[rollei_list] Re: Large Format film availability

If I am not mistaken, Kodak re-introduced the 5x7 Portra film to the US
market recently; and some photo suppliers (B&H) have it in stock. That's
pretty much it for color AFAIK, luckily we still have plenty of good choices
for B&W. 5x7 is a beautiful format and I hope it will be around for decades.
It won't be affordable, but hey I don't shoot hundreds (or dozens) of
pictures a day with my view cameras.

Petr
Winchester, MA

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Aaron Reece <oboeaaron@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> On Apr 30, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Don Quixote wrote:
>
>  I listened to a former head of photography at the Museum of Natural
> > History
> > tell me that if she was buying large format today she wouldn't purchase
> > a
> > 5x7 camera.  She doesn't think film will be in available in that size
> > soon
> >
>
> I doubt it. Film is still available in 11x14, 7x17, 12x20, and 20x24 sizes
> if one knows where to look. If manufacturers can still find a market for
> those sizes, I imagine that the relatively pedestrian 5x7 format will be
> well-supplied for some time as well. However, the choice of film stock (esp.
> color) is already comparatively limited in those formats, so depending on
> her needs this may make sense. Windmills, Ho!
>
> -Sancho Panza
>
> (Aaron Reece)
> Oswego, NY, USA
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