Re: 6x17 on 4x5

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to robert morton- i have long been able to use simon/wide
magazines (6x17)on big bertha (sports home graflex modification) 5x7 with
900mm lens, as well as plaubel 5x7 hand camera with f.5.6 90mm super angulon
and 53mm f.4. super anuglon (schneider) as well as 5x7 sheet film in holders.
i hesitate to mention this on the pan list lest i offend some listmember
and cause yet another unsubscribe. simon nathan

Denton Taylor wrote:

At 05:41 PM 12/29/99 +1100, you wrote:
>Robert Erickson wrote:
> > What this world really needs is a 6x17
> > format 120/220 film back that would attach to a 4x5
> > camera. Yes, this has been done with an extension on
> > the back. How is it coming Chet?
Well that would be a bit of a miracle as the 17cm side is 6.7"--longer than
the long side of a 4x5.

So let me re-phrase it...

What the world needs is a 6x17 back that fits on a 5" x 7" camera...

Keith Canham has been threatening to do this for years... I spoke to him at
the NYC PhotoPlus show and he didn't sound too enthusiastic... problems
with tooling, etc... but he is still working on it.

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