instantphoto.eu Polaroid MP4 Instant Camera System
This a
special gear, the Polaroid MP4 Instant Camera System. It is a large
format copy stand that includes a sliding pack film holder with reflex
viewer and different Tominon lenses set in a Polaroid MP4 shutter. The
camera system is mounted to a rotating head and a sliding column.
It
allows to make copies of photos or drawings or even small 3D objects on
Pack 100 and 4x5 Polaroid film. It accapts other than Polaroid 4x5 film
holders. Its main purpose was to make high quality copies of pictures
and slides. Many shops for film and gear had a MP4 System to
provide copies of any pictures their clients brought in. It was also widely used in museums and universities.
If you remove the sliding head, you can also fix a tripod base to use the stand for other camera systems.
Some pictures:
The MP4 stand, quite big.
Seen from the side.
The head can be tilted, so can the lamps.
The bellows can be adapted...
...to quite some extension.
The column is quite long.
Sliding head installed. Viewer side.
Ground glass with 4x5 and pack 100 marks plus a cm and inch scale.
Slid to picture taking position..
A pack 100 holder.
Reflex viewer.
It's quite handy.
Seen from the side.
Shutter deposed. I has a bayonnet mount. Adapter rings.
A full set of lenses, 135mm, 105mm, 75mm, 50mm and 35mm.
More film holders.
A filter holder and adapters for the use of non-Polaroid or Polaroid 4x5 film holders.
Extension...
...from the other side.
Adapters to fix other gear to the column, one is a tripod mount.
One seems to be an extension. The useof the third one I don't know.
In any case, this is a highly sophisticated stand for multiple use.
