[rollei_list] Re: Large Format film availability
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:39:14 -0700
I'm having some minor difficulty getting half plate, as the format was
discontinued seventy years back, but it was available from Mr Cad in London,
last time I ran out.
All the best
Larry Cuffe
On Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at 01:19PM, "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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