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Hi everyone. Anyone know precisely what are the measurements of the frosted glass of the Ica Ideal 225? I need a new glass but I couldn't find it on sale, so I was thinking of having someone do it by hand , but I need the measurements down to the millimetre. Thanks!

Ok guys, I incredibly found five 726/6 plate holders very quickly. Now obviously it's difficult to find film sheats for 9x12 film, I was wondering: are there other solutions? in addition to taping the film to the glass. I read on another forum that someone uses a piece of cardboard the same...

I found this one..you think It's ok? Thanks everyone

So should I find the chassis of the Ica Nelson or the Ica Ideal 9x12? Wouldn't those from another ICA 9x12 be fine? Because I would have found those of an Ica Dresden Sirene 135 9x12 format, would they work?

Thanks for the quick responses! Anyway, it couldn't get any worse. The camera arrives without a chassis and I have already understood that finding even one will be a very difficult challenge, but even if I succeeded it would still become a camera for just one shoot. Is there really no modern...

Hi everyone! I recently bought an Ica Nelson 225 online with Tessar 15 mm 3.5 (it hasn't arrived yet). It's my first large format. I wanted to know: was this camera created to work with 9x12 plates or 9x12 film? There Is no difference and It just necessary to buy the 9x12 film chassis? If so...