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8/1/2012 3 Comments

Making hasselblad tintypes with a polaroid back

Want to use your beloved hasselblad camera to make tintypes?  Well, all you need is a polaroid back, a few pieces of plastic, and some gorilla glue to make your own modification.  I made this original mod to my hasselblad back about 3 1/2 years ago.  While the gorilla glue may not be pretty in form, it is holds tight in function and has held up to years of hasselblad tintype creation.  Please add your questions and successes to the bottom of this post!

Tintypes below were made using a Hasselblad 500cm camera coupled with the modified polaroid back to the right. 
step one: purchase a polaroid back for your hasselblad
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step two: glue in two pieces of plastic stripping to 'hold' your plate
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step three: insert your coated plate face down into your polaroid back, add a wad of paper towel to the back of the plate and close.  The paper towel will hold your plate flush to the inside of the case, so when you open your dark slide, you are ready to shoot!
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10/4/2013 08:27:56 pm

Nice information that you share about Photography of gorilla glue which is very informative part for me. I really enjoyed reading your post. Thanks for sharing

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Gabriele link
7/15/2014 07:30:51 am

Hi! Great results! I'm trying to figure out how to obtain results like that, since with my Hassy and Pola Back I can obtain a picture which is not of the size of the paper but smaller.
So you have to put the plate on the plastic strips?

Thanks!

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tj
2/6/2015 05:53:15 am

which polaroid back is that?

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