You will find a number of homebuilt LF cameras here: http://home.online.no/~gjon/jgcam.htm
I have a View Camera Construction FAQ here: http://home.online.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
Jon Grepstad
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You will find a number of homebuilt LF cameras here: http://home.online.no/~gjon/jgcam.htm
I have a View Camera Construction FAQ here: http://home.online.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
Jon Grepstad
New URL: http://home.online.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
Please note that the URL of my camera building site is now: http://home.online.no/~gjon The old site is not being updated.
Please note that the URL of my site is now: http://home.online.no/~gjon The old site is no longer updated.
Please note that the URL of my large format camera building site is now: http://home.online.no/~gjon The old site is no longer updated.
Jon Grepstad
You will find the information you need about pinhole photography here: http://home.online.no/~gjon/pinhole.htm
You will find instructions in my View Camera Construction FAQ: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
The book "Using The View Camera" is written by Steve Simmons, not by Steve Grimes. I agree it is a good start. It is my favorite LF book.
You will find some information here: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
You will find some useful links here: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm James Vail has online plans, Doug Bardell will sell plans at a reasonable price. You find links to their web pages from the...
You will find some information here: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/
The ANSI standard for the depth of a standard 4 x 5 inch film holder is 0.197" plus minus 0.007" . Most film has a base of 0.007" . When film is loaded in the film holder, the depth is 0.190" ....
You will find the ANSI standards for film holder depth here: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
If you are looking for a kit, the Bender kit is a good option. If you want to build a camera from scratch, you will find some information here: http://home.sol.no/~gjon
http://www.schneideroptics.com/large/shutter/shutter.html
The circle of confusion for 4x5 is usually set at .15mm or 0.09 mm. You will find some online calculators here: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/depth.htm
View Camera Construction FAQ: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm
You will find some addresses here: http://home.sol.no/~gjon/lffaq.htm