Re: Dry Plate History

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From: Mark Kronquist (mak@teleport.com)
Date: 09/07/01-12:07:12 AM Z


on 9/6/01 3:39 AM, F. Wentzel at fotochemiker@yahoo.de wrote:

> The discussion about endangered films got me thinking
> and as often happens, I don't know the answer!
>
> Does anyone know when the last dry plates for
> pictorial use were made by Kodak*... and what was
> their top speed? What was the most popular speed?
>
> *(or other manufacturers?)
>
> (I am thinking around the 30's with speeds up to ASA
> 75 or even as late as the 50's with speeds up to
> possibly ASA 100.)
>
> I missed it by THAT much, eh??
> Darn!
>
> Fritz
>
>
>
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they are still being made today for certain uses. I have many frozen boxes
of Kodak Dry Plates dated in the 1970's and third party plates with dates as
late as 1982 Mark


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