In my experience... it depends. Some are okay and others have been defective, probably been wet or had shrinkage due to humidity. I gave up on wood but have great success even with older plastic holders.
Condition is everything. Even unused Fidelity 5x7 holders have turned up recently, but quickly sold for a rather high price. A whole pile in this neighborhood turned up barely used. I just can't afford the time to mess around with yet another format, between 4x5 and 8x10, as much as I like the 5x7 proportion. For critical work, I'd be wary of dimensional variances on old wood holders; it's a material capable of warping and swelling with humidity changes. I'd want to either inspect and measure something like that in person, with a precision caliper on hand, or else be guaranteed the right of return if something were amiss. I'd also want to test any old holder for their light proofness. New wood holders with carbon fiber darkslides are obviously quite expensive, but an option.
Sinar marked their holders with the Norma logo. They come in 13x18cm or 5x7 versions. Either holder size will fit the 5x7 Norma
13x18cm holder https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sinar-Lisc...622828?hash=item262885ecec:g:6q8AAOSwSKJdlJHu
Sinar marked their holders with the Norma logo. They come in 13x18cm or 5x7 versions. Either holder size will fit the 5x7 Norma
13x18cm holder https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sinar-Lisc...622828?hash=item262885ecec:g:6q8AAOSwSKJdlJHu[/QUOTE
What about
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lisco-Rega...90&algv=DiscV2&_trksid=p2332490.c100172.m2966
Vice versa, 13x18cm film is a bit larger than 5"x7".13x18cm film is available through the European dealers and is a bit smaller in both dimensions compared to 5x7.
Thank you very muchVice versa, 13x18cm film is a bit larger than 5"x7".
I use fat Linhof 13x18 holders more often than "regular" 13x18cm holders from Fidelity/Lisco (even the modern ones) as those feel more reliable to me.
Thank you , just bought them
I've been cleaning an organizing my studio space.
My 5x7 Norma with Shutter and 360mm Norma Symmar Auto Iris model, is in the foreground.
Studio Renovation 1 by Nokton48, on Flickr
Clean 5x7 Lisco Regals are around and that is what I primarily use with 5x7 Norma
These look OK and price is good
https://www.ebay.com/itm/EXC-2-Lisc...569016?hash=item1ce9618e38:g:7xoAAOSwH3Nd-LYK
sorry, cannot resist - here is mine Linhof Bi with 5x7 and 8x10 backs.
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Personally I'd rather search for decent holders - either 5"x7" or 13x18cm but most certainly search for modern plastic ones - and then buy film, but I shoot Ilford, which is readily available in both sizes. 5"x7" film should fit into 13x18 holder, but not perfectly (will dangle).
BTW, Linhof 13x18 holders have a pressing mechanism so should be ok to use 5"x7" film. But those may be too large for a field camera - e.g. they are too fat and do not go into my Rittreck View standard 5x7 back. But one could ensure if film is in via special checker and expose a number into the negative - there is a small window at the bottom where you can put a number. So they have nice little features!
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