Re: [photo-3d] 6x13 glass plate cameras

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Thorpe wrote:
> From time to time, at shows or on Ebay, you can find old
> 6x13 glass plate cameras for sale. I'm sure there is no
> ready-made source for 6x13 glass plates these days, but
> is anyone cutting their own plates? 6x13cm works out to
> about 2 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches. Close enough that you could
> probably cut a 4x5 glass plate and make it work. I think
> you can still get 4x5 glass plates can't you?
> 
> If anyone is doing something like this, I would like to
> hear about your experiences.
> 

Glass plates are still used by astronomers (for astrometry, where
precise measurements of the positions of stars requires that the
imaging medium not change shape or size with climatic changes) and
holographers.

Kodak T-Max and Tech Pan are both available as glass plates, as well
as some more specialized emulsions.  Glass plates are expensive and
you'll probably have to special order them.

By the way Kodak (and probably others as well) will make just about
anything you want if you meet a (large) minimum order.  Freestyle
Sales Company recently placed a minimum order of Azo (a contact
printing paper) in order to keep it in production.

You'd probably be better off trying to find or build a roll film
adapter for a plate camera.  Doug Bardell's home page
<URL:http://www.cyberbeach.net/~dbardell/> shows some roll film backs
he has made for various cameras he has built.

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