Originally Posted by
Drew Bedo
Afghan Camera: Sure, small ID size portraits. That is what they do. The format is small to allow them to do wet chemistry development inside the cvamera.
What I was kicking around was something along the lines of the old falling plate casmerasd where the exposed plate (or sheet of film) would be stored laying down flat in a box in front of the focal plane. Changing plates/film is done with the arm-sleeves, so no film holder is needed . . .and the formqat could be pretty large.
Eliminating the ULF film holder cuts way down on initial cost here. Also allows for multiple formats as materials become available, such as odd sized X-Ray film or different sized dry plates.
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