I have a used polaroid back that I picked up on Ebay for $70 to use with my Bender 4X5 pinhole camera kit. I love it. I use type Polaroid type 55 (B&W w/positive/negative). This allows me direct feedback (the positive), with a negative to play with in the darkroom later. Polaroid claims ASA 50 for this but I shoot it @ 20 ASA to get the shadow detail on the negative. I had some difficulty tracking down the reciprocity failure for these but used the Polaroid technical data sheets as a starting point. http://www.polaroid.com/service/filmdatasheets/4_5/index.html This link will take you to their 4X5 film data sheets.
It has to be a pretty light day given the combo F187 rating of my pinhole and 20 ASA. I have just started using it to evaluate zone plates that I have made for my Bender. I just wrote to Jay and got 2 extra lens boards so I could mount the zone plates easily. Happy Pinholing! *********************************** Steve Wilson Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ??????? [mailto:pinhole-discussion-admin@p at ???????] On Behalf Of Matt Palmer Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 12:51 PM To: Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Looking for tips on using Polaroid back and film I recently purchased and built a Bender 4x5 pinhole camera and want to outfit it with a Polaroid back or something similar, like Fuji instant film back. Has anyone tried this? What are the plus point and what are the pitfalls? Any tips would be great. Thanks, Eric Baxter _______________________________________________ Pinhole-Discussion mailing list Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? unsubscribe or change your account at http://www.???????/discussion/
