[snallan]

I am somewhat dumbfounded by the prices that 5x7 film holders are fetching... quite a bit for a "dead" format (as my friends all tell me)...

Luddite Frank

I agree with you there. I think the problem is, camera manufacturers have sidelined the 5x7 format for many years, but there are a lot of photographers picking up these cameras because they like the format, but the holders have not been produced for quite some time. So if they do appear on auction sites, there are quite a lot of photographers trying to get hold of them!

I have been lucky in picking up 13x18 cm, and half plate film holders, primarily because I think some owners of 5x7 cameras have not considered them as 5x7 holders. Film formats I can either get directly, or trim to size in the darkroom.

PS. Oooops, should I have really said that. Actually, on APUG people probably realise that, but I think on the big auction site, they can slip past!