[LargeFormat] Plate Holders

[Guy Glorieux]

To give you a feeling of what these guys had to go through with their
plates, there is a short video clip on the Getty's collection web site
about how to make wet collodion negatives on glass plates.  Very
interesting.
I can see that when dry plates and then film emulsion were invented, it
must have been considered as major breakthrough!  And then, oh the
luxury of rollfilm...
http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/media_gallery.html

Cheers,

Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: "rstein" <rstein@bigpond.net.au>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 9:33 AM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Plate Holders


> Dear Friends,
>
>      Perusing a new purchase - that's reading a book, folks - I noted
a
> section that dealt with the plate-film cameras of the 1900-1920
period. All
> those lovely old English and German folding cameras with focussing
rails,
> ground glasses, and geared movements. Some excellent lenses. too.
>
>      All for plate or cut film in adapter. Plates are never seen
around here
> and cut film seems to be 4 x 5 only. But that is not the nub of this
query.
>
>      What I was curious about was how many of these older cameras -
not the
> pre-1900 field or studio types - are seen with the plate backs. I have
seen
> a number that seem to have rollfilm adapters and some with only the
ground
> glass, but so far very few with plate holders. Even in the case of one
> Voightlander with a very beautiful geared front standard and nickle
plating
> everywhere, there was only one holder.
>
>      Did the photographers of the day venture out with a number of
plate
> holders ready-loaded as we might do with double dark slides? How many
did
> they carry? Did they reload in the feild in dark bags? Where have all
the
> plate holders gone to?
>
>      Questions on the back of an envelope, please.
>
>      Uncle Dick
>
>
>
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