jonathan_james Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 I have just been in touch with a helpful auction seller who is selling a kodak medalist. He says that 120 film can be used with this by using a kodak accessory back and mounting a suydam or rada roll film back to it. I have never heard of this before. Has anyone else tried this and how effective is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winfried_buechsenschuetz1 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 What the seller suggests is converting the Medialist into a plate camera using an accessory back, and then converting it back into a rollfilm camera using an additional rollfilm back. It will work (if you locate all these components), but the Rada rollfilm back will add approx. 1 inch in length to the camera body. I have some 620 format folders and was very happy to find some old rolls of film on 620 spools. Respooling 120 film to 620 spools can be done in a few minutes in a dark room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furcafe Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Winfried is correct. The Medalist is already a pretty large camera w/out a big ass roll film back. It would be easier to just re-spool 120 film or, if you're really lazy like me, get your Medalist converted to 120 by a qualified technician (e.g., Ken Ruth of Photography on Bald Mountain). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemastre Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 The Medalist I see on eBay appears to be capable of using roll film as it stands. At least the photos show no cut-film back in place. Of course, it may not be the camera you're considering. At any rate, I'd pull off any auxiliary back and use the camera as it was built. Respooling 120 onto 620 spools is no trick, especially if you have a 120 camera in which to make the first transfer of the 120 film onto a second 120 spool to get the untaped end on the outside for spooling onto the 620 spool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_kaminsky1 Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 You can also get a camera that takes either 120 or 620 and use that for the film transfer onto 620 spools.......The camera I use is a Foldex.......If you want I will sell you one of mine plus some 620 spools for 25 dollars..........Using the back complicates a simple situation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothesteve Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 For $120 you can have the Medalist converted for 120 film -- go to http://www.manfredschmidt.com/kodak.html and scroll down. Mind you, I haven't had this done myself (hell, I don't even own a Medalist), so you may want to solicit some feedback of past customers. I have ordered parts from him & he seemed very knowledgeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjartebjÃrku Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 What the seller suggests is converting the Medialist into a plate camera using an accessory back, and then converting it back into a rollfilm camera using an additional rollfilm back. It will work (if you locate all these components), but the Rada rollfilm back will add approx. 1 inch in length to the camera body. I have some 620 format folders and was very happy to find some old rolls of film on 620 spools. Respooling 120 film to 620 spools can be done in a few minutes in a dark room. A roll film back would be nice to work with when doing close up work using the ground glass for critical focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodeo_joe1 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Almost exactly 17 years too late to be of interest to the OP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chauncey_walden Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Ah, but we are still reading it and we still have our Medalists! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royall_berndt Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 I hope you Medalist people will post some shots. I have heard such good things about those Ektars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chauncey_walden Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Here's a rough scan of one. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 royall_berndt said:I hope you Medalist people will post some shots. I have heard such good things about those Ektars. There are a few samples here: Concerning the Medalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_z._li2 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Alviso Marina by Zheng, on Flickr This was shot on Kodak Ektarchrome E100G 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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