Anyone interested, I'm at my shop today and drew up some sample files. This one shown is simply made from paper, but could easily be routed out from MDF at my friend's shop so I could have a blank routing guide/template for producing these. Lemme know! On the pull slides, what do you guys think in terms of design? I want to make sure these will still allow the use of the retaining clips(although I personally prefer rubber bands :P)
Awesome Daniel.
The design of the top tabs I believe should be offset from center to one side of the dark slide so you can always get a clean grab of them to individually grab when they are offset. I am thinking about applying an exposure tab on the dark slide and returning the slide in its original orientation to maintain the offset rather than the conventional white/black system. The Intrepid video showed they decided to drill three holes in the top of the tab I guess to make it easier to hold. I was looking at the entry edge of the dark slide and it had a slight curve to it obviously to ensure a complete entry into the holder.
I believe that if we can find a product that would function properly this would be a very good product for large format photographers. I personally take considerable care of my holders but they get considerable use and if a dark slide cracks and becomes inoperable there is no Plan B. Testing as I found out is critical to the process to ensure they work properly.
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