Polaroid template

[Troy]

Does anyone have a template I can put over my 4x5 ground glass to indicate the frame for a 545 holder? :confused: My guessing isn't working.

Thanks.

 

[BBarlow690]

Make your own out of a scrap Polaroid print. Use scissors to cut out the image, leaving the white border. Tape the white border over the back of the groundglass using 2" of that good, blue masking tape that never leaves a residue at either end of the white cutout. Easier to do than describe.

You might want to pull off the back of the camera, insert your Polaroid holder, and see whether the image area is centered or favors one end or the other. My Wista cheats a little towards where the holder is inserted, so my paper cutout isn't centered over the groundglass.

When the paper from the scrap print tears, wears, or falls off, make another.

 

[Troy]

I think I could manage that. Thanks for the instructions. Thanks for the generous dissemination of info on Saturday, too.

 

[rbarker]

Using a cut-out of a print, along with some guesstimating, will come close. If you need greater precision, shooting a Polaroid of a piece of mat board that has a series of little corners marked on it, and then comparing the print to what you see on the ground glass (without moving the camera position) would be even better. Just cut a piece of acetate to fit the ground glass, then mark the corners of what shows on the print onto the acetate with a permanent marker (e.g. a Sharpie).