I recently bought a used 4x5 that came with a Polaroid 545 back. I was at my lo cal camera shop trying to buy some Quickload/Readyload film and the clerk asked me if I already had the backs. I told him that I'd just read in the Nov 98 issu e of Popular Photography in an article entitled "Up Against the Groundglass" by Dan Richards that I could use my Polaroid back for the Quickload/Readyload films . He told me that I would lose my critical focus. He said the film plane was d ifferent. I figured he was just trying to sell me the respective holders but whe n I asked for them he said he did not have them to sell. I then called a man wh o shoots a lot of 4x5 and posed the question to him and he said that I had been given bad information. He said that the film plane was the same and that I woul d not have a problem.
Can anyone absolutely answer the question one way or the other? I can get the other film holders but I don't want to if it is not necessary. On the other hand, since I've not used the camera yet, I don't want to introduce any additional reasons for why I might not get good shots as I test th e camera. I'd sure appreciate some help here.
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