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Hi, sorry if this is old ground, but I couldn't seem to turn up anything on a search. I'm just wondering if anyone has a pattern, specs, whatever the right term is, for a 3D-printed 4x5 film back,...

Well, I've built myself a camera out of our old Arca 4x5 rear standard and a traffic cone...photos attached. I'm getting upwards of 20x magnification with good detail, I think (using FP4 and a...

Yes, thanks, you're right--the inside is lined with adhesive blackboard paper. (Can't seem to get a good range of contact paper here in New Zealand...) The only issue is it's not matte, so we'll...

Well, here's mine, freshly built: a long focal length pinhole camera for macro photography, made out of the rear standard of an old Arca Swiss 4x5 and a traffic cone. Plus adhesive blackboard paper,...

Hi again all,

Thanks again for your suggestions and pointing me toward some very useful links. I've surprised myself with some success! I bought a set of pinholes from pinholeresource.com and...

Hi all,

Thanks very much for your replies--a lot to think about :) . I've seen some information that talks about optimising pinholes for a particular focal length and also some different...

Thanks Dan. Soft images are no problem--they don't need to be razor sharp, particularly if they're not being enlarged. But I suppose the point is that using a longer focal length camera, it can...

Hello, I hope I'm not posting this in a drastically incorrect place, as I wasn't sure where LF pinhole photography fit :) .

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience doing pinhole macro...

Thanks Bruce--saw the email with the tracking and have been checking it obsessively :) . (The modern equivalent of walking out to look in the mailbox every five minutes, I guess!)

Also have just...

Thanks Kirk. I'm reasonably confident about what gear I want and need, and also reasonably confident that I need to be ruthless and efficient as I just can't carry a whole lot of extraneous stuff. ...

Hmmm, you might be right. To be honest, a large part of my issue is my tripod. It is short, chunky and top-heavy. When folded up, it is about 7.5 inches across at the top, where the weight is...

Thanks Kirk. I'm sure you're right about weight distribution being important, but I don't really know...the Tamrac is about 2.4 lb and the P3 is about 4.2 lb and I think is much bigger. Dunno,...

Hi, I'm just wondering if by any chance anyone out there can tell me if a 4x5 Chamonix camera will fit in the top compartment of a Tamrac Mirage 6 bag. According to the manufacturers' dimensions of...

Yes, I think you're right. I've ordered the retaining ring...but I'm thinking I might solve my problem in the longer term by stepping carefully away from the old Arca and buying a Chamonix (and some...

Ooh, thanks for pointing me to that, it does look like a good potential solution :) !

Thanks again,
Sharon

Hi, the subject line kinda says it all I guess :) . I'm looking for a lens board to fit an old Arca Swiss 4x5 camera, 171x171mm, drilled with a #00 hole, and I can't currently find one. There is...

Hello, I have recently started printing my large-format negatives using platinum/palladium and am looking at densitometers that read in the UV spectrum to speed the process of determining the actual...

Thanks all! I think we've decided to try building something. Our thinking is two planks of wood in an "X" that can pivot around the centre (where the camera would be mounted), with...

Hello, I've recently shifted from medium format to large format and am struggling to find a tripod (or other kind of support) that can secure a large format camera low to the ground. I'm mostly a...