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JayT



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can anyone give me some information about the 'Graphic Polaroid Back'. I don't see any model numbers. I appears to take polaroid roll film. There is also a red switch on the back that I cannot tell what it's used for. I know that is not a lot to go on, but there isn't much on this to tell me what it is. This is for a 4x5 graphic and it came with a viewing screen (separate), but the screen GG is 3x4.
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RichS



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In case you don't already, the most important thing you need to know is that film for that holder hasn't been available for many years. It makes a nice collector's piece and that's about it...

Good luck in your search for any other info...

You could try someone like craig camera for an original instruction bok?
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JayT



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That would explain how I got it for .99 cents.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Then it's a _Great_ collector's piece!


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t.r.sanford



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BTW, the red toggle on the back lifted a catch to permit you to pull the exposed print through the rollers; the trick was to release it while pulling, so it would catch the roll before the next (blank) frame came out too. You'll find them on all the rollfilm Polaroid cameras.

The film did, indeed, make 3¼x4¼-in. prints, which is why the GG is that size. Did you also get the (rare) spacer that holds the GG behind the camera back, to accommodate the thickness of the Polaroid rollholder?

It was a neat system but, unless the Russians decide to restart production of "Moment" film with better coating consistency, it is one with Yesterday's Seven Thousand Years...
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JayT



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PostPosted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the information everyone. I will put it on my shelf of nice collectables but unuseable. (Yes it came with the spacer)
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glennfromwy



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A little known but absolutely useless fact is that you can lay one sheet of 4X5 film in one of those things. The pressure plate will hold it in place and when you put it on the camera and take a picture, you get a 3X4 image in the center of the sheet. Loading and unloading in the dark, of course. I used sheet film in an old Polaroid 95 camera, which has the same back. That was my first "large format" camera. (I have too much time on my hands)

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JayT



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glen, I hadn't thought about that. I believe I will do just that and make a few 3x4's for fun. Thanks.
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