Polaroid Film Holders and Readyloads

[william_thomson]

Somewhere (perhaps in this forum) I read of incompatibilities between one of the polaroid 4x5 film holders and certain camera bodies. Can anyone assist?

 

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Also, can the Kodak and Fuji readyloads be used with a polaroid holder, or do you need to purchase the appropriate brand of holder? Is there any quality difference in going with either Kodak or Fuji?

[ellis_vener_photography]

Bill you might want to go to the homepage for this forum for this

entry:

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~qtluong/photography/lf/holders.html

#readyloads<P>Also do a search on the forum. This question

comes up often.<P>My short answer is: Yes you can use the

Kodak readyload and Fuji Quickload packets with the Polaroid

545 & 545i holders but you get better performance (edge

sharpness by using them in the dedicated holders.

[dave_schneider]

Bill, As far as I know the issue is only related to film pack models

from Polaroid, not the single sheet models like the 545.

 

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As an aside, I was kind of surprised upon receipt of my Sinar F2 that

my Toyo roll film holder will not work in vertical orientation. The

Toyo holder extends far enough past the rear frame to hit the tilt

base. Not really a problem and my old Graphic roll holder works fine.

[fred_de_van]

Kodak publishes instructions for using readyloads in Polaroid 545 and

545i holders on the Kodak Professional site.

[miles_feigenbaum___dallas_]

Howdy guys,

I was in the local pro shop yesterday in Dallas and wanted to

purchase the kodak holder and the fuji holder for the quick loads.

They told me that Kodaks holder is set up for the double sheets of

quickload or ready load (whichever..) and that one was being

discontinued because the new kodak E100... film was not going to be

sold in the double loads anymore. The new packaging is a box of 20

single loads and it would have to be used in the 'new' kodak single

load holder. (He printed out something from kodaks site for me and

said they were on order. The film turns out more expensive of course.

It cost me $65 usd for a box of 20 E100S, and I didn't even get a

kiss with it! I don't know how long the shelf life is for the older

double loads but they're alot less money. oh well, some genius at

kodak, i guess.

miles

dallas, texas