Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

[stradibarrius]

I am an experiences woodworker and wondered if there are good plans and hardware available to make my own field camera?

[Oren Grad]

Check out Jon Grepstad's site:

http://home.online.no/~gjon/jgcam.htm

And don't miss his links to other sites:

http://home.online.no/~gjon/camerabuilders.htm

[Kuzano]

I am an experiences woodworker and wondered if there are good plans and hardware available to make my own field camera?

One option... Google or Yahoo the term build your own large format camera.

Another option... go to youtube and search the same.

Also... might try DIY large format camera.

Many hits on this.

One web site in particular has a lot of links to various designs and builders....see this link:

http://home.online.no/~gjon/camerabuilders.htm

There are huge number of sites and videos with information you requested. It's actually rather overwhelming.

[Lachlan 717]

This might help as well:

http://www.jbhphoto.com/vcam/vcams.htm

[Mark Barendt]

You sure you got the skills Barry? ;)

[Jim Jones]

You sure you got the skills Barry? ;)

Good question. The crafts of cabinet maker and metal worker are more applicable than the art of a luthier in view camera construction. It also helps to be a master mechanic to solve the inevitable problems. Some designs are easier to construct at home: the Jon Grepstad or Jay Bender http://www.jaybender.com/BPH/, for example. You might get ideas from the Noda or the Newton New Vue cameras. If you have the mechanical aptitude of Thomas Edison or John M. Browning, you may even design the next generation of DIY camera. Your present skills might best be used in reconditioning or replacing the woodwork on existing cameras that already have good hardware.

[Bruce Batchelor]

I recall that View Camera magazine carried an article, maybe in two or three parts some years ago on building your own. As I recall, the hurdle faced by the author was the machining of the metal parts, for which he purchased and became adept with a tabletop milling machine.

[jnantz]

its a lot of fun building a camera,
good luck !

john

[jongrep]

From October 2015 my plans are available from my new website: jongrepstad.com

The Camera builders page will be available there from November 2015.

My old website will be dismantled by the end of October 2015.

Jon Grepstad

[analoguey]

From October 2015 my plans are available from my new website: jongrepstad.com

The Camera builders page will be available there from November 2015.

My old website will be dismantled by the end of October 2015.

Jon Grepstad
Thanks for the info, Jon. (time to update my bookmarks)

I hope the old website links would redirect. I couldn't have found those links myself, it was based on many others linking to the site and the plan etc.,

[jongrep]

I am sorry the old links will not redirect. My Internet servce provider will no longer offer websites after the end of October and my old website will be deleted. But I hope it will be possible to find my new website through Google. I am still working on my new website and have not optimized it for search engines yet.

Jon

[analoguey]

I am sorry the old links will not redirect. My Internet servce provider will no longer offer websites after the end of October and my old website will be deleted. But I hope it will be possible to find my new website through Google. I am still working on my new website and have not optimized it for search engines yet.

Jon

That's a shame! But thank you for informing us about it here, hopefully the people linking to your current site will update their links! All the best with the site!
And thanks for the blueprints/info on building cameras - even though I didn't build a camera, I got enough Info to decide whether I wanted to! [emoji106]