Re: If I were to custom-make plate holders, would you buy them?

These would be for any process that made use of metal plates or glass
instead of film. Tin type, Daguerreotype, wet-plate collodion, etc.

-Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Huber" <shuber@ssisland.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: If I were to custom-make plate holders, would you buy them?

> Hi Joe,
> I would be interested in buying a 8 by 10 inch plate holder but don't have
> any idea as to what process it would be for? Regular 8 by 10 film or for
wet
> plate process of which I know little of..
> Sincerely, Susan
> www.susanhuber.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Smigiel" <jsmigiel@kvcc.edu>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:56 AM
> Subject: Re: If I were to custom-make plate holders, would you buy them?
>
>
> > Hi Jon,
> >
> > I'd be interested if they were available in 5x7 and 11x14.
> > I don't like the aspect ratio of 4x5 & 8x10, and never use those
> > formats.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > >>> jdanforth@sc.rr.com 07/13/04 11:10 AM >>>
> > I'm considering producing a batch of custom-milled solid aluminum* plate
> > holders that will fit in modern large format film cameras. I can't
> > imagine
> > that there would be a huge market for such a thing but I wanted to know
> > if
> > any of you would be interested.
> >
> > I would make 4x5 and 8x10 holders with quarter plate and full plate
> > cutouts
> > (respectively). It wouldn't be very difficult to modify the process to
> > make
> > cutouts for different sizes (I'm considering 5x9 for myself, for
> > instance).
> > Based on a couple early estimates, I could probably sell the 4x5 holders
> > for
> > $65 each and the 8x10 holders for $120 each.
> >
> > Does this tickle anyone's fancy? I know that there aren't many people
> > who
> > work with wet/dry plate on the list but maybe you just lurk and I don't
> > know
> > about you!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jon
> >
> > *I'm not sure of the reactivity considerations with wet-plate chemistry.
> > Would the silver iodide react with Aluminum? I might consider steel and
> > titanium versions for wet-plate considerations.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 14 06:46:10 2004