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I'll see you and raise you: the actual film size of factory-cut 7x11 doesn't quite make it, so exposing the whole thing is of no avail.
Now if you're cutting your own sheets from larger film stock to exactly 7x11, and using adhesive holders for that...
Nah, on second thought I concede regardless. Your camera-building and -modifying exploits are far more Ultra than anything I'll ever do, and so I happily doff my proverbial cap and accept your judgment of Ultra-ness. < thumbs-up emoticon >
Thanks, but I really wouldn't want to have to make the case for 7x11 being ULF. If it were up to me, I would set the lower limit at 10x12 and/or 7x17 (or even, 5.5x14 as a nod to Vaughn), say a diagonal of 15" or greater.
But, then, I really don't think of 4x5 as LF (my 4x5 seems more like a toy camera compared to my 11x14, or even compared to my 8x10), so what do I know? I'm very happy there are Moderators like you to decide such things.
I gave up arguing that 1/4 plate was as effective as 4 X 5 with lighter cameras, yet I shoot them only with sheet film
But I do see my 7 X 11 as bigger than 8 X 10 because the Eastman #2 7 X 11 is so much bigger than the average 8 X 10 box
Oren always wins as he should considering all the work he and all Mods do
I have this model, but not Garrett's camera, https://www.largeformatphotography.i...=1#post1133364
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Yeah, it's funny... my intuitive sense of relative size for formats is driven by area rather than diagonal, and by that measure 7x11 is a bit smaller than 8x10. (But yeah, the Eastman #2 is big and HEAVY. The Korona is easier to handle, but alas even harder to find.) And I agree with Michael, having done so much messing around with larger formats, 4x5 feels *small*, not large. But then if I'm going to go small, somehow quarter plate feels more right to me than 4x5.
As always, YMMV. But it's nice that there's such an amazing array of formats to choose from and that, on the whole, it's easier to get factory-cut film for them than it was when I was getting started more than twenty years ago. Good times...
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Does my 10x24 pinhole camera count? I put in 3 pieces of 8x10 film. It's made of a metal can ~10" dia. and the distortion is "interesting." If not, subtract one vote from "other."
Why wouldn't it count?
I have done the same flat with two 8 X 10 making 10 X 16"
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