What is whole plate camera?
What is whole plate camera?
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Why not?
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.
are whole plate films and glass plates historically sized to actual full plate dims
wet plate too?
Tin Can
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Newly made large format dry plates available! Look:
https://www.pictoriographica.com
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
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