Film Holder Review: Sinar Zoom
Introduction I have not used my Intrepid 4x5 camera in quite a while. In my first use I tried our my MPP 6x9 film holder. Film holders of this type allow one to use 120/220 roll film with a large format camera. They are often referred to as ‘international’ or Graflok backs. They come in a number of fixed sizes such as 6x7, 6x8, 6x9, up to 6x12. 6x12 is the upper limit as 12 cm is the same as 5 inches the length of 4x5 film. (There are some more specialised 6x17 as well for the 3:1 aspect ratio. These work with their own ground glass and extend slightly beyond the normal film plane to achieve the greater than 12 cm film length.) MPP 6x9 Film Back These roll film holders usually require the ground glass to be removed owing to the thickness of the film back. This makes for some extra steps that goes like this. 1) Focus and compose on the ground glass (taking into account the smaller film format). 2) remove the ground glass, 3) place film back in place, 4) remove dark slid...