Speed Graphic, more commonly know as Graflex is a medium format camera size 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 mm that I bough on Ebay a couple of months ago. I had to do some research for a Polaroid back that could fit this camera, so I used a Polaroid 405 back from an old passport camera that I took apart. On my Graflex, I removed the whole back, with the glass by unscrewing it, leaving the metal exposed.
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| Original back |
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| Old back side view |
One important thing that I did was to save the glass because later I needed it to adjust the focus in the Kalart rangefinder which was a little off. Sometimes I also focus with the glass before shooting and then I insert the film pack.
Before attaching the back, I cleaned the metal and painted to add my touch with some glittery nail polish.
I
glued velvet cloth to fit all around the polaroid back to make sure there was a
tight light seal. Once it was all dry
and nice, I screwed the Polaroid back into the metal frame of the camera
and Voila!
I did damaged the curtain system because the screws were a bit too long, but I did not intend to use that system anyway since I like to control the speed of the camera directly in the front lenses.
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| Polaroid back mounted to camera frame |
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| New back with glass mounted on a Fuji Fp 3000 frame to adjust focus |
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| Final product |
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| One of my first shots with my Graflex |
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