It's been a little while since I revisited this posting, and want to thank everyone for their input... especially Oren, who took the time and effort to provide me lots of valuable information.
Net, net... we will be manufacturing WP Film Holders.
Don't look for them until late-summer at which time there will be additional, as yet unannounced, sizes forthcoming as well.
Hooray Paul!
Thank you for supporting the elite minority of us who advocate whole plate film!
This is fabulous news. Thank you Oren too for contributing to Fotoman's decision to push ahead with this. Go plate film users go!
Paul- any chance you have a price per unit worked out on the WP holders yet?Originally Posted by Paul Droluk
Kudos to Sal Santamaura too, for behind-the-scenes help in my research on holder specifications, for his work with Ebony and just generally for doing so much to get the word out.
Don't tell my wife about this.
Scott... the exact price won't be known until we finish our analysis of tooling, material and packaging costs. We would like to price these in the 65-70 dollar range, but can't committ to it right now.
Paul- that's fair. Wasn't expecting more than a ballpark price.
I may be interested in 5x7 holders; forgive my lack of knowledge, but can you explain exactly what the term 'full plate' film holders means? Would this differ from my Fidelity holders? I get the impression the would be more precise, like Toyo holders are known to be--I have Toyo 8x10 holders currently too, and beleive they are the best quality holders currently made.
At the low end, yours would be exactly one seventh the price of Lotus holders, and that's compared to the volume discount for a dozen of their wooden version. Even at or slightly above your high estimate, the differential is still staggering. I wish you much success with this and hope it inspires others to move into the format.
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