Sliding back adapter for roll film backs

[Daniel Stone]

hey all,

after getting a 6x7 rollfilm back for my 4x5 a few weeks back, I'm loving the ability to use it with movements(unlike my rz67), and its a more economical way to shoot, unless I want more quality.

now to the main question:

did cambo(my 4x5 camera) or any other manufacturer ever make a sliding back for 4x5? So I(or whoever) could attach a graflok-style RFH to one side, and then have the ground glass to focus, so one wouldn't have to remove the g/g frame, and replace it with the RFH?

could make shooting portraits with the view camera and RFH very efficient, well, more efficient than taking off and re-installing the g/g frame every time you change something...

and I don't want to use 6x6 Hasselblad backs on one of the digital ones from ebay, too expensive...

even if someone made one with say a 6x9/6x8/6x7 mini-graflok back(like on an rb67)? this way one could rotate the RFH on the sliding back, even more efficient.

thanks

-Dan

[Jim Galli]

This one?

You'd have to make an adapter for the Cambo.

[CCB]

Toyo-view.

[Oren Grad]

There are several sliding/rotating back adapters for rollholders, but most of them are dedicated to specific view or field camera bodies and would need to be adapted.

This one -

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...l_Graflok.html

- looks to be a direct fit to any 4x5 Graflok back.

EDIT: In case that link breaks later on, the product is Toyo View Universal Graflok Sliding Back Adapter, MAC catalog number 180-719.

[Oren Grad]

I should add, these adapters all take baby Graflok roll holders - none of them will accept roll holders with built-in plates to fit 4x5 Graflok backs.

[Daniel Stone]

well, I could sell the one I have and then just use RB or baby-linhof/wista backs on it.

that ain't a problem, just that its sometimes more convenient to shoot rollfilm. and getting one that can take 220 as well would be nice to boot .

-Dan

[B.S.Kumar]

I had a Toyo Graflok style sliding back some time ago. I sold it because I don't have any 23 type backs.

[Steve Barber]

Or, you could look for a Linhof Rapid Rolex back. They slide in and use a dark slide, same as a regular film holder:

[BrianShaw]

http://www.cambo.com/Html/downloads/...backs_2004.pdf


http://www.cambo.com/Html/downloads/...nstruction.pdf



Might not be exactly what you're looking for...

[Vaughn]

Or, you could look for a Linhof Rapid Rolex back. They slide in and use a dark slide, same as a regular film holder:

That was also my thought -- I have the Calumet roll film holder that is built upon the same idea as the Rapid Rolex. This design does bend the film around a roller in the opposite direction than normal -- which can be a problem if you stop mid-roll for a day. The film "remembers" the opposite curl and won't roll up tight on the take-up reel, leading to potential foggy of the film. I use to unload mine in a changing bag.

Vaughn