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Old 8th March 2021, 09:36 AM
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Going a bit off subject,
can anyone tell me the origin of the size 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
for photography papers?

I looked at Wiki. and there are loads of sizes most people would never have head of, but not this size.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_...tography_sizes

It is still produced today, but not in such a big range as years ago.
For me it is the ideal size for domestic use.
It isn't over powering sitting in an album or framed on a sideboard.
Definitely my favourite size.

Cheers.

p.s. The link takes you to halfway down the page. Scroll back up for the full Wiki. page.
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Going a bit off subject,
can anyone tell me the origin of the size 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
for photography papers?

I looked at Wiki. and there are loads of sizes most people would never have head of, but not this size.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_...tography_sizes

It is still produced today, but not in such a big range as years ago.
For me it is the ideal size for domestic use.
It isn't over powering sitting in an album or framed on a sideboard.
Definitely my favourite size.

Cheers.

p.s. The link takes you to halfway down the page. Scroll back up for the full Wiki. page.
It appears to be full-plate size.
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Plate_sizes

http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_early/...hy_-_sizes.htm
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Old 8th March 2021, 11:05 AM
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Thank you Marty.
Question answered.
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Old 8th March 2021, 11:16 AM
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Thanks for all that guys. I did a quick sum of the area and price difference in my head, so it may not be bang-on accurate, but it still seemed disproportionate at first glance. (Gets calculator out!) My 7x6 MF negs fit a 8x10 almost perfectly, but the 35mm are always a trade off between size or cropping the 2 short sides. Same with 14x11 too, MF negs a good fit, 35mm large long side borders.x
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Old 28th March 2021, 05:41 AM
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FWIW, Ilford's largest market by far is the USA. If you try to talk to most people in the USA about something that is A4 sized, they won't know what you are talking about.
8x10 is most likely the most popular and largest selling size by far, and the slightly lower cost per square inch/cm reflects that.
I would love to have good access to 12"x16" paper. It isn't normally imported by the Canadian distributor, and it is rarely found in the USA.
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Old 28th March 2021, 09:46 AM
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FWIW, Ilford's largest market by far is the USA. If you try to talk to most people in the USA about something that is A4 sized, they won't know what you are talking about.
8x10 is most likely the most popular and largest selling size by far, and the slightly lower cost per square inch/cm reflects that.
I would love to have good access to 12"x16" paper. It isn't normally imported by the Canadian distributor, and it is rarely found in the USA.
I don't know if AG photographic would export 12x16 to you but the cost may be prohibitive considering postal charges and various taxes. If you cannot get 12x16 that is one big gap between the two sizes either side. I like A4 over 10x8 because it is an almost perfect fit for 35mm negatives. For colour I cut my own approximation from a 12" roll of Kodak RA4.
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Old 28th March 2021, 10:41 AM
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Isn,t 11x14 popular in th USA? It seems it is only made this size by Ilford.

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Old 28th March 2021, 01:56 PM
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If you try to talk to most people in the USA about something that is A4 sized, they won't know what you are talking about.
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Hi Matt, good to see you pay a visit to us here on FADU from Photrio. I enjoy your informative posts over on Photrio. I note that this is your third post but presumably you've just arrived so to speak. We are still small enough for newcomers to be spotted and I hadn't seen your name before

It may be that the U.S. darkroom printers are somewhat conservative as I think that most U.K. one are but I'd have thought that as A4 tends to be the standard size for printers that it would have grown in popularity but as I said we are a very conservative group and change tends to be slow

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