Polaroid 405 film holder

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:59 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I tried using one of these holders with my Linhof Colour Kardan 45s recently but it seems to keep getting stuck behind the GG, whereas I have had no such difficulties with the Fuji 5x4 instant film back, Fidelity dark slides or my Fuji QL film holder. Is there something wrong with my holder or is the problem with my Linhof back?

Or perhaps I'm doing something wrong....?

Will the 405 holder work with my Ebony when it eventually arrives, or should I just sell the 405 back (with the boxes of colour & monochrome film I bought to use with it)?

Post by **Paul Mitchell** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I have a 405 back and it works fine on my Chamonix

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Paul Mitchell wrote:I have a 405 back and it works fine on my Chamonix

Maybe the 405 is Francophile!

Post by **Paul Mitchell** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:32 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Thingy wrote:Maybe the 405 is Francophile!

Correction... Chinophile

I have found that because the 405 back is much thicker than the 545 back you have to be careful inserting and removing but with a bit of fiddling does work OK. I have in fact stopped using it on my 5x4 and it now resides permanently on my pinhole camera.

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:58 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Paul Mitchell wrote:
Thingy wrote:Maybe the 405 is Francophile!
Correction... Chinophile

I have found that because the 405 back is much thicker than the 545 back you have to be careful inserting and removing but with a bit of fiddling does work OK. I have in fact stopped using it on my 5x4 and it now resides permanently on my pinhole camera.

Chinophile? http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/

Sinophile surely

I could have sworn Chamonix was a place in Franco-Canada.

Looks like I may stop using mine then for the time being.

joolsb · Post by **joolsb** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:30 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I could have sworn Chamonix was a place in Franco-Canada

And there was me thinking it was a ski-resort in the shadow of Mont Blanc....

Just how many Chamonixes are there?

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:14 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

joolsb wrote:
I could have sworn Chamonix was a place in Franco-Canada
And there was me thinking it was a ski-resort in the shadow of Mont Blanc....

Just how many Chamonixes are there?

Aren't Mont Blanc pens made in French Canada then?

Actually geography was not my best subject at school....

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:20 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Paul Mitchell wrote:
Thingy wrote:Maybe the 405 is Francophile!
Correction... Chinophile

I have found that because the 405 back is much thicker than the 545 back you have to be careful inserting and removing but with a bit of fiddling does work OK. I have in fact stopped using it on my 5x4 and it now resides permanently on my pinhole camera.

I think I will keep it and use it with one of those nice pin hole cameras instead. It would be lovely for producing soft architectural shots of London.

Post by **Paul Mitchell** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:35 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Found a bit more info http://www.traditionalphotographer.net/ ... ?Article=5

I heard that Yu Xiang's favourite location was around Chamonix hence the name

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:54 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Just an update...

Whilst the holder gets rather stuck in my Linhof Kardan Color 45s, it is OK in my Ebony SU45. Perhaps the Polaroid 405 holder was not around when the Colour Kardan was made?