Has anyone tried to fit a 4x5 back to a Kodak Master View 8x10?

[ericantonio]

Hola! Has anyone done a diy 4x5 reducing back to fit a Kodak Master View 8x10 camera? Just thinking out loud this morning. I'm like "hmmmmm, there's got to be someone who has a 4x5 reducing and like after a few beers, said hey, I bet I can ductape that s**t to the back of my 8x10 Kodak Master View"!

[Tin Can]

Use Gaff tape not Duct tape

But pins like many 8X10 cameras use would be cleaner

[Tin Can]

Also on eBay just today is a KMV with an aftermarket B&J 4X5 wood back with pins!

[Jac@stafford.net]

Hola! Has anyone done a diy 4x5 reducing back to fit a Kodak Master View 8x10 camera? Just thinking out loud this morning. I'm like "hmmmmm, there's got to be someone who has a 4x5 reducing and like after a few beers, said hey, I bet I can ductape that s**t to the back of my 8x10 Kodak Master View"!

It is not at all difficult. The whole board for the back is simple, and for mine there is a 4x5 Universal back centered. I use universal backs for all 4x5 builds. Ductape is not a good idea. Beer for breakfast?

[G Benaim]

I've read that the Burke and James 4x5 reducing back can be easily modded to fit the kmv but haven't done it myself. Do a search on this site and something shld come up. There was a oem 5x7 back.

[ericantonio]

It is not at all difficult. The whole board for the back is simple, and for mine there is a 4x5 Universal back centered. I use universal backs for all 4x5 builds. Ductape is not a good idea. Beer for breakfast?

Heck ya why not! I went camping with Australians one time in Upstate NY. Wake up, out of tent, pop! open up a Fosters. I'm like "are you kidding?!"

[ericantonio]

I made one from the back plate of a Crown Graphic and plywood. I don’t have it anymore so I can’t post a photo, but it was simple, though ugly.

OHhh, I worked in a catalog studio in NYC back in the day before digital (mostly large format ad shots) and we made a lot of stuff. I like ugly and functional.

[ericantonio]

Use Gaff tape not Duct tape

But pins like many 8X10 cameras use would be cleaner

I heard the inventor of Gafer tape died this year. That stuff is expensive. Havent' bought any in 2 decades

[Jac@stafford.net]

Heck ya why not! I went camping with Australians one time in Upstate NY. Wake up, out of tent, pop! open up a Fosters. I'm like "are you kidding?!"

I lived in a sparsely populated area. My nearest neighbor lived at the bottom of a bluff I owned. He was a skinny, beer-loving, weed smoking University professor. One day he went with a cliff climbing club just to observe but with no inclination to participate. He found that this club's prep was to drink beer and get loaded on weed. He's been a climber now for over twenty years.

[Tin Can]

So this thread was just trolling for people to insult

See you never

Hola! Has anyone done a diy 4x5 reducing back to fit a Kodak Master View 8x10 camera? Just thinking out loud this morning. I'm like "hmmmmm, there's got to be someone who has a 4x5 reducing and like after a few beers, said hey, I bet I can ductape that s**t to the back of my 8x10 Kodak Master View"!