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What is whole plate camera?
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Alan Klein
What is whole plate camera?
Its 6.5 x8.5 the term whole plate originated in the mid-nineteenth century and was the size of a full sized daguerreotype plate. Its halfway between 5x7 and 8x10.
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nc-teesquare
It’s 6.5” x8.5” the term whole plate originated in the mid-nineteenth century and was the size of a full sized daguerreotype plate. It’s halfway between 5x7 and 8x10.
Why use that odd size?
Re: Chamonix Whole Plate Camera!
Re: Chamonix Whole Plate Camera!
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Alan Klein
Why use that odd size?
1. Higher quality image than 5x7
2. Lighter field camera than 8x10
3. Great proportions
4. Great size for contact printing
5. Because I can
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It's a marvelous size. I often print to WP from other formats just because I like the feel of the prints in this size. I do have one WP camera and it's easier to deal with than 8 x 10.
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are whole plate films and glass plates historically sized to actual full plate dims
wet plate too?
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Dugan
Why not?
Film and print size availability? But maybe you are using it for other purposes. So that's why I asked the question. Do you use other processes beside standard film? I'm trying to be educated on what whole plate is and what photographers do with it.
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Tin Can
are whole plate films and glass plates historically sized to actual full plate dims
wet plate too?
Yes. 6 1/2” x 8 1/2” is the standard size. I cut mine to just under that at 164 x 215 mm
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Re: Chamonix Whole Plate Camera!
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Alan Klein
Film and print size availability? But maybe you are using it for other purposes. So that's why I asked the question. Do you use other processes beside standard film? I'm trying to be educated on what whole plate is and what photographers do with it.
Whole plate is simply a format. The nominal size is 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 and the the actual film size is 6 7/16 x 8 7/16. As far as print size it is no different than other formats. You can contact print, optically enlarge, or scan. With scanning you have several options for output.
Personally my limited work with whole has been black and white and contact printing. I do hope hope to shoot more whole plate in the future, as I recently got new bellows for my camera and my recovery from hip surgery and subsequent nerve transfer surgery for drop foot is coming along.
Roger