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Hollis
7-Jul-2008, 22:52
Ive had my whole plate camera and 2 holders for a month or two and was going over one of them with a photographer friend who is not very experienced with view cameras and he all of a sudden pointed out to me that there was film in the holder. Sure enough, there was a sheet of Fuji Safety film in the 4x5 insert in the holder with an image on it. I don't know why anyone would process film then put it back in the holder but that seems like what happened. The film is not perfect (big overexposed bar on top) so might have been used for practice loading? I really don't know. Anyways, not exactly the image you want staring at you at 10:30 at night from an old camera.

Per Madsen
8-Jul-2008, 00:04
If it is a japanese camera, then you have the model with the build-in Oni.

Ron McElroy
8-Jul-2008, 06:39
Cool a shrunken head! Is that the SOB that stole your laptop?

Hollis
8-Jul-2008, 08:50
Ha, yeah, I wish it was. Still, a pretty cool find. Anyone know about when Fuji stopped making 'safety film?' That is what the emulsion is and it feels pretty good, not brittle at all.