Daniel Stone
9-May-2011, 09:04
hey guys,
having just received a polaroid 405 back the other day, I went to try it out last night with a small still life setup. I thought I could "rough" it and use the 6x7 outline on my 4x5 g/g(which is centered for my 6x7 rollfilm back, alignment is perfect). However, after pulling the 1st shot from the back and looking at it, much to my chagrin, it was about 3/4" of an inch off to one side length-wise. I've now drawn a 2nd box to correspond to the limits of the packfilm, but its a real PITA, IMO to have to shoot a test, then move the lens to re-align it for shooting onto the 6x7 rollfilm back.
Any ideas? Does the PA-145 from Fuji work the same way, or has this little "problem" been rectified with it? My PA-45(Polaroid 550 equivalent) back works great, but I bought this 405 back to save some money on shooting instant prints, or just for proofing lighting setups before shooting to film.
thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated :).
-Dan
having just received a polaroid 405 back the other day, I went to try it out last night with a small still life setup. I thought I could "rough" it and use the 6x7 outline on my 4x5 g/g(which is centered for my 6x7 rollfilm back, alignment is perfect). However, after pulling the 1st shot from the back and looking at it, much to my chagrin, it was about 3/4" of an inch off to one side length-wise. I've now drawn a 2nd box to correspond to the limits of the packfilm, but its a real PITA, IMO to have to shoot a test, then move the lens to re-align it for shooting onto the 6x7 rollfilm back.
Any ideas? Does the PA-145 from Fuji work the same way, or has this little "problem" been rectified with it? My PA-45(Polaroid 550 equivalent) back works great, but I bought this 405 back to save some money on shooting instant prints, or just for proofing lighting setups before shooting to film.
thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated :).
-Dan