6x7 rollfilm back with a slot that I cut in the edge (does not change the dimensions) so that it would key into my Wista 45SP's back. All you want is a way to "grab" the edges tight to the camera. My Wista had sliding steel retainers, while my Chamonix has rotating retainers. You can use porch door sliding bolts or any other similar hardware to achieve this.

[pellicle]

Hi

I read your first post; what you look for is easily made. I have made/adapted backs for my cameras many times, and it is not rocket science to make one to work well.
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My Wista had sliding steel retainers, while my Chamonix has rotating retainers. You can use porch door sliding bolts or any other similar hardware to achieve this.

thanks for that :-)

actually the part I was wanting to take a look at the way that the 'back looks' on the camera with the grafloc film / glass removed. Sort of like the same angle I had in the image I put in my first post Just so I can see what it looks like. Like how the mechanism torques down and allows release

but from your description I think I can just adapt something using the hinge glass I have and the grafloc roll back I'll get as a guide on how it should work.

[ragc]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/...8a6cfd3c_o.jpg

Wista 45SP with the rollfilm back on

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...DSC_7465es.jpg

and with the back off and the GG on

Notice the silver metal tabs under the top slider and above the bottom slider: they hold the back in place. You cannot see them in the bottom photo (actually you do see a bit of the top one) because they are retracted (and the GG frame is installed).

[pellicle]

thanks :-)

I'll get cooking on making an adaptation

:-)