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I found out about PHOTRIO a few days ago, and after reading a few threads, I knew I had to join.

I've been taking photos seriously for about 35 years, and I work as a stage photographer. Outside of work, I use cameras ranging from Minox to 8x10". I also enjoy darkroom work.

I'm also researching photo format standards. I don't know the origins of names for formats unique to Japan, such as "Yatsugiri" and "Nimaigake", so while I was researching them, I realized that it's not enough for them to just be buried in Japanese literature in Japan.

I'm looking forward to learning a lot here. Thank you.
 

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Welcome to Photrio. Japan is my second home. I had a wee darkroom, (mainly 8x10 camera work) and exhibited regularly (I lived near Fukuoka City). Hoping to get set up there again soon (was just there for a couple months...visiting family, friends, and of course, photography!) Cheers!
 
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Thank you for the welcome. Fukuoka City is one of the cities I want to live in. Please let me know when you hold a photo exhibition in Japan again. Cheers! (How did you know I was drinking beer now?)
 

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Welcome!
 

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Welcome aboard! It'd be very interesting indeed to hear about practices and standards that exist in Japan, but that we've been overlooking in the West.
 

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Welcome! I will be again visiting my son working in Tokyo this winter. Hoping to bring along the 4x5 or possibly the 5x7.
 
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koraks said:
Welcome aboard! It'd be very interesting indeed to hear about practices and standards that exist in Japan, but that we've been overlooking in the West.
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Thank you for the welcome.
In fact, here in Japan, we don't know whether the customs and standards still practiced in Japan are overlooked in the West.
I hope to get a glimpse of these things through PHOTORIO.
 
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Vaughn said:
Welcome! I will be again visiting my son working in Tokyo this winter. Hoping to bring along the 4x5 or possibly the 5x7.
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Thank you for the welcome! You're looking forward to winter. I hope you enjoy your large format shoot in Japan.
 

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Taurabon said:
In fact, here in Japan, we don't know whether the customs and standards still practiced in Japan are overlooked in the West.
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Ah, of course - we don't know what you're doing and you don't know what we're doing! Well, by any means, please feel free to share whatever you're doing and that you enjoy telling about.
 

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Welcome to Photrio!
 
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Ah, of course - we don't know what you're doing and you don't know what we're doing! Well, by any means, please feel free to share whatever you're doing and that you enjoy telling about.
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One of the things I'm currently looking into is when and by whom the half plate's 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" was expanded to 4 3/4" x 6 1/2". I've been looking into this in Japan but haven't found an answer, so maybe it's something that's well known in the West?
 

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@B.S.Kumar might very well have insight on that!
 

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Ah, now I understand why you introduced me to someone living in Japan. No, it's the other way around.

I have read quite a lot of photography instruction books written in Japanese or translated into Japanese since the Meiji period. However, the question I mentioned earlier was not resolved.

Just the other day, while exchanging messages with a Japanese photographer living in Paris, I brought up another question about photo formats, and he knew a French antique camera dealer who was knowledgeable about the history of photography, so I asked him about the question.

Later, the dealer told me that there is a hint in "La photographie pour tous" (1894) by Georges Brunel.

This book has probably not yet been introduced in Japan, and I would not have been able to find it even if I had continued to search on Google. I realized how vast the world is, and at the same time, while searching for information about this book, I came across PHOTORIO.

I thought that while no one in Japan - in fact many people - questions about the change in size of half plates, on the other hand, it might be well known overseas.
 
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I am researching to find out if there is an equal relationship between the mount size of Cabinetcard and the image size of Kodak No. 126 roll film (introduced in 1906), which is 4 1/4" x 6 1/2".

The 4 1/4" wide Cabinetcard did not become popular in Japan. Instead, the 4 3/4 inch wide half plate, which was introduced later, is called "kabine" in Japan and has become the standard size in Japanese photo studios.

Since photographers at the time (apparently) did not question the fact that it was larger than 4 1/4", the 4 1/4" width has not been widely known for over 100 years since.
 
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Did I offend them?
I'm very happy to have jumped into an overseas community and been welcomed, but I'd prefer that they introduce me to local restaurants that the locals eat at regularly, rather than Japanese restaurants run by Japanese people.

I'm still not very good at using English.
 
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Whom? If you mean people on this forum - certainly not! We're happy to have you here!
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Thank you. I'm a newbie and still not used to the way things are done here so it's reassuring to hear you say that.
 
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