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[[Plate|Photographic plates]] (usually glass coated with light-sensitive material, but historically, sometimes metal or paper) and [[Sheet film|sheet film]] have been made in many "standard" sizes, often with a title; many early cameras included the plate size title in the name of the camera.
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Photographic plates (usually glass coated with light-sensitive material, but historically, sometimes metal or paper) and cut-sheet film have been made in many "standard" sizes, often with a name; many early camera included the plate size in the name.
 
  
 
''See also [[Japanese formats]] and [[Large format]].''
 
''See also [[Japanese formats]] and [[Large format]].''
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|image_text= A half-plate size holder, with a metal [[film sheath]], which adapts the holder to accept<br/>sheet film instead of a glass plate. This special sheath reduces the film size to 4x5 inch.
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!Size (inches) !! Size (mm) !! Name/Type
 
!Size (inches) !! Size (mm) !! Name/Type
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|2 × 2&frac12; || 51 &times; 64 || "ninth-plate" tintypes
 
|2 × 2&frac12; || 51 &times; 64 || "ninth-plate" tintypes
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|2 × 3 || 51 &times; 76 || sheet film
 
|2 × 3 || 51 &times; 76 || sheet film
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|2&frac12; × 3&frac12; || 64 &times; 89 || "sixth-plate" tintypes
 
|2&frac12; × 3&frac12; || 64 &times; 89 || "sixth-plate" tintypes
 
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|3 × 4 || 76 &times; 102 || sheet film
 
|3 × 4 || 76 &times; 102 || sheet film
 
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|3<sup>1</sup>/<small>8</small> × 4<sup>1</sup>/<small>8</small> || 79 &times; 105 || "quarter-plate" tintypes
 
|3<sup>1</sup>/<small>8</small> × 4<sup>1</sup>/<small>8</small> || 79 &times; 105 || "quarter-plate" tintypes
 
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|3&frac14; × 4&frac14; || 83 &times; 108 || "quarter-plate" or<br>"lantern slide" glass plates
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|3&frac14; × 3&frac14;|| ||[[Magic lantern|lantern]] slides
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|3&frac14; × 4&frac14; || 83 &times; 108 || "quarter-plate"
 
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|3&frac14; × 5&frac12; || 83 &times; 140 || [[postcard format|postcard]] or 3A
 
|3&frac14; × 5&frac12; || 83 &times; 140 || [[postcard format|postcard]] or 3A
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|4 × 5 || 102 &times; 127 || sheet film
 
|4 × 5 || 102 &times; 127 || sheet film
 
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|4&frac14; × 6&frac12; || 108 &times; 165 || "half-plate" glass plates
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|4&frac12; &times; 6&frac12;|| 114 &times; 165 || [[Cabinet Card]]
 
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|4&frac12; × 5&frac12; || 114 &times; 140 || "half-plate" tintypes
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|4&frac12; × 5&frac12; || 114 &times; 140 || "half-plate" [[Ferrotype|tintypes]]
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|4&frac34; × 6&frac12; || 120 &times; 165 || "half-plate" glass plates
 
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|4 × 10  || 102 &times; 254 || sheet film
 
|4 × 10  || 102 &times; 254 || sheet film
 
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|5 × 7  || 127 &times; 178 || sheet film
 
|5 × 7  || 127 &times; 178 || sheet film
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|6&frac12; × 8&frac12;||  216 &times; 165 || "full-plate" glass plates,<br />[[Ferrotype|tintypes]]
 
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|7 × 17  || 178 &times; 432 || sheet film
 
|7 × 17  || 178 &times; 432 || sheet film
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|8 × 20  ||  203 &times; 508 || sheet film
 
|8 × 20  ||  203 &times; 508 || sheet film
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|8&frac12; × 6&frac12;  ||  216 &times; 165 || "full-plate" glass plates, tintypes
 
 
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|11 × 14 || 279 &times; 356  || sheet film
 
|11 × 14 || 279 &times; 356  || sheet film
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|image_text= 3 [[folding bed camera]]s, each designed for another plate size
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==Links==
 
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* [http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_early/1_early_photography_-_sizes.htm Plate and tintype sizes] on [http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/index.htm EdinPhoto site]
  
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* [http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_early/1_early_photography_-_sizes.htm Plate and tintype sizes] on [http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/index.htm EdinPhoto site]
 
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* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HHX4xB94vcMC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=film+plate+sizes&source=web&ots=7Hi5AuU_tn&sig=QBJEpH9OIy7FOLZlfmGq8z03NnY&hl=en The Manual of Photography: Photographic and Digital Imaging p.104] by R. E. Jacobson
 
  
 
[[Category:Film formats|*]]
 
[[Category:Film formats|*]]
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[[Category:Film plate]]

Latest revision as of 02:02, 23 November 2021

Photographic plates (usually glass coated with light-sensitive material, but historically, sometimes metal or paper) and sheet film have been made in many "standard" sizes, often with a title; many early cameras included the plate size title in the name of the camera.

See also Japanese formats and Large format.

4414144366_d2487b01f8.jpg
Wooden plate-holders in half-plate and quarter-plate sizes
image by Rachel Rayns (Image rights)


4414123522_72af67f1ae.jpg
A half-plate size holder, with a metal film sheath, which adapts the holder to accept
sheet film instead of a glass plate. This special sheath reduces the film size to 4x5 inch.
image by Rachel Rayns (Image rights)
Plate & Sheet Film Sizes
Metric sizes are to nearest mm for equivalent inch sizes.
Size (inches) Size (mm) Name/Type
15/8 × 21/8 41 × 57 "sixteenth-plate" tintypes
2 × 2½ 51 × 64 "ninth-plate" tintypes
2½ × 3½ 64 × 89 "sixth-plate" tintypes
31/8 × 41/8 79 × 105 "quarter-plate" tintypes
3¼ × 3¼ lantern slides
3¼ × 4¼ 83 × 108 "quarter-plate"
3¼ × 5½ 83 × 140 postcard or 3A
4 × 5 102 × 127 sheet film
4½ × 6½ 114 × 165 Cabinet Card
4½ × 5½ 114 × 140 "half-plate" tintypes
4¾ × 6½ 120 × 165 "half-plate" glass plates
4 × 10 102 × 254 sheet film
5 × 7 127 × 178 sheet film
6½ × 8½ 216 × 165 "full-plate" glass plates,
tintypes
7 × 17 178 × 432 sheet film
8 × 6 203 × 152 Cabinet view
8 × 10 203 × 254 sheet film
8 × 20 203 × 508 sheet film
11 × 14 279 × 356 sheet film
12 × 20 305 × 508 sheet film
14 × 17 356 × 417 sheet film
16 × 20 406 × 508 sheet film
20 × 24 508 × 610 sheet film
65 × 90 sheet film
90 × 120 sheet film
100 × 150 sheet film, another postcard format
130 × 180 sheet film
180 × 240 sheet film
240 × 300 sheet film


18775225121_c1da60794e.jpg
3 folding bed cameras, each designed for another plate size
image by Luis Cozeto (Image rights)


Links

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