11x14 in process, but I'm getting there. The bellows is in process. I'm hoping for about a meter of extension. As soon as I have a film holder to work with, I'll be building a back around it.
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11x14 in process, but I'm getting there. The bellows is in process. I'm hoping for about a meter of extension. As soon as I have a film holder to work with, I'll be building a back around it.
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Finally got around to starting the design for my laser cut large format wet plate camera.
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just rolled off the assembly line...
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Super lightweight, has some movements from the 2x3 Century Graphic standard and a composite rear standard from Walker Cameras TiTAN pinhole body made for Ilford.
Build notes are here, more pics are on flickr here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskLqLGes
thanks for looking!
Dirk
Some updated images of the 8x10 and 8x20 out in the field.
The finishing touch is to fill the grooves of the thumb wheels with black paint to match the centre of the focus track :D
http://lostlabours.co.uk/photography...-graphic09.jpg
Ian
Hey Ian,
That's funny as night I was looking at how dirty the groves were in the pics and was wishing I caught that before I photographed the camera. Your painted rail trick turned out nice!
Dirk
I'd tried filing the centre of my rail exposing the brass which looked ugly, this was to try putting a Super Graphic front standard on the rails to increase the range of movements. So painted it black to hide it :D (Dirk & I discussed this in PMs).
I think it makes your camera look better for it Dirk, another great conversion.
Ian
The sheer quality of the construction of these cameras is intimidating! However, in the tradition of 'a camera is just a light-tight box with film and a lens', here's my 8x10 monorail. I am not sure if I will want to do much in this format, but I can dip my toe in the water without breaking the bank.
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More information at http://grahamp.dotinthelandscape.org/8x10.html
Looks nice to me!