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Subject: 6x13 cut film on eBay
Date: 2014-09-17 14:14:45
From: coronet3d

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this but actual 6x13 B&W film for vintage stereo cameras. It's item # 291040723700. Unfortunately all of my plate magazine cameras are 45x107.

Steve

Subject: Re: 6x13 cut film on eBay
Date: 2014-09-17 17:23:45
From: Brian Reynolds
coronet3d@yahoo.com [MF3D-group] wrote:
>
> I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this but actual 6x13 B&W film
> for vintage stereo cameras. It's item # 291040723700. Unfortunately
> all of my plate magazine cameras are 45x107.

I don't know the source of this film (Google Translate did a
particularly bad job), but once a year Ilford holds an Ultra Large
Format film sale. Ordering is in the spring/early summer, with
delivery in the fall. During the sale you can order any Ilford film
in any size, with no minimum quantity necessary.

A year ago I bought some Delta-100 in 5x7(in.) because it's so hard to
get T-Max in 5x7. (Keith Canham does special orders for Kodak films,
but he has to meet Kodak's minimums for each size, and film, he
orders.)

It never occurred to me that anyone would want 6x13(cm.), but if you
keep an eye out for the Ilford announcement next spring, you could try
to order some for yourself.

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Subject: Re: 6x13 cut film on eBay
Date: 2014-09-18 07:33:52
From: coronet3d

The problem you have with plate magazines is that you need a piece of cardboard to back the film.  I suppose someone could cut it themselves, assuming they could source the correct thickness.  The nice thing about using a plate magazine (much like any LF film back) is that you can mark what exposure you did on each frame and then process accordingly e.g. zone system.  The biggest negative of course is that you have to load the magazine in complete darkness and if you're not processing it yourself, unload it in complete darkness and put it in a light-tight bag to send it to the processor.  LF film is also thicker and harder to cut than 120 film.  If you send it to dr5, they clip the film to put it into the machine, so you might lose some image area.

Steve