[LargeFormat] Re: 5x7, was Re: rainbows, was R O Y G B I V

[philip lambert]

Hallo Ole, nice of you to respond.   A point about all three sizes of holder
being usable in the same 5x7 camera is that film sometimes turns up in
halfplate at encouraging prices, and if it's a couple of years O.O.D. it
might not matter for monochrome. Another point I kind of mentioned, that a
half-plate camera on Ebay could be a good buy even with no darkslides or
lens, given that the 5x7 holders can be found and almost anybody can lay
hands on a 210mm Symmar.  My 203mm Ektar isn't really a 5x7 lens - it covers
the negative but I am warned that rising front makes for blurred corners.
If you have rising front you want to use it.
This doesn't address the problem of how to enlarge from 5x7. Is there any
logic in scanning in the contact print or the neg and trying to print A4 off
it, or does the process wreck the sharpness of the image.  I did see a 5x7
enlarger once; looked like the rise and fall had been made out of old
battleship.     Philip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ole Tjugen" <oftjugen@online.no>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: RE: [LargeFormat] Re: 5x7, was Re: rainbows, was R O Y G B I V


> >===== Original Message From "philip lambert"
<philip.lambert@ntlworld.com>
> =====
> <snip>
>
> >This discussion group is a valuable resource. A friend of mine has now
taken
> >up 5x7 - there can't be a lot like him in the UK although there was one
in
> >Norway!
> >Is it true that half plate, 5x7 and its metric near equivalent have
> >darkslides with the same outside dimensions just different internals?   I
> >nearly bought a halfplate piece of furniture but was deterred by no
> >darkslides included.
> >Philip
> >Philip
>
> As the Norwegian with the 5x7" camera, I believe this question is for me?
;)
>
> The holders for 13x18cm, 5x7" and half-plate (in decreasing film size) are
the
> same size. I have hoders for all three sizes, and they fit in the same
camera.
> Last time I was out using it, I had both 5x7" and 13x18 loaded in an
attempt
> to get rid of some old film. This is not saying that there may not be half
> plate holders which will NOT fit, of course...
>
> Incidentally, last time I was out with my 4x5" camera I had both 4x5" and
> 9x12cm film holders loaded. I didn't on that occasion bring my 9x12cm
plate
> camera, which will not take modern film holders...
>
> Ole Tjugen
>
>
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