Is Quarter-Plate large format enough??

[IanG]

The German 9x12 format is definitely large format, the modern film holders are identical in outwards appearance to 5x4 dark-slides, the only difference is internal.

Older pre-WWII 9x12 cameras where often sold in the UK and US/Canada with Quarter plate holders, same film width just not as long/tall.

So Quarter plate is boreline Large Format, however film's only available on the Ilford ULF order so expensive, where as 9x12 is still a standard size sold on the Continent.

I've made an adaptor to allow me to use a Graflex RF back with my Quarter plate Houghton, this just slides in like a plate holder.

Ian

[Ole Tjugen]

The English neuter (non-gendered) possessive is "its", as in his, hers, its.

No Leigh, neuter is a gender. English lacks a non-gendered possessive pronoun, which is why you misunderstood.

In Norwegian or German, one could say "Leigh jumped in his car and drove off" in two different ways, where the choice of word for the second "his" would clearly indicate whether it was his own car or someone else's. Also, it could still be unclear whether Leigh was male or female, as long as it was Leigh's car...

[sanchi heuser]

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Oh and by the way - does anyone know of a source of 6x4.5cm photographic plates??

Hi Ole,

They have holographic plates, don't know if that's helpful:
http://www.slavich.com/technical.htm

Alternative: http://slavich.ru
language choice in the blue bar

Or ask at http://www.lumiere-shop.de/
they sold photographic plates some time ago.
Maybe they know were to get these today.

Andi

[jb7]

Isn't FP100 Quarter Plate size?

I wouldn't call it medium format, unless the camera cropped one or more dimensions to around 57mm.

While we're on the subject, might anyone know where I can find some Half Plate size film? And yes, I've searched extensively-

[Flynnie]

This place has Adox in lots of different sizes, quarter plate but no half plate, however they've increased their range a lot recently so they might add that size.
http://www.ag-photographic.co.uk/ado...0-art-19-c.asp

[edp]

This year's Ilford special includes half plate FP4+ and HP5+.

See also lumiere-shop.de for Wephota NP15 and NP22 cut to 4 3/4 x 6 1/2.

[jb7]

Thanks Flynnie- I had noticed the Ilford thing-

I hadn't noticed the Wephota thing, however- never came across the film before-
is it a re-branded something else?

It looks like it could be promising-

[Ash]

First time around I had a halfplate camera and stupidly got rid of it with the 5x7 holders. If you have a modern spring back and it takes the similarly sized 5x7 holders just use 5x7 with the crop.

[jb7]

Yes- well, I have the back, and the holders, but no more than that, for the moment...

[edp]

I hadn't noticed the Wephota thing, however- never came across the film before-
is it a re-branded something else?

It looks like it could be promising-

It comes in ORWO packaging; maybe it's coated by Filmotec. I don't know.

http://www.wephota.de/fotogra.htm
http://www.filmotec.de/