From: Bill Collins (photo@intrex.net)
Date: 02/07/00-11:49:46 AM Z
The older model 500 polaroid holders go for around $15. They work fine, if you remember to stop pulling the paper darkslide at the right place (the 545 has a stop, the 500 does not.)
Bill
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From: larry@oreilly.com (Larry Watson)
Reply-to: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 17:32:34 +0000
>You could expose the film without the 545 back
>but you are going need it to process the picture.
>I suppose you could try taking it out and rolling
>it by hand with a brayer, but what a lot of trouble.
>You'll use up the whole pack before you get a good
>print. These backs can be often found used for not
>a great deal of money. Rent one from a local pro
>photo shop. Or borrow one.
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>>i'm getting ready to do some polaroid transfers (somewhat alt. related,
>>right?) the film is 4x5 polacolor i believe.. and is dangerously near
>>expiration so i need to use it fast, but the camera is in the shop for a few
>>months, i only have a 3x5 daylab base, and to use an enlarger to projection
>>print i heard i need a #545 polaroid film back?
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>>i've only got a few days left on this film and i don't want to waste it.. is
>>there anyway to print without the film back? i have an enlarger but i don't
>>know all the ins and outs of polaroid.. is there anything i could build
>>myself to hold the film? if worse came to worse could i just crop it down
>>to feed into the daylab?
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>>does anyone have any ideas, whether experimental or not?
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>>thanks,
>>emily
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