Once upon a time, I had a Graflex bag-mag with, unfortunately, a bad bag. How does a graphmatic work?
Once upon a time, I had a Graflex bag-mag with, unfortunately, a bad bag. How does a graphmatic work?
There's some discussion on the graflex.org discussion board about repairing bag mag bags. If it's in really bad shape, you can make a new one out of leather or nylon. One of mine just had a thin spot (enough to let light through outdoors in the sun), so I patched it with a thin piece of leather and Pliobond.
There's an instruction manual for the Grafmatic on graflex.org, showing how it operates with pictures.
As Scott says, Fuji made a few years ago a system like the Grafmatic, the Fuji Quickchange for 8 sheet films. Unfortunately, this system is no more in the Fuji catalog.
The Grafmatic is heavier than the Quickchange, but probably more solid. It is difficult to find spare septums.
Scott, From our recent conversations, you know I'm of like mind. In regards
to the Bag Mag, check out this
<a target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3860953604&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT">
listing</a>. It's the only time I've ever seen one on eBay.
hey scott... good to see you one tuan's site! thanks for the link... i really wish someone would put out a new back like these!
for anyone counting, you can put me down for 6!
---Scott
www.srosenberg.com
"hey scott... good to see you one tuan's site! thanks for the link..."
Been hanging around here for a looooong time - mostly lurk and try to soak up as much as I can. ;-)
Speaking of multi-sheet film holders: how many out there remember the film pack? As a Navy photographer in the sixties, my life was made a lot easier, by using film packs.
For those who have never seen one, it was about ½” thick and held 16 sheets. True, the film base was thin, and you had to cut the length down to 5” to process them. But think of the advantages: light weight; convenient - a backpacker’s dream. And the tooling for it has to be under a pile of dust somewhere. With the advances in film base technology that have taken place since then, you would think that someone would have thought of it.
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