phoneyman
3-Jul-2008, 08:49
I have an Arca Swiss model C, one of the old out-of-production models. I also have several Fidelity 4x5 film holders. The holders fit fine when I have the back inserted in landscape mode, but in portrait mode the spring clip that holds the back on pushes the holder away and creates a massive light leak. I can fit the holders in upside down, with the dark slides facing down, but in order to operate the dark slides this way I have to slide the camera all the way to the very back of the monorail to make enough room for removal and reinsertion of the slides. Something tells me that this is not the expected operation.
Anyhow, in desperation, I took a Dremel cut-off wheel to one of the film holders and cut out a slot large enough for the spring clip to fit into when the film holder is inserted. This seems to work. Seems. I haven't shot yet, but a quick light leak test didn't show any leaks.
Before I do this to the rest of my holders I'd like to solicit some advice: have other people encountered this problem? Is it something solvable by setting up the camera a different way?
Thanks,
Pierre
Anyhow, in desperation, I took a Dremel cut-off wheel to one of the film holders and cut out a slot large enough for the spring clip to fit into when the film holder is inserted. This seems to work. Seems. I haven't shot yet, but a quick light leak test didn't show any leaks.
Before I do this to the rest of my holders I'd like to solicit some advice: have other people encountered this problem? Is it something solvable by setting up the camera a different way?
Thanks,
Pierre