----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glori...@sympatico.ca>
> > If you are not extremely "handy", the best is to buy the actual backs of > > cameras. In the past and at photo fairs I have purchased an 8x10 metal back > > w/o GG for $5 and very recently a 5x7 metal back with GG for $10 > > Hmmmmm..... This must have been some years ago. Or you have been particularly > lucky, Guillermo. It seems that on eBay, these things sell for something more > like US$100. The 8x10 I bought 6 years ago, I payed $10 Canadian and included a well used but light tight 8x10 film holder! I think that could qualify as my best bargain-purchase ever!! The 5x7 I bought in January/2001 is not that far though. I asked how much and the guy said: I don't know, my uncle is the owner and he just left for a moment, pls comeback. I came back twice more and the uncle still wasn't there, I cameback the last time before leaving the photo fair and still no uncle but this time there was a price tag fot the 5x7 back, the guy said "the price is $20 CDN", I was absolutely surpriced, I was willing to pay up to $80. I said to the guy I'll give you $15 CDN and to my delight he answered: "DEAL". BTW, the same day I bought an 11x14 back! unfortunatelly the guy I bought the 8x10 from 6 years ago, had purchased the two 11x14 holders the seller had, he told he payed $90CDN each!!. > I do have an 8x10 back that looks vey much like the one you show. It is > installed on a homemade pinhole box in wood. Looks really nice. I like the way > you use a washer as a focussing tool before putting on the real pinhole or > zoneplate. I will most likely do something similar to my camera. 8x10 film is > not cheap and it's really nice to be able to frame your image before shooting. In case it was not obvious, I glued a square flat magnet at the back of the camera, the metal washer is then magnetically held in place, centered on the hole or right at one corner of the square. With the pinhole, you just glue it to another smaller piece of flat magnetic material that you place on top of the hole and held magnetically in place -of course-. > What I find difficult is to fit a nut securely on the camera to connect to the > screw on a tripod. Have you found a good way to handle that? Go to your nearest home improvement center and buy "T" nuts, this is what they look like: http://members.home.com/penate/nut.GIF If you can't find them, I could buy some I send them to you. Guillermo
