the 645 back for the RB67 has been adapted by some people so it fits the Graflok system.
Mamiya sold a 6x4.5 back for the RB67 which works as well on a standard 2x3 Graflok mount as on the RB67 -- I have one and have used it on my Century.
Am there, do that. Please see my lenses diary:The thing that commends the Baby Speed or Century Graphics to me is the breadth of lenses available. Both the Mamiya and Graflex XL had very limited range of choices. In fairness, the Mamiya, at least, had much better options for long lenses give the limited bellows draw of the Baby Speed and Centuries.
No adaptation necessary. All of my RB67 roll film holders mount directly to my Century with no issues. And all of my Graflex 22/23/RH10/RH20 roll film holders mount to my RB67 (with the caveat that dark slide and double exposure interlocks aren't enabled with these holders). I have a left hand grip on my Century that makes it no harder to rotate for format control than, say, my Moskva 5.
Am there, do that. Please see my lenses diary:
Century/2x3 Crown are great for short lenses, not so good for longer than 250 mm. 2x3 Pacemaker Speed is better for longer lenses and macro work. One really needs both. When the 2x3 Speed doesn't have enough extension, one can always cobble up a tandem Graphic.
My tandem 2x3 Graphic: https://www.galerie-photo.com/telechargement/dan-fromm-6x9-lenses-v2-2011-03-29.pdf
I never wrote an article about it. The picture shows it with a 480/9 ApoNikkor. I've used the rig to shoot birds in the Everglades.
What I've done with my little Graphics can be done with a 2x3 Technika and with 2x3 Horseman cameras. As you mentioned, Mamiya Press in all its manifestations, Graflex XL and Technika 70 embody a different concept and are much more limited.
I've mostly stopped using rollfilm backs though and primarily shoot sheet film.
A 2x3 Grafmatic is significantly less than an RH10, fits both the Century and the RB67, holds six sheets in less than half the thickness of a roll film holder and is faster to use than a knob-wind, at least. Downside is, reloading in the field calls for a changing bag, at a minimum, and there are only four emulsions currently sold in 2x3 sheet size: Foma 100 and 400 (also rebranded as Arista .EDU Ultra), FP4+ and HP5+. Cost per sheet is barely less than 4x5 (production volume makes a big difference).
When I get my darkroom backlog caught up a bit, I need to get out with my Century and Grafmatics.
Film packs in general, aye. Even the equipment to process the slightly larger sheets is hard to find now, even if you find some film that isn't age fogged beyond use.
I still can't believe those couldn't be stuffed by a machine, but I can easily believe there isn't enough market to resurrect them...
I don't know which of the lenses fitted to various models of the Pathfinder you have. Please tell us. I'm suspicious of Tessar type Raptars (that's what was on 110 and 110A Pathfinders) because many years ago in a discussion of the merits of them and Tessar type Ektars the most authoritative person in the discussion (not me) remarked that Raptars were two stops behind equivalent Ektars. I know nothing about R'stock's Ysarex lenses, also Tessar clones.
The lens is the Wollensak 127mm f4.5 with the rapax shutter.
Your eye doesn't have to necessarily close to the Kalart to focus.
So for now, it's the tripod and ground glass focusing, until I can pick one up.
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