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I am using paper with mine, I cut it to 3 3\4" x 6 1\4" and that works out to 23 square inches. LF all the way. :D

The camera is black with the little flap on top. I realize that the suggested value was for the camera body alone. What I paid for everything is well over the 1000.00 mark.
The camera was sold as...

After thinking about it for a long time (60 seconds) I bought the camera and both lenses.

I want to thank Brian Ellis and cmmatthews for their input, it gave me a good base to start with. I went to see the camera and came to an agreement for the two lenses and the camera.
Linhof Technika...

I am going to look at a Technika V next week and I don't have any idea what a fair price would be, I have very little info. on the condition of the camera.

What I've been told:

Technika V (4x5)...

The 23rd works for me.

Thanks for the info, mahogany it is then.

I'm also thinking of making my own film holders, would oak be a good material to use?
Other than the weight are there other reasons for not using oak?

My homebuilt
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I will be exposing some paper neg. this weekend.

The bellows are home made.

It only weighs 74 pounds, I figured the dog can handle it.;) The price was right. The head unscrews and I am hoping that I can use it on a survey tripod.

The yellow pages can go back under the table. I found this stand on a local site, everything seems to work fine especially the tray. I am hoping to expose my first sheet of film this weekend.

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I bid 110.00, someone else went higher next time maybe. Thanks all for the info.

Thanks that gives me a good indication for what its worth.
The unit is coming from a gov. auction, looks to be in very good condition. Shipping wont be an issue since it is local for me.

I have a chance to bid on a Beseler 45MCRX with motorized condenser but I have no idea what a reasonable price would be. Can anyone tell me what it should be worth.:confused:

If I were to build a new back I could go with a larger format. 11x14 could be possible, the dimension at the back is 15x15.

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This was a lot of fun, a very simple basic design. It ended up being much bigger than need be. I think that I could probably get 11x14 out of it. The materials that I used for the bellows were too...

Thank you for the info on the glass and the delivery.

Albert

Progress on the camera is a little slow but progressing. The back is just about complete and the GG holder is under construction. Any advice, suggestions on how to fasten the back to the camera...

Thanks for the compliments everyone, if you use a really cheap digital to take your pictures it misses a lot of the imperfections. The material for the outside covering was boat canvas and the inner...

The completed parts have been assembled, I made three lens boards and a dust cover for the front. The back remains to be built. I am very grateful for all comments and suggestions. After I build a...

Starting to look like the rookie to LF is also the old man at 54. The unstructured no formal meeting idea is good with me. I have a post in the camera section with some more progress pictures of the...

The total cost was $75.00. One can of 3M supper 77 spray glue
2 yards of boat canvas
2 yards of blackout curtain lining and...

It was my first attempt, overall not bad. It took about six hours start to finish.

Now that I decided to try LF the first thing that I need to do is build a camera.
Progress to date.
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Hello Joseph,

I used a material thats used for boat tops, the brand name is sunbrella. That was used for the outer layer. The stiffeners were cut from a roll of 70# drawing paper that I had.
The...

Now if I could only get film for it.
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Maybe I can adapt a 4x5 film holder to it.

I have been visiting the site for a few months now, reading articles and posts. Huge amount of info. on this site. I joined to be able to look at the for sale section, well 3 more weeks to go. I...