Colour ULF film

DREW WILEY · Feb 1, 2012

For one thing, sheet film is on a completely different more expensive base from roll film. Then for something odd like 11x14 the entire cutting and packing sequence has to be stopped and recalibrated. No different than any other kind of material. Just try buying plywood in an odd dimension. Then you've got about zero competition in this category. And ironically, film prices have
been kept artificially low in the US for a long time. And then you've got raw materials, esp petrochemicals, now skyrocketing, so everything depends on the time of mfg.

keithwms · Feb 1, 2012

Well 11x14 hp5+ is about $160 for 25 sheets at b&h... I think it's a steal.

DREW WILEY · Feb 1, 2012

Probably 99% of ULF film use is black and white. There is probably some 20X24 Polaroid film still in use. I wonder if Kodachrome was ever made in 11X14? I saw some 5X7 Kodachrome images last year, and I was previously unaware of that.

Brian C. Miller · Feb 2, 2012

Well, according to Kodak's info on the Colorama, color film (and I'm guessing it was Kodachrome) was used for it in 8x10 and 8x20, so of course they could cut it any way they liked. Official products, though, the only thing I saw was 4x5, decades back.

E. von Hoegh · Feb 3, 2012

Brian C. Miller said:
Well, according to Kodak's info on the Colorama, color film (and I'm guessing it was Kodachrome) was used for it in 8x10 and 8x20, so of course they could cut it any way they liked. Official products, though, the only thing I saw was 4x5, decades back.

At least one Colorama was shot on 35mm.

Brian C. Miller · Feb 3, 2012

E. von Hoegh said:
At least one Colorama was shot on 35mm.

Yes, I read the Colorama history. At the start they used a Deardorff 8x10 with a custom back, then a Deardorff 8x20, then a Linhoff with 120, and finally 35mm. As the film improved, the format shrank.

Therefore, what's the largest that we should be getting from 11x14?
Colorama = 18ft x 60ft (216in x 720in, 5,486mm x 18,288mm)
35mm = 24mm x 36mm

So: 11x14 should give an image of about 178ft x 593ft.

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