Where can i buy 4x10 sheet film?

pateeid · May 12, 2009

i try to get 4x10 Bergger film but have no idea where can i order it from. i try to contact Wisener and waiting for answer.
Any idea where can i order it from?
Thank you

EASmithV · May 12, 2009

I'm not 100% sure, but I think I saw some over on the Freestyle web site.

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/index.php

You could always buy some 8x10 film and cut it in half.

Venchka · May 12, 2009

Is 4x10 part of the Ilford Special Order program. GOOGLE can explain. Also search here. The time may have elapsed for 2009. It will happen again in 2010.

Try Glazer's in Seattle or Badger Graphics. Don't expect to find Bergger film in 4x10. You may find Efke, Foma or Ilford.

Good luck.

Mahler_one · May 12, 2009

The unusual sizes of film needed for some formats is becoming an increasing issue with many on APUG who enjoy using such "non-traditional" formats. One can easily envision a time when such unusually sized films will be unavailable, or will be only available from one manufacturer in one emulsion. Then what?

Mahler_one · May 12, 2009

cutting film

EASmithV said:
I'm not 100% sure, but I think I saw some over on the Freestyle web site.

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/index.php

You could always buy some 8x10 film and cut it in half.

I note such advice to cut ( in order to realize a given format ) film from time to time on APUG. I am curious: How difficult is it to cut film reliably in the dark room? I know that one can say that one simply moves the film to the appropriate guide, etc., etc....yet I admit to wondering if the "saying" is much easier that the "doing". Note: Not challenging your statements at all, but simply curious. Judging from your statement I am guessing that you have probably cut some film in the darkroom, and hence my question. I suspect that I might not be nearly as facile as you are.

EASmithV · May 12, 2009

Mahler_one said:
I note such advice to cut ( in order to realize a given format ) film from time to time on APUG. I am curious: How difficult is it to cut film reliably in the dark room? I know that one can say that one simply moves the film to the appropriate guide, etc., etc....yet I admit to wondering if the "saying" is much easier that the "doing". Note: Not challenging your statements at all, but simply curious. Judging from your statement I am guessing that you have probably cut some film in the darkroom, and hence my question. I suspect that I might not be nearly as facile as you are.

I used some very thick tape and made a guide on a cutting board. It took forever to get it to cut for my holders perfectly, but once set up, it's not hard.

Venchka · May 12, 2009

A friend of mine buys super cheap 8x10 x-ray film and cuts it down to 4x5. Does it all the time. I think he has a dedicated paper cutter with the correct stops. 4x10 would be half the work. You will need a paper punch to notch half of the sheets.

Venchka · May 12, 2009

Fish or cut bait

Mahler_one said:
The unusual sizes of film needed for some formats is becoming an increasing issue with many on APUG who enjoy using such "non-traditional" formats. One can easily envision a time when such unusually sized films will be unavailable, or will be only available from one manufacturer in one emulsion. Then what?

Buy it and use it. Some people spend their whole lives with a single film. Takes the worry out of deciding what film to use.

Venchka · May 12, 2009

Call Glazer's, an APUG sponsor. Ask them if they will get more Ilford 4x10 film.

removed account4 · May 12, 2009

if you cut it yourself
make sure you cut it a tiny bit
narrower and shorter than the actual size
( by about 1/32 to 1/16" )
while the format suggests it is the actual size of the film
it is not, it is the size of what the PLATE was ( dry plate ).
when film came into vogue people bought septums to convert their plate holders
to use film, they were a little smaller than the plate size to fit into the holder ...
and eventually when people bought actual FILM holders instead of plate holders,
the manufacturers didn't bother to change the size of the film, and holders, since people were
still shooting on glass during the same period ...

good luck finding your film ..

john

pateeid · May 13, 2009

thanks for information. i will try to cut 8x10 sheet though. if it's only way to get 4x10 sheet. :>

pateeid · May 13, 2009

d you guy think, what's the best way to trim sheet film?

Rob Skeoch · May 15, 2009

I have 4x10 in stock in both FP4 and HP5.
-Rob from www.bigcameraworkshops.com

Asher Kelman · Mar 1, 2011

So, what's the latest on 4x5 precut film ready to load? Also in color!

Thanks so much,

Asher

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