4X5 camera ground glass size

[Seele]

An interesting thought occurred to me: has a standard size been kind of agreed on regarding the actual size of ground glass screen for 4"X5" cameras? If different brands of cameras have different size requirements, I would be quite interested in putting together a list of dimensions for reference purpose, and of course my camera-building endeavours.

 

[Dave Parker]

No Ground Glass sizes have not been standard over the years, I have over 20 different dimensions on file for the various cameras, I run into lots of different sizes in all types of cameras that we make screens for, but again, there is far from any standard in the different cameras.

I forgot to add, even within the same camera lines we have seen variances, for instance, the linhof line has screens that are 122mm wide, 127 mm wide and I have done two screens for linhof that were 128.5mm wide, so it seems as even the manufactures, don't always stick to the same dimensions at times.

Dave Parker
Satin Snow Ground Glass