I recently upgraded to a Wista VX from my trusty Super Graphic and have run into a problem with Graphmatic holders. Last weekend I went up to the Mountains to try out my new Wista. I was shooting B&W in Riteway holders and color neg in my Graphmatics. Most of my color was light struck and some was very badly fogged. My VX has a spring loaded bar that presses against the holder when it is inserted. I think this small bar has something to do with Wista's special shutter in that this bar will activate a cable that will close the shutter when a holder is inserted. My question to you experienced Wista users is: Can this spring loaded bar be removed and if so how, or is there a technique to using these holders with this camera? I fooled around with some empty graphmatics and my camera last night and if I hold the graphmatic from the bottom when I pull the slide I can keep it seated properly, but can see that this might be a problem depending on how my camera is positioned. Any light that you can shed on this problem would be greatly appreciated.
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