Graflok back for 4x5 camera

[Robert Brummitt]

Sir, your camera doesn't have a Graflok or even an International back. It has a spring back. Which roll film backs do you use with it?

Thank you for calling me Sir. Very much like that! But if you look to the sides behind the spring locks you'll see the Grafloks. When I bought the camera from Wisner I paid for the Graflok back so I can use my 120 Horseman rollback.

Maybe I have it wrong but thats what I've been using for 20 years.

Thanks again!

[Dan Fromm]

I was half wrong. Not Graflok, International.

The difference between the two is that a real Graflok back's focusing panel is held to the camera's back by two spring-loaded bars and detach easily. International backs come in many varieties, some with easily detachable focusing panels. For example, Cambo made at least three types of International backs for the 2x3 SC-1. I have two different ones. One has a focusing panel that slides out to allow a roll holder to slide in. The other has Graflok slides, like yours, that, unlike yours, hold the focusing panel in place; when the focusing panel is removed the slides hold a roll holder.