Polaroid back
A film holder, named after the company who made the first instant film. It fits on the back of a medium-format camera or slides into a large format film holder that takes instant-picture material.
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5cm and 35mm from the same camera using three different backs. Polaroid backs are also available for many cameras.
Polaroid back
A camera back that uses instant film for proofing a scene (checking lighting, composition & basic exposure) before shooting with traditional film.
(see Film back)
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Kodak film in the Polaroid back - works but bear in mind that this has no pressure plate so one of the great advantages of this type of film is being lost.
With Polaroid backs you can ...
Landscape with medium format:You don't need any special equipment for landscape photography. A wide-angle and a standard lens should cover most situations although a moderate telephoto can come in handy.
Contax Preview - a non-metered body with a mechanical shutter, a Polaroid Back and a Right-Angle Finder to correct the reversed image.
Contax RTS II
Contax RTS III
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In the studio you'd attach the Polaroid back to check the lighting with a few test exposures ($3 each, kids!). Then you'd attach a back loaded with slide film for a few photos.
With a tripod, an antique view camera, a Polaroid back and Type 56 film you can work as "Matthew Brady" at Civil War re-enactment events, producing instant sepia prints.
I was on a ladder…and it was shot on the lot at 20th Century Fox on their set—art directed by Chuck Panama and Cynthia Lieberman. This was pre-digital days…but we had Polaroid backs on them thar Hasses…and man, ...
In fact, unless you're replicating a predetermined lighting formula that works for you or you're configuring a fairly simple one or two flash setup with a light meter, I'd say that it's pretty well a requirement that you have a Polaroid back for ...
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