Michael Roberts: Hmmm... I didn't think of that. Maybe I'll add coffee making to the bigger camera coming up.
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Michael Roberts: Hmmm... I didn't think of that. Maybe I'll add coffee making to the bigger camera coming up.
I posted a thread about mine a couple of weeks ago, in case you missed it.
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Thanks, Gord! It took months, but I've used it enough now that I don't notice every scratch I put onto it. It's completely opened my mind to the things I can now consider making.
Daniel at post #31: Thanks for the link! Before spending any money, I'll do some more looking around. I don't think it's something I'll actually get around to pursuing; I have plenty on my plate...
Here's the after photo. I've since added digital read outs on all three axes. Between them, these two machines were what made this camera possible.
I've made some plans for the bigger camera,...
And here's an image of my 1960 Clausing 8520 milling machine, taken completely to bits. I put more work into this machine than any job I've ever done; replacing every bearing, stripping every surface...
Here, just to finish up, but a little off-topic, is a photo of my 1954 Montgomery Wards 24-inch metal lathe, made by the Logan mfg company. So, it's about the age of some of the photo equipment I...
Finally, here's the piece i made to hold the camera on the tripod. It's based on a telescope 'dovetail' mount. There is a rail on the camera that it locks onto, which allows me to slide the camera a...
Thanks, Gord! Yes, the ground glass was not hard at all. I'm sort of puzzled, too, as to why pretty much all of the sources I found on making it yourself tell you to use a thicker scrap piece of...
And here is a view of the inside of the ground glass protector, with the magnets in the corners. They hold it on pretty well, but I think I'm going to put four more on it, in the mid-points of each...
Next, some views of the back. Here, you can see the ground glass back rotated.
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Here's a different view of the same items.
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Here's a closer image of some of the wooden things I made: the bellows supporter and the two lens caps. The smaller cap has two lips because it needs to go over two not-so-deep rings on the 485mm...
Here's a sort of graphical arrangements of my lenses for this outfit. The top row has those with their own shutters, mounted on Toyo boards. The bottom row has those I've mounted on 1/4-inch Baltic...
I'll continue now with some more about the camera.
This next image shows most of the things I've put together for this project, including the closed and secured part of the camera, plus the...
Well, I made a blunder last night by not sizing my images properly, so they got rejected. I've gone through and re-inserted proper sized photos, so I hope things are better!
pjd: I'll post an...
I may post more tomorrow, but it's time for bed!
Finally, I can pull out the black ring, so that the camera can be folded.
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To remove the tube, I need to first take off that rear brass part, by removing the knurled nuts that hold it down.
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The following three photos show why the hinged, folding aspect of the camera might be more trouble than it's worth. In order to fold it closed, the front standard, and the tube it rides on, need to...
And here's look underneath the back. I made a hinge back here, to allow me to fold the camera. I may need to re-visit this because it is not as sturdy as I want it to be. The small black knobs have...
Here's a look underneath. I made 'pockets' in the 1/4-inch thick aluminum, to save on weight without lessening strength. The camera is still heavier than I'd like, but since I see myself mostly using...
Now I'll upload a few images showing the extension plates.
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Here, I've stretched the bellows to just about their fullest extent, just over a meter (about 42 inches). I know it will take a lot of light, and long exposure time, but I'm curious to see just how...
The shutter, like the 8x10 back, can be mounted in two different orientations, since it's mounted on a square Toyo lensboard. The particular lens in this image is a Wollensak enlarging lens. I want...
Looking more closely at the 760mm lens here, you can see that I've mounted it on a 'shutter' I made out of an old 3x4 Anniversary Speed Graphic camera, which fits nicely between the uprights of the...
And now I've attached my 760mm f/14 Rodenstock Apo Romar, again focused to infinity. I bought this lens for the 14x17 camera, but it shows how much the bellows can be drawn out when all three plates...
Here, I've mounted my 210mm f/5.6 Fujinon W lens, and focused it to infinity. This is as close as I plan to push the bellows toward the rear standard, and I'm using the shortest brass support rods...
Here's a closer look beneath the camera standards and bellows. The thick brass bar is supposed to keep the top aluminum plate fro flexing when it's extended. It works, but not as well as I'd hoped.
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Another. And here you can see the simple bellows support I made (the wooden piece under them). It works well in most bellows positions.
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Here's another view, going around the camera.
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I made the ground glass protector, as well as the brass handle (in fact, I made most of the brass parts, including the knobs). That is a particularly unattractive photo in the last post, with the...
In that photo and the one below, you can see the rotatable back. It's from yet another camera: an old Burke and James. It was painted a dull gray when I got it, so I stripped, stained, and finished...
The parts I put together come from several other cameras. The front standard and the round rail are from a Toyo View 45G. The rear used to be for a Toyo 45D, and I modified it by stretching it out to...
After many months of experimentation and learning, I've finally finished the camera I started putting together last winter. I built it as a sort of prototype for the 14x17 camera that I hope to start...
Thanks, Vaidotas! That's really helpful.
My own hope is to use my 8x10 camera for close-up work with tiny things in some sort of studio setting, and the 14x17 for out-in-the-world images. But, I have to admit, that an issue I have is that I...
Thanks for the comments so far! The links, from Bernice Loui and diversy, are two that I'm quite familiar with.
Corran: thanks for the personal report. It's amazing to me that this lens will...
I own both of these lenses, and have been doing lots of reading. My intention is to build a 14x17 camera. (I know; I've been saying that for years, but it'll happen...***)
I've read in many...
I did some looking around, and as far as I can tell, the largest size available is not quite big enough for 14x17 film. The dimensions of the 'full' size are 500 x 325 mm, which is about 20 x 13...