8x10 Adapter for 10x12 Glass Plate Holder

            This is my home made 8x10 adapter for use with my 10x12 Rochester Optical "Ideal" field camera (circa 1895). I used regular window glass cut to 10x12 so it fits in the original plate holders. I then put one inch of black (cloth) gaffer tape around all four sides. Then I glued black poster board strips to the gaffer tape to form rails that I can slide the paper negs into. I then insert the entire thing into the wooden glass plate holder. One other note - paper is floppier than film negs are, so when I load a paper neg into the adapter, I tape the open end of it down with some black artists tape.

For those with other size cameras, this same technique would work. For example, if you have a 5x7 camera with glass plate holders, you could make 4x5 adapters using 5x7 glass.

Taken on: November 25, 2021

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