Silly question: Can Kodak Premo, originally for film be fitted for glass plates?

jay moussy

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• Dec 12, 2021

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Kodak Premo models come up from time to time, and, of course, I look!

So, specifically, could a Premo No.1 designed for pack film be fitted for glass plates?
size, replication of film plane location, leak-free fit, all seem problematic (to me).

 

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Ron (Netherlands)

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• Dec 13, 2021

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Better look for the Kodak Pony Premo no.1 that was also made for regular plate holders - the film-pack holders are not easy to use with regular sheet-film nor with glass plates.
Further, the Premo no 1 does not have a frosted glass on the back, so you can not focus accurately.

 

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• Dec 13, 2021

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Jay, cameras shooting film vs plate… it’s really all in the holder to make sure the imaging media sits parfocal with the focusing glass.
The surface of a loaded plate in a plate holder should be at the same depth from the surface of the holder as a loaded sheet of film, +/- 0.005” or so.