Durst carriers

Hello all,
Having just picked up a durst 1200 for a song, I need some help with the neg carrier/masks.
I have only got one metal mask for 5x4,and it is very confusing trying to work out what is missing..am I right in thinking I am missing glass only, or am I missing another metal mask? From my trawling I think I am missing just a glass, whether AN or not, that I can put above or below the 5x4 neg..

I also seem to have a few extra masks that do not fit the 1200, including a 5x4
pair of metal masks without the corners cut (so will not fit the 1200 carrier)
I will try and post some pics of these up as they may well be of interest to someone, I think they are from another durst.

Thanks all,
best,
Dave White
www.duckrabbit.info
www.nospin.co.uk
07866361695

The 1200 uses a Femoneg negative carrier, a 2-part metal frame hinged at the back—the AM version for the American market which, I believe, has white or light grey knobs, and the regular version for everywhere else, which as black knobs. I mention this difference because the masks or inserts and glass are not the same size. Both versions use inserts or glass with clipped corners.

Durst makes masks or inserts that fit the femoneg, specific for a certain size negative. These inserts come in pairs, top and bottom. Or, you can remove both inserts and insert 2 pieces of glass (usually the top one in anit-newton) and have a glass carrier.

David White said:

Hello all,
Having just picked up a durst 1200 for a song

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I bet it wasn't the same song I paid for my Durst Laborator SM183 but I bet you will enjoy it all the same.

Now where is my 5x7 camera.... I need to get shooting.

Thanks
I am learning to speak durst, speriogla.

Does the Binema mask fit the Femoneg carrier?

And the Speriogla, does fit on a Bimaneg carrier?


Cheers



André