Ilford factory reopened!

[pbromaghin]

 

[summicron1]

woo-HOO! Come to papa!

 

[BrianShaw]

Yay!

 

[R.Gould]

Great news, HP5 120 almost can't be found over here, and I an getting short of mg Classic in 91/2/12 and again finding it is difficult so hope they are back in full production soon

 

[pentaxuser]

Good news. It would look as if Ilford's calculations on its stock vis a vis how long it would need to close for was by and large pretty accurate

pentaxuser

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

WOO HOOOOO! Guess who's getting sloshed tonight??? Just kidding. I don't drink!

 

[foc]

Good news is always welcome.

 

[awty]

You mean I did all that panic buying for nothing!

 

[Dusty Negative]

Just in time, too. That grass didn't have much longer.

 

[NB23]

Great news, HP5 120 almost can't be found over here, and I an getting short of mg Classic in 91/2/12 and again finding it is difficult so hope they are back in full production soon

What is 91/2/12?

 

[mshchem]

You mean I did all that panic buying for nothing!

Here's something to panic about, what if Ilford closes again?? You better order a lead lined walk in freezer and get a couple pallets of a nice mix of Ilford products

 

[Peter Schrager]

Hoping for the annual run of odd sizes to be cut
Running out of whole plate fp4

 

[R.Gould]

What is 91/2/12?

nine and a half by 12

 

[JensH]

Great, I need more FP4plus 120... only five rolls left.

Best
Jens

 

[NB23]

nine and a half by 12

my limited creative mind couldn’t sort that out

 

[Paul Howell]

Also good news for the brands that contracts with Harman for coating.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Great! Keep making film and keep your employees safe and well.

 

[fdonadio]

nine and a half by 12

Wouldn’t that be 9 1/2 x 12?

 

[pentaxuser]

Wouldn’t that be 9 1/2 x 12?

In Word even as far back as 2003 there is a simply method for doing this which leaves no doubt that it is a fraction as each of the numbers i.e. 1/2 end up as half size. Is there a simple way to do this in the Photrio text box? If not then it's a pity since it's a forum where fractions which are clearly fractions are helpful to others reading the figures?

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

Is there a simple way to do this in the Photrio text box?

½ - in Windows, using the numeric keypad, hold down the Alt key and type 171, then release the Alt key.

 

[pentaxuser]

½ - in Windows, using the numeric keypad, hold down the Alt key and type 171, then release the Alt key.

Great and thanks, Matt. I have just tried it and you are completely right and not just ½ right

pentaxuser

 

[MattKing]

That process works because that is how many Windows applications permit use of ASCII characters. In that particular case, I looked up the ASCII equivalent - 171 - and inserted it that way.
The other, often easier way is to use a function built into many word processors for insertion of various types of characters. In my case - I’m a long time WordPerfect user - I use the “Insert Symbol” function, which permits me to scroll through many extensive character and symbol sets, including ASCII characters, and to choose what I want. Then I just cut and paste what I want from WordPerfect into a post.
Some examples:
☺♀☻ßĻʥʉ█┱£½¼¾
FWIW, WordPerfect shows those fraction symbols in its Typographical Symbols set.
In addition, if you type a fraction in its long form - e.g. 3/4 - and then highlight it, there used to be a function available that would replace the highlighted text with its ASCII equivalent. I'm not sure if that function is still around.

 

[cmacd123]

why not 9.5 by 12

 

[Anon Ymous]

why not 9.5 by 12

Um, agreed, looks much better, doesn't it? Not ambiguous either.

 

[fdonadio]

Wow, what I kinda meant as a joke turned into a real discussion. I should talk to you guys more often!

But I still insist on using an “x” to mean “by”. So, rectangular formats should be written like 4 x 5” and 9.5 x 12 cm (or 9 1/2 x 12 cm).

I don’t mind fractional parts...