wooden 8x10 film holders

[jeffzeitlin]

Is there any weight advantage by using wooden film holders rather than the traditional fidelity holders?

Any input on what are the best wooden film holders?

 

[SMBooth]

My wooden film holder is 50grams lighter than my plastic ones, so weight not a big deal. Ive had no issues with the wooden Kodak made by Graflex.

 

[DanielStone]

wooden ones(for me) have less(if NO) problems with static build-up, unlike their plastic counterparts.

and they just look cool too, even when they've been refurb'd.

and cheaper generally too than the fidelity/lisco/toyo's. I have Kodak ones by Graflex(they have screws in the metal plate at the top on both sides, not just a rivet(the big heavy agfa-type ones are nice though). just 2x the weight

-Dan

 

[pgomena]

I had a set of 6 ancient wooden holders that were substantially lighter and slightly smaller in overall dimension than the modern ones. I found them a bit more convenient to carry in the field. They were lighter than the "middle period" Kodak filmholders I still have that have the metal tops. The older, all-wood holders can be susceptible to warping, so check them thoroughly before you buy.

Peter Gomena

 

[Robert Hall]

They do not fog IR film.

 

[Sirius Glass]

They do not fog IR film.

I wonder if the wooden 8x10 film holders would show the wood effect on IR film?

Steve

 

[Robert Hall]

Bwahahahaha No.

 

[jp498]

I've got a wooden holder and I don't like it as much because it swells with the humidity and it becomes harder to slide the darkslide.

 

[Robert Hall]

I had that problem until I started waxing the camera and the film holders

 

[Vaughn]

I bought 4 NIB late model wood Fidelities awhile back. They are very nice and are my Go-to holders if the image is super important. The only hassle with a couple of them is that loading film into them is a pain -- the sharp corners of the film dig into the wood unless one slides the film in perfectly straight.

Vaughn

 

[jeffzeitlin]

Thanks for all the information. It is very helpful.
Does anyone use the Chamonix 8x10 film holders? I would like an opinion of them.

 

[John Kasaian]

My 8x10 holders are either black wooden Graflex "made for Eastman Kodak" or plastic Lisco Regals. Both work good. The wooden ones are a bit lighter.

 

[mhanc]

I have 2 chamonix 8x10 wood holders -- actually they are wood and carbon fiber which is used for the darkslide as it does not warp. High quality, well made and easy to load. On two occasions have had a slight light leak -- nothing repeatable and probably pilot error with too much twisting of the darkslide when removing and/or replacing.

 

[premo]

I like the graflex-kodak wooden ones myself.