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[tripspud]

Hi Uncle Dick,

      Maybe try adapting a Polaroid MP-4 sliding back?
Probably too awkward a solution and expensive conversion,
thought the MP-4 part is cheaply available used all the time.

Cheers,

Rich Lahrson
Berkeley, California
tripspud@transbay.net

philip lambert wrote:

> >      Does Linhof make a sliding back for the Kardan series of cameras  -
> in
> > the same manner that they used to make a sliding back for the Technikas?
> You
> > know - GG screen and reflex finder on one section and film back of some
> > description on the other. I have seen this in the older Linhof catalogs
> and
> > PTI's, but am unsure whether they are made for the Kardans.
> >
> I have heard of sliding 54/rollfilm backs but not for Linhof. Would one fit?
> Are all recent 5x4 cameras fitted with a standard International back?
> A cheaper solution might be a Calumet slide-in rollfilm back which is like a
> darkslide with a roll -film cassette built onto one end. On my Sinar I just
> open the side of the back with the bail and push in the Calumet. It is
> necessary to press the Sinar firmly in the opposite direction when pushing
> the Calumet in, otherwise the camera gets pushed sideways.
> For 6x9 Linhofs, entury Graphics and the like there is the mostly-plastic
> 6x7 Rapid Rollex which slides in as above.
>
> I haven't answered your question of course. I hope someone else can.  Philip
>
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