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Just to throw a hard number into the mix, when I started wet plate (buying all the chemicals and glassware, as well as some glass for plates) I spent $600. I already had a camera and plate holder...

I just sent a bellows to them this week. I'll let you know how long it takes ;)

I have a fantastic catalog from Bone Clones inc. If I recall correctly they also sell seconds...

http://www.boneclones.com/

I have a feeling a cheap lightweight 20x24 camera for wet plate camera work doesn't exist... as much as we would all like it to :(

It's an interesting enough camera, but the execution (craftsmanship) leaves something to be desired in my opinion.

The only other cameras I've seen in this vein are here :...

Highly recommended here as well. The 3880 does not take roll paper, but I don't need it to, so that's fine. It's also awesome that ink is half the cost by mL than the 2880.

I use it to scan 35mm slides sequentially. You set up all of the frames individually, then select batch scanning from the top menu. There's even a "find frames" function where it tries to find them...

I used to use CSx (2, 3, 5) a lot, but the majority of my digital editing is now done in Lightroom, with some brush-based work done in photoshop.

I also made an 8x10 out of foam core, used a rack n' pinion lens on it...

Cheap cheap cheap! (and fast to make!)

http://www.codexphoto.com/?p=1308

I'll second the Jon Grepstad recommendation, though I made some modifications to his design (and would make further mods / undo some of mine if I made another)

I believe the book has plans for a...

I found a compound shutter in a junk shop a while ago and didn't think much of it until recently - I've measured it with the size list on this forum, and it appears to be the longer tubed of the two...

I have a book that talks about making ice lenses - "Primitive Photography"
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I recently found what appears to be a print developing tank for 20x24" prints at a local thrift store - it has two removable caps as well as a trough that goes down the middle - it looks like you...

I sure am tempted to, but I'm currently focusing on a smaller setup. I picked up a whole plate Empire State from the classified forum that I've been working on, just shot my first plates on that...

I also have a DRP 124934 - A 420mm, SN 110649. Too bad I don't have a camera big enough for it :(.

http://goddard.smugmug.com/photos/340088128_E6SHh-L.jpg

This is a Voigtlander 42cm heliar that I have - the glass is fairly clean, but I notice this strange pattern when looking at the front element in the glare of a light. It doesn't appear to be on the...

It's a "nice one."

I'm no expert on camera history, but design-wise it looks like it falls between the all-wood wet plate cameras of the mid 1800's and the more packable view cameras of the...

As Walter said, you can use just about any large format lens - if you want to stay "original" there are a lot of people still using/buying/selling the older glass. There have been a number of "big"...

Voigtlander Bessa II w/ Color Heliar for $40
Wurlitzer Electric Piano (200A) for $2

:-D

The tooltips and manual for my 3880 state that you should send files at 360dpi (native).

Checking the box for finest detail in the driver us it to 720dpi....
"Finest detail for sharper edges on...

I believe it's leopardwood, but there seems to be a lack of consensus on what to call it. The orange and purple woods are padauk of various ages, the recessed part of the lensboard is maple, the...

I'm a photographer in central PA; I now work for Penn State as a videographer, which is pushing me more towards spending photo time "in the real world." I have some experience shooting wet plate, I...