--- William Erickson <erick...@ic.mankato.mn.us> wrote: > In addition to using the holders, you'll have to > devise a method for > securing them to your camera in a light tight > fashion. I build wooden boxes > and use a wood pressure plate sprung with the > springy things you get in > metal frame hardware kits.
What exactly do you mean by "metal frame hardware kits"? I've been looking for a way to create a universal film holder for odd cameras. That is, I enjoy building strange pinhole and zone plate "front ends" but find the convenience of being able to use roll film or my Polaroid 4x5 film holder for the "back end" almost irresistable. It would be great to have a reliable way to create a device for the back ends with the usual sort of spring mechanism that holds a Polaroid film holder (or the adapters that allow a 4x5 camera to take 120 film--mine is made by Horseman) and then reliably attach it to front ends made of wood or cardboard or plastic or whatever interesting stuff is at hand. Does anyone have any ideas? I wonder if my question is comprehensible. To give one example, I have a small wooden front end that I love (Tina, this is the camera I used for the Sebastopol interiors), but use it less than I would like to because I have so much trouble securing it to a back end. I have used weather stripping, but that squashes, I get light leaks (sometimes not), and it slips around unless secured with big, awkward metal clamps that make it impossible to use the tripod mount I put on the bottom. I'd love to be able to just pop holders onto the back of this thing. Here is a picture of the front end, if anyone cares to look. You can se the weather stripping at the bottom. http://www.sonic.net/~talcroft/camera.jpg Any help appreciated. I guess the long and the short of it is, I want to take pictures, not fool with rubber bands and clips and clamps.... Colin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
