Re: Ultra Large camera film
Stanley Greenberg (grnbrg@pipeline.com)
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:24:23 -0500
At 12:16 PM 11/26/96 +1100, you wrote:
>I'm looking for a source of 16x20 inch continuous tone film (pan preferred,
>but ortho acceptable) of "normal" speed (ASA 100 good, ASA 400 better). I
>hope to build an extender back for my B&J 11x14 camera. These negs would
>be contact printed on platinum/palladium.
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>I've never been happy with enlarged negs for this series (where I want a
>lot of detail). Yes Judy, another F64 style platinum guy ;-) Illford only
>makes there films up to 12x20. I've tried some "Line" films, developed for
>continuous tones. But.... they seem to be about EI 4 or 8. WAY too slow
>(this work is studio still lifes, done under tungsten lights, at or near
>1:1). I'm aware that Kodak will make a custom "run" of film, but that
>comes to about $10,000US!!!! Any thoughts (My dream would be to find T-Max
>400 or HP5).
>
>P.S..... I'll be vacationing in Moab, Utah (with only my pinhole camera,
>definitely NOT doing F64 on this trip) for the next week, so if I ignore
>your reply....please have patients.
>
>tomf2468@pipeline.com
>
Try Lens and Repro in NYC and ask for either Jeffrey or Geoffrey. I know
they have had 20x24 film on occasion.
Stanley Greenberg
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