[LargeFormat] Plate Holders

[Les Newcomer]

I have a plate holder adapter for a big kodak folder.  I also have a feind
that has a Jewl or juel,  well it's a jewel but spelled differently. Both of
these cameras use single plate holders made of brass. there were sheet film
versions of the same thing.

I've got Klapp Reflex with several of these single holders in 9x12 cm.

I also ended up some how with some single film  holders that are slightly
smaller than 6x9cm. Again out of brass.


By the 40s these things had been relegated to the attic. And I'm sure during
the cleaning of the attic to deter incendiary fires from the Axis bombs, the
camera being prettier than the holders may be put on the mantle or on the
nick nack shelf, but the holders went to the scrap drives during WWII.

My guess is the non professional went out with no more than 6 single holders
for a day's jaunt in the Duryea, as the idea was to have a good time with
your gal and take some picture, not have your gal luck all of your equipment
up the hill.

les

> From: "rstein" <rstein@bigpond.net.au>
> Reply-To: largeformat@f32.net
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:33:42 +0800
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Plate Holders
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Perusing a new purchase - that's reading a book, folks - I noted a
> section that dealt with the plate-film cameras of the 1900-1920 period. All
> those lovely old English and German folding cameras with focussing rails,
> ground glasses, and geared movements. Some excellent lenses. too.
> 
> All for plate or cut film in adapter. Plates are never seen around here
> and cut film seems to be 4 x 5 only. But that is not the nub of this query.
> 
> What I was curious about was how many of these older cameras - not the
> pre-1900 field or studio types - are seen with the plate backs. I have seen
> a number that seem to have rollfilm adapters and some with only the ground
> glass, but so far very few with plate holders. Even in the case of one
> Voightlander with a very beautiful geared front standard and nickle plating
> everywhere, there was only one holder.
> 
> Did the photographers of the day venture out with a number of plate
> holders ready-loaded as we might do with double dark slides? How many did
> they carry? Did they reload in the feild in dark bags? Where have all the
> plate holders gone to?
> 
> Questions on the back of an envelope, please.
> 
> Uncle Dick
> 
> 
> 
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