Re: dry plates

Herold Faulkner (faulkner@redshift.com)
Sun, 08 Feb 1998 23:01:56 -0800

Kodak still manufactures dry plates in several different emulions. However,
they are VERRRRRRRRRY pricey. They will be a special order item from almost
all professional stockhouse dealers. They are primarily used for scientific
purposes these days.

Kodak used to distribute a pamphlet on making your own emulsion, which you
could then coat on glass. Perhaps you could start out with "liquid Light."
But then agail, you might be able to use different holders with regular
sheet film. I know a friend of mine who used Graflex "bag magazines" with
inserts that allowed him to load them with (what else?) XX-Pan sheets.
-----Original Message-----
From: ALYSON BELCHER <alysonb@sfsu.edu>
To: alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca
<alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Date: Sunday, February 08, 1998 10:29 PM
Subject: dry plates

>Does anyone know if 4x5 dry plates can still be found? A friend of mine
>has a wonderful old camera that hold several plates at once--he is
>currently experimenting with coating glass plates with liquid emulsion,
>but he would like to know if anyone manufactures plates for these cameras.
>I kind of doubt it, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
>Thanks
>Alyson
>