Making a photographic plate by hand

Well, by using the hand pouring method, any size can be coated depending on the skill of the operator. I also happen to have a 12" coating blade. :)

So......... Any size.

PE

PE:

Thank you for this great information. This method is very interesting.
I will must give it a try with my wet plate camera.

Charles

This website has some good info:

http://www.thelightfarm.com/

I really like the look of his hand made ortho film.

Have any of you guys tried hand coating with commercial ready made emulsion? Here is an example:

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/174052...5ml?cat_id=108

Regards,
Chris Maness

Fun... thanks.
Always wondered about those donkey riding 16x20 wet plate photographers and how the heck they did it.
Thanks PE and crew!!!

Well, don't forget the workshop I am giving at George Eastman House in October on making 3 grades of Azo type paper for printing all of these LF plates and film coatings! :D Next year, we hope to run a Kodabromide type enlarging workshop and later on give the ortho emulsion a run or two.

PE

Do I understand properly, that the plate here is being coated with regular emulsion? Not collodium?

Yes, photographic emulsion, not collodian. However, collodian cannot be excluded entirely.

PE