P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 2559

[Don Chaps <donc@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 4 Feb 1998 Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> >>I've recently seen on the net an auction on some glass plate negatives
> which are apparently dated in Feb of 1929. This greatly surprises me.
> Outside of something like astronomical applications, does anyone
> know if there was any great amount of GP work that late?
> 
> Since glass plates are still carried by Eastman Kodak, I would not be that
> surprised to find them used still. The plates available these days are
> designed for scientific applications and in many cases have emulsions
> sensitized for very specific applications. In my collection, I have glass
> plates made in the 60's of Salt Lake City.
> 
> RM
> 
Glass plates were available in the middle 60's from Eastman Kodak in photo
emulsions, if memory serves. I believe they were available special order
in fairly small quantities. The ordering store had to be a "pro" store.
This designation gave you access to the scientific and technical products.
I remember ordering DoubleX, I think, or was it Super Panchro Press? It
usually arrived in the normal delivery cycle. Astro photo plates took
longer to receive, an interpreter to order, and sometimes arrived in a
special shipment packed with dry ice. 
	Unfortunately, I never used any plates, so I can't answer any
other questions about them. I just worked in a really large camera store
as a kid. I was more interested in "modern" state of the art stuff. Oh,
well.

don



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