Nick Zentena <zentena@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 22.10.2004, 15:52:12: > On October 22, 2004 09:49 am, Stein wrote: > > 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. > > > Are those the size of the film? The exposed area? Was whole plate ever > an > Ansi standard? If not couldn't the exposed area vary with who ever made the > holder? > > Nick > It's my understanding that whole plate (1/1) always measures a standard 8.5"x6.5". Black & white photographic paper is still available in this size from Agfa and Ilford(at least for the present). Ian. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.