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Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill

Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:31:49 -0400
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
> 
> 
> Jeff Keller wrote:
>> Hi Chuck,
>> Yes Keith Canham has a really spiffy looking 6x17 back for the MQC57 
>> http://www.canhamcameras.com/Roll%20film%20back.html
>>
>> The back and the extra bellows length were the main reasons to prefer 
>> the
>> 5x7 to the 4x5. I bought the back used but I haven't used it myself yet.
>>
>> Jeff Keller
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:03 PM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill
>>
>> Is your 5x7 also used as a 6x17 with roll film?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> Jeff Keller wrote:
>>> Everyone has their own rough limit for what they expect from a 
>>> camera. For me the four thirds limit is roughly 8x10 for landscape. 
>>> The Canon 5D
>> should
>>> be good to about 16x20 but I haven't printed anything from it that 
>>> large yet. Film for me: 35mm +> 8x12 and 6x7 => 16x20. The four 
>>> thirds bag feels bigger and heavier than an OM bag, the 5Dii bag 
>>> feels bigger and heavier than a Mamiya 7ii bag. Therefore digital is
> bigger and heavier.
>>> A monster that passed in the dark was when I said 20x28 from my 
>>> Canham
>>> (MQC57) in response to Chuck's monster I was referring to an 
>>> enlargement from 5x7 Velvia. (a slightly larger version of 
>>> http://www.largeformatphotography.info/canham/canhamdlc.html )
>>>
>>> Jeff Keller
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:16 AM
>>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [OM] Feeding the rumor mill
>>>
>>> I have no difficulty calling it the "monster" since the Canon 
>>> backpack with 5D, 3 lenses, flash and bracket, chargers, batteries, 
>>> cables, light meter, manuals, etc, etc weighs 17 pounds.  21 if you 
>>> add the 80-200 and its case.  The A1 is a whole lot less but still a 
>>> bit bulky at times.  I really do need a pocket camera.  I haven't had 
>>> one since I stopped using the Stylus Epic.  Even that's a bit large for a
> pocket camera of today.
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>>> My mistake.  I had thought when you were referring to the "monster"
>>>> you meant the E-3, whereas it is clear you meant the 5D.  Wrong 
>>>> monster!  Sorry.
>>>>
>>>> Joel W.
>>>>
>>>>>> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> Well, use the E410 for the joy of holding.  But get the monster 
>>>>>>> out
>>> when
>>>>>>> you want those 16x20s.
>>>>>> Chuck,
>>>>>> On the basis of what do you say this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Joel W.
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