Film Packs

[OptiKen]

A lot of the older cameras used Film Packs so many of them on the used market come with the Film pack holder attached and no sheet film holders.
I've exhausted using them as door stops and garden mulch and think I've build my last walkway of film pack bricks so I was wondering if any one on APUG has come up with a use for them. It would be great to use them for film again but I haven't found a way to make that possible.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Ken, when I built my tandem Graphic a film pack adapter was the basis of the coupler that sat between the two cameras. I doubt this is what you were asking about.

 

[bdial]

I think some people use them for wet plate work

 

[xya]

you could unscrew or cut off the adapter plate and then attach an instant film pack holder. an example: a complete polaroid 405 holder (pack 100 film holder adapted to a standard 4x5 camera) will often be much more than 100$. if you buy the holder without an adapter (cb103), it's 30$. fixing an adapter plate to this is not so complicated and saves $$$. I even own an instax wide holder on the basis of a cut-off adapter plate.

 

[Fixcinater]

My Speed has a slotted RB style back so I used an appropriate film pack adapter to get a Fuji holder on there as described above.