sheetfilm.be also sells ... sheet film !!!

argus · 03-12-2008, 11:47 AM

Dear APUG subscribers/members/visitors,

I am pleased to announce that sheetfilm.be expands its business from the production of (what some call the best classic ground glass) GVB groundglass to the resale of sheet film.

As our business is focussed on the users of view cameras, we only stock and sell the very fine Wephota sheet films, rollfilm formats will not be stocked and/or sold.
We(*) have a permanent stock for immediate delivery in the most popular sheet film formats (4x5" and 8x10") in 25ASA, 100ASA and 400ASA in 25 sheet boxes. Depending on the popularity, other formats will be added to our permanent stock.
Other sizes are available on simple demand in all film speed variations. We will gladly order specialty film sizes for you.

Please consult the prices here
Prices start from € 13,00 for a 25 sheet box in 4x5" film format

For those who have never heard of Wephota before:
As a long time Wephota sheet film user myself (mostly in 8x10" format), I can assure its quality. Over a few hundred sheets that I burned in the last year, I could never see any coating or other defects.

Kind regards,
Geert

(*) pluralis majestatis

photo8x10 · 03-12-2008, 06:13 PM

This a good news.
I'll try it., I've just put my order, 8x10 in 100 and 400 iso
I hope also in the future mayvbe to find it also in 8x20.

Stefano

Rob_5419 · 03-12-2008, 07:04 PM

Nice one Geert - good luck in your venture.

By the way - can you persuade Wephota to cut down NP15 to whole plate size (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) and stock it if there is enough demand?

I tried with a few other users last year and failed.

keeds · 03-13-2008, 05:19 AM

Do they do 7x17? How do their films compare to other such as FP4+ or HP5+?

argus · 03-13-2008, 05:34 AM

Hi,

thanks for the interest and questions and the first orders

.

Film is cut from master rolls on demand, so virtually any possible size is available for order.

Rob,

I'd like to provide whole plate films, no problem, but alike the 7x17" I am awaiting the price. You will see those film sizes on my site when I get them.

keeds,

it's some time since I used Ilford films. I used to develop them in rodinal, but now I use a staining developer for the Wephota films, so comparing is difficult.
I still use Fortepan 200 in 7x17, untill I run out of my personal stock.

Regarding film speed, I have a personal EI of 80 for NP22 (100ASA box speed). I am currently setting my EI for the 25 and 400ASA films and will finalize it next weekend.

Kind regards,
Geert

Rob_5419 · 03-13-2008, 08:34 AM

Thanks Argus -

if Wephota agree to do it, that would be great. They didn't last year, and their British agent moved buildings too.

You might want to post on the www.largeformatphotography.info forum too and maybe ask about a group order - there probably is enough interest from the forum to make it more than just an initial order, to reduce your overheads in stocking whole plate film.

Keep us posted!

Thanks