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| lightwriter91 Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 3 |  Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject: 3.25x4.25 or 4x5?hello everybody im new to the form and new to large format photography in general but i do have access to 2 speed graphics. One appears to be an anniversary speed graphic and the other looks like a pacemaker speed graphic. my question is possibly a dumb one but how do i tell whether my model is a 3.25x 4.25 or a 4x5? thanks for the help! |
| Billy Canuck Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 165 | Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:39 am Measure the groundglass in the back. The dimensions will be very close to one or the other. |
| lightwriter91 Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 3 | Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:54 am Doh'! then its gotta be a 3.25x4.25. I've heard rumors of there being people who still make this film, is this true? can anyone give me any leads? |
| Jim23 Joined: 08 Sep 2001 Posts: 129 | Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:38 am Post subject: 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 Film Efke PL100M is still available (according to freestylephoto.biz web site. I have used PL50 in 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 with good results in HC110 Dilution B. |
| brian d Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 44 | Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:41 am Try here http://www.freestylephoto.biz/191134-Efke-PL-100-M-iso-100-3.25-x-4.25-inches-50-sheets?cat_id=404 or http://www.freestylephoto.biz/127341-Efke-PL-25-ORT-Orthochromatic-3.25-x-4.25-50-sheets?cat_id=404 I like the PL 100 in Rodinal Been going to try the ortho since they started carrying it , but have not got to it yet |
| mopar_guy Joined: 07 Aug 2008 Posts: 126 | Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:13 pm Post subject: Use some T-Max I have cut down 8x10 T-Max to 3-1/4x4-1/4. You can get 5 pieces out of one 8x10. I got a knife/guillotine paper cutter at Office Depot and set up an adjustable stop so that I can cut the following dimensions: 2-1/4 inch, 3-1/4 inch and 4-1/4 inch. By the way, I am in Stanwood. Dave |
| Henry Joined: 09 May 2001 Posts: 1662 | Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:49 pm I think 3.25x4.25 is a nice "compromise"-size format. The neg is 13.8 sq.in., compared with 20 sq. in. for 4x5---not a huge difference---and the equipment is less bulky, and you can cut more negs from an 8x10, as mopar_guy has stated. The photos (all Ektachromes) in Hal Harrison's book on Bird Nests, in the Peterson Field Guide series, were made entirely on a 3x4 Crown, IIRC, as he says in the Preface. Now a good many of those photos were taken by the tree-climbing author from a nearby perch, so you know he must have appreciated the portability of the camera. It's too bad that the format has fallen from general use, but OTOH you can pick up some good deals on the equipment from the usual on-line sources, from what I have seen by following the uBuy listings. |
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