[pure-silver] Re: Print size advice.

  • From: "Saffron Branfoot" <Saf.branfoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:59:50 +0100

Dear Uncle Dick,
My whole Plate camera, an old kodak model, is 6 1/2 x 8 1/2, a great size,
as the camera is a whole lot lighter and uses smaller lenses than 10x8,
though film is hard to get.
best wishes,
Saffron
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stein" <rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:49 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Print size advice.


> Dear Friends,
>      I am contemplating the easel again. It happens as you get older....
>
>     I have been reading about historic print sizes and among the more
exotic " Boudoir " and " Victoria " ones is the good old prosaic Whole
Plate. But my sources list Whole Plate as either:
>
> 1.     6" x 8"
>
> 2.     6.5" x 8.5"
>
> 3.     6.75" x 8.75"
>
>     And then they chop it into Half Plate, Quarter Plate, etc in various
ways.
>
>     Can anyone state authoritatively what the size of the the real Whole
Plate is? Thanks in advance - I'm planning the 2005 calendar.
>
>      Uncle Dick
>
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