Old photo plates; are they of any use?

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• Sep 9, 2006

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Lately on EBay, there have been a BUNCH of really old photographic plates going on ebay in sealed boxes for a few dollars. It seems at first that these would be fun to play around with, but is there ANY likeliness that a decent image could be made on these ancient plates?

 

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Couldn't you recoast them?

 

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I certainly hope they're usable - I've got a nice little stack of 4x5", 6.5x9cm and 13x18cm plates from England and Germany.

If they're not usable recoating might be a possibility - the new Slavich glass plates are too thick to use in the Linhof Universal Cut Film and Plate holders ("mit Auswerfer").

 

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Will the Slavich plates fit the old Fotokor holders (based on the Voigtlander Avus design)?

 

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Yes, they fit the metal holders (althoug getting the "top clip" to seat properly can sometimes be difficult). It's only in the narrow-slot push-in Linhof holders that they cause problems.

 

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True, I didn't think of re-coating them; that's a good idea. That would work nicely ... and you wouldn't have to worry about subbing ...