The large format group does group buys of the ultra large format film. Most
of them shoot B&W then process the film themselves. Contact prints are made
for the ULF but are quite popular even down to 5x7.
Richard Ritter seems to use a panoramic format himself so the camera doesn't
look as large but he has a picture on his home page:
http://www.lg4mat.net/
Film holders are also very expensive, bulky, and heavy. My impression is
that most ULF photographers can but don't often load film holders in the
field. If the cost of the film doesn't, the weight of the equipment would
probably preclude snapshots ;)
Jeff Keller
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill
Gulp! 400NC in 20x24 will cost you... (ready now?)... $86/shot. It
looks like Kodak needs a minimum order of $15,000 to fire up the
equipment. Maybe there really is a market for Canon's 8x8" sensor. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Piers Hemy wrote:
> Did you not see this page on the KBC website, Chuck?
>
> http://www.canhamcameras.com/kodakfilm.html
>
> All sizes are 'available' in TriX, 400NC, Ektar and TMax emulsions. No
> Kodachrome, dammit.
>
> I will leave you to find the awful details - price, minimum order, lead
> times....
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 September 2010 11:25
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill
>
> I'd never heard of KB Canham cameras before your post. So I looked and
was
> surprised to see some unusual and very large sizes such as: 4x10, 7x17,
8x20
> and 12x20. Those are inches and not centimeters. Where does one buy film
> for such things?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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