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- From: ian@rats.demon.co.uk ("Ian A. Young")
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- Subject: Re: Zone VI 4x5 view comments ?
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:04:01 +0000
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- In article <1992Dec22.162352.2150@pmafire.inel.gov>
- geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen) writes, amongst other things:
-
- > Do studio photographers use wider apertures than us field types? I'm
- > wondering if that's the reason for the more precise control on studio
- > cameras. Or maybe it's more a case of ``Ahh, why not? We don't have to
- > carry it!'' ;^)
-
- The times I have wanted geared movements (particularly geared tilts)
- have mostly been when doing extreme close-ups. I guess studio folk do
- more close-ups than (most) landscape folks.
-
- > The Carbon Infinity is up there in the price stratosphere too, isn't it?
-
- I'm afraid it is no more. They went bust just a couple of weeks ago.
- It seems that not enough people had that kind of money available in the
- middle of a recession. Pity.
-
- > | Against: high cost, relatively heavy. But then, if these are your major
- > | problems, I have this second-hand Olympus XA available... It doesn't
- > | take 5x4 film though.
- >
- > So, is ``5x4'' the way you British folks describe 4x5 film? I always
- > knew you lived in a backward country, driving on the wrong side of the
- > road and all; perhaps this is just more evidence. ;^)
-
- Well, I _thought_ we did, but I just looked through my shelves and all
- my boxes of film (even Ilford ones) seem to have 4x5 written on them.
- I've always said "five-four" when describing this format, though.
-
- My Silverprint catalogue lists sheet film sizes as 5x4, though, so I'm
- not completely alone. Interestingly, the sheet silm size which has four
- times the area of this is always quoted as "8x10". Beats me...
-
- We spell Kolour wrong, as well.
-
- -- Ian
-