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Bob
rkamarowski
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Posted - Mar 08 2010 :  09:42:38 AM  Show Profile  Visit rkamarowski's Homepage  Reply with Quote
How difficult (or easy) is it to modify a Fotokor plate holder to take 9x12 sheet film?

Vladislav Kern
Vlad
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Posted - Mar 10 2010 :  09:38:08 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi Bob!

I haven't done it myself, but I've heard of people replacing the plate in the holder with a black piece of cardboard and putting a sheet film on top of it.

Vlad.
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
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Posted - Mar 10 2010 :  09:41:41 AM  Show Profile  Visit Vlad's Homepage  Reply with Quote
By the way there is an adapter that is sometimes sold on eBay to use 6x9 MF rollfilm on Fotorok. I have it and tried it twice, but for some reason all shots were out of focus. I chalk it up to my inexperience focusing the Fotokor..

Vlad
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Bob
rkamarowski
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Posted - Mar 10 2010 :  11:24:02 AM  Show Profile  Visit rkamarowski's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thank you Vlad.
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Bob
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 :  10:29:16 AM  Show Profile  Visit rkamarowski's Homepage  Reply with Quote
How thick should the glass be? I'm going to dry some dry plates.
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Don Gillette
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Posted - Mar 12 2010 :  5:31:42 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
They may have adapted the back properly except to check the focal point on the ground glass. I have done 4x5 to 6x9 cm with success. You would be surprised how many cameras I found with incorrect focus either twin lens or slr. Even Hassleblad and bronica slrs. This is corrected usually by shims or rotating a viewing lense on Yashicamats Don

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Bob
rkamarowski
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Posted - Mar 13 2010 :  11:32:24 AM  Show Profile  Visit rkamarowski's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Don,

Do you know what thickness the glass should be when using dry plates with these holders? Not for film, but the actual glass plates themselves.

bob k.
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