I have this camera with a 10x 16 back and 5no. 16x10 wood film holders, 3 of which are well used.
I am thinking of modifying of one or more of the latter to take sheets of half a standard sheet of 10x8 film, for reasons of economy i.e. to make 5x8 negatives for contact printing (my darkroom is too small for a large enlarger).
I can probably make 5x8 film inserts out of 0.7 or 0.5 brass sheet, after a few attempts.
My problem is how to attach such inserts to the existing film holder surface. It seems to me I could glue them with cyanoacrylate but that would bring the film surface forward by that amount. Would this destroy my focus accuracy?
Alternatively, I could cut a rectangular hole in the centre of the existing holder surface and try to glue the insert exactly into that. My doubt here is that I would make a decent job without ruining too many of the existing holders.
I would be grateful for any pointers or advice, due to this lack of scope for trial and error.
I know I might acquire other holders, maybe whole plate, to modify, but I cannot afford this at present.
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