Being that my combi plan can apparently develop 6 glass plates at a time, id figured id look into it. anyone know a good starting point to start reading?
Being that my combi plan can apparently develop 6 glass plates at a time, id figured id look into it. anyone know a good starting point to start reading?
In general "ready made" glass photography plates are not available. There is ONE company in Russia that makes a limited amount, but there is no distribution of them in the USA.
Your best course of action is to learn to coat them yourself.
TO make your own, check out:
http://www.thelightfarm.com/Map/Glas...s/MapTopic.htm
Denise Ross' website on making emulsions is really the best out there now.
Kirk - www.keyesphoto.com
Sure you gain faster quantity development. Might as well go digital if you want fast!
I'd be reluctant to blow 6 plates at once, just because they fit a combi plan.
Glass plates need to be caressed slowly in developer and developed by eye. There are some old stock Ilford FP, panchromatic and ortho plates from the 70's still lurking around.
If you're coating your own, it's a whole new ball game. Since you coat each one individually, each deserves to be developed individually.
Why would you want to do that over development by inspection?
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