> I haven't been able to find a reasonablly priced 4 x 5 filmholder on eBay - > I quit at a certain price or someone else just wants them worse than I do. > > Can someone please explain the similarity or difference between 'film > holder' like Lisco, Graflex, etc. and so called 'film packs'? Physical and > operational differences would be nice, and do film packs come in B/W? > > I built my own foam core 4 x 5 ish camera (3 little pigs style, just used > whatever stuff I could find) prior to seeing the Stanford U web page but > haven't figured out how the Stanford U project one works with film holders, > or if a generic method would work without an 'official' holder.
I think you inserted the entire digest in your message. It was about 600 lines long. A plain 4x5 film holder holds two sheets of film, one on each side. A film pack is a small package preloaded with 16 ? sheets of film. You pull a paper tab to get the next sheet. Film packs need a special holder to hold them in the camera. A Grafmatic is a special gadget that has thin metal holders for 6 sheets, but unlike a film pack, you load it yourself http://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/grafmatic/ There are pictures of film holders at: http://www.graflex.org/speed-graphic/accessories.html