Highest quality film holders out there?

[Leigh]

For the sake of completeness on the Toyo holders, you are aware of the latest glitch by Toyo, the NOT opaque darkslides?

That appears to have been corrected by making the darkslides out of aluminum.

The last Toyo holders I got from Japan have a white sticker on the box with the letters Al.

- Leigh

[Alan Gales]

That appears to have been corrected by making the darkslides out of aluminum.

The last Toyo holders I got from Japan have a white sticker on the box with the letters Al.

- Leigh

Al is short for Alan, Leigh. You need to mail me my Toyo film holders!

[Leigh]

Al is short for Alan, Leigh. You need to mail me my Toyo film holders!

That's on my To-Do list, just below bathing in a live volcano.

- Leigh

[Alan Gales]

That's on my To-Do list, just below bathing in a live volcano.

- Leigh

I think our friend, Drew, did that once!

[Thalmees]

Hello,
Lisco Mark II.
It's better than Regal and Fedility.
I used the three brands.
Toyo, is the best practical I think. Do not have experience with this brand.
But, reputation is superior, plus the price, compared with others.
Lisco Mark II, has a locker for the dark slide, instead of taps.
Dark slide can not be pulled without pushing a white button on each side below the rib.
When engaged correctly in the camera back, the front side of the focusing screen of the camera apply pressure on that button, making the dark slide pullable and returnable.
Thanks.

[Greg]

Thanks for all the responses to my post. So in the end... Had a line on some Linhof 4x5 holders, but fell through cause of an exorbitant asking price. So bought six 4x5 Toyo film holders in excellent plus condition for a third of the current new prices that they are going for at B&H.

My collection of 4x5 Riteways dated back to acquisition in the 1970s. After all those years of constant use, they were physically worn down beyond being able to be refurbished, and I was really tired of discovering the failure of a film holder only after after processing exposed film.

[Bob Salomon]

Hello,
Lisco Mark II.
It's better than Regal and Fedility.
I used the three brands.
Toyo, is the best practical I think. Do not have experience with this brand.
But, reputation is superior, plus the price, compared with others.
Lisco Mark II, has a locker for the dark slide, instead of taps.
Dark slide can not be pulled without pushing a white button on each side below the rib.
When engaged correctly in the camera back, the front side of the focusing screen of the camera apply pressure on that button, making the dark slide pullable and returnable.
Thanks.

Except in a Linhof camera. That lock never worked.

[Thalmees]

Quote Originally Posted by Thalmees:
Hello,
Lisco Mark II.
It's better than Regal and Fedility.
I used the three brands.
Toyo, is the best practical I think. Do not have experience with this brand.
But, reputation is superior, plus the price, compared with others.
Lisco Mark II, has a locker for the dark slide, instead of taps.
Dark slide can not be pulled without pushing a white button on each side below the rib.
When engaged correctly in the camera back, the front side of the focusing screen of the camera apply pressure on that button, making the dark slide pullable and returnable.
Thanks.

Except in a Linhof camera. That lock never worked.

Thanks Bob for the correction.

[Professional]

So, now i have Fedility holders as brand new and Toyo [i think you mean Toyo View?] holders less also brand new, if i still remember they are 6 holders with 4 for Fediliy and 2 of Toyo, i didn't use them yet except 2 for first test, i felt as first impression that Fedility is better design or use than Toyo, but i think from what i rad here that Toyo is more sturdy and more precise and somehow heavier, so that i felt i didn't like it, but maybe this is what it should be and i should give it more use to compare and see.

I am planning in this year to start film, and i really plan to go with 4x5 more now than MF[120], and 6 holders are enough, but i may end up shooting more that may need me to buy more holders, and i will only buy brand new, i forgot that i already have several used holders just as backup, but i always like to be the first user and have brand new, now i saw Toyo and i saw Chamonix wood holders, i think i also saw Fedility somewhere as brand new, if i want to buy little more, which one to go with?

If i won't shoot too much, but i want to have enough holders just in case if i go out shooting more sheets, say up to 15-20 at most, then how many holders i should carry? 6 brand new means 12 sheets, if i should add the used one then i will have more, buy i am planning to sell my Crown Graphic body with the lens it came with [Wollensack 165mm] and my Shen Hao with those used holders to get more funds to buy new LF camera, so i may left with those brand new ones only.

[Leigh]

I bought 24 new 4x5 TOYO filmholders from Kumar in the past two months. These have the aluminum darkslides.

I'm quite happy, and will likely order more.

- Leigh