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Thread: First camera to ever use a bail back?

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    First camera to ever use a bail back?

    Any historians out there who might know which camera was the first to incorporate a bail back system of loading holders?
    Just curious.

    Thx

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    Re: First camera to ever use a bail back?

    I'll toss this one out for consideration... Kodak (later Calumet CC-400) 4x5, introduced in the late 1940s.

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    Re: First camera to ever use a bail back?

    I know that Senecas View cameras like "The New Seneca View" had/has a great little lever built into their backs to accomplish this "The JarelssBack". They had an old patent but it only dates back to around 1910 give or take.
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