The Burke and James is all back together. All the loose screws have been tightened and it's ready for shooting. The bad news is that I still haven't found my 4x5 sheet film holders. The good news is that my 120 roll film back arrived. Now I have a really big medium format view camera. At least the roll film is a cheap way to test out the camera and check for light leaks, etc. I hung around eBay until I found one (a 2.25x3.25) that was going for a low price. I got it for half of what they normally go for. I always worry that there must be something wrong with it to go so low but it arrived and is in excellent shape. Looks almost new.

It mounts on the Graflock back and has a dark slide so that you can take it off the camera while there is film in it.

The back pops open...

...and the insert comes out. The film is loaded on the insert and loaded back into the 120 back.

This is the back with the hood open. The glass is the size of the 4x5 film and the pencil marks on the ground glass are for composing for the 120 roll film.

The Graflok back is a wonderfull invention. You press on the two spring loaded arms...

...and just slide the part with the hood and gound glass out.

Then place the roll film back in and slide down the little holders and, voila!, you have a really big medium format camera.

I ran a roll of XP2 though it last night taking camera portraits of my Mamiya Universal and my Leica IIIc. It was really nice to have full movements and to be able to make fine adjustments by just moving or rotating the standards. If the pictures come out I will be posting them. Now to find those 4x5 film holders!