I think you may be limited in accessories with a small saw. I'd opt for a nice 10" table saw that would incorporate a good fence and accessories like outfeed tables, featherboards, etc. Build some...
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I think you may be limited in accessories with a small saw. I'd opt for a nice 10" table saw that would incorporate a good fence and accessories like outfeed tables, featherboards, etc. Build some...
ANSI IT3.108 1998 Edition, April 28, 1998
Photography (Cameras) - Double Film Holders (Lock-Rib Type) - Dimensions
Here's the page:...
Agreed. Here's some measurements and data I made or gathered from the web for whole-plate holders. They are all over the place.
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I would strongly recommend obtaining the actual ANSI...
It's probably obvious to most, but scaling down or up between different formats is not going to be equal in all three dimensions. Thickness and weight are going to be factors with the materials to...
I use one of the loose rubber-coated fabric rulers found in such fabric stores. They are large enough to not get lost easily but easy to stuff in a pocket and carry about. (A small Velcro square...
Someone already mentioned David Kachel's SLIMT method. Here's a link:http://www.davidkachel.com/assets/cont_pt3.htm
Evergreen black styrene sheets are sold at many hobby shops and online. Model makers use the stuff and I've used it to make plate holder inserts for wetplate.
I very much agree with Jim and think any discussion or gallery about digital printing, alternative process or not, should be separate from discussion/exhibition of handmade prints using in-camera...
Marvelous photograph Jonathon. I'm constantly amazed at the quality of these old portraits done in times of less-sophisticated equipment. The KISS principle at work. Many, if not most, modern...
I have 3 or 4 Rochester Whole-plate cameras, including one Carleton model which is more sophisticated. All of mine needed a new bellows and were purchased as project cameras. They fold very...
Beautiful image Peter. What is the process?
That would be great! I visited a couple print shops and craft stores today but no one could really answer my questions on the machines. One print shop had a machine/method to do the cutting but the...
Not sure what you mean by the "long side." I have used a mat cutter in the past and even bought a small transparent Fiskars paper cutter with a dedicated track cutter to cut the individual...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtJPnwXmxs
Well that should skew the stats in favor of us dinosaurs...
FWIW, I do not mark individual forums read but regularly mark all forums read, sometimes several times a day if I'm following certain...
Kumar,
The geometry is explained in the first couple pages of this online pdf file by Doug Bardell:
http://web.mit.edu/biyeun/Public/How%20to%20make%20Bellows.pdf
You are correct in assuming...
Jac,
Basically what I do in Photoshop is set the grid to some multiple of the pleat, restrict the rectangular marquee selection tool to the width of the first stiffener and select the entire...
Ian,
Yes. I was in contact with the seller of the kits for awhile but at the time was looking for a bellows kit that exceeded the size he was capable of producing, so that discussion went nowhere...
Paul,
The fasteners are fascinating.
Joe
Thanks Ian. I saw Steve's post a couple years ago and that is actually where I got the idea of using one of the scrapbooking machines. I've bookmarked the thread so I won't lose track of it again...
I'm looking for a way to simplify cutting stiffener patterns for DIY camera bellows. I think a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine made for scrapbooking might be the ticket for cutting out the...
Brandon,
I was not aware of either issue with the Cricut machines. I thought it had a scanning trace function that would allow user designs.
I thought the drawbacks might be the maximum...
Having made a few bellows, I would suggest that a bellows is a part that could also be sourced if the camera design was standardized. I ordered a synthetic bellows from Custom Bellows for an 11x14...
Crane's Kid Finish stationery ecruwhite has been my favorite for a number of alternative processes including cyanotype. I've also made some nice cyanotypes on Bienfang Graphic 360 Art Marker paper...
This annoying thread about bumping is now 12 pages long. Forgive me for bumping it again. The moderators must surely be aware of the various positions now and as the previous 2 deleted posts...
But if items out of a large list sell and the seller wants to update the status, this is in effect a bump for everything else remaining. Or, the seller decides to lower a price on something and thus...
I actually made an extension rail for my 11x14 B&J Commercial View out of an old B&J 5x7 Rembrandt that had a shot bellows. Fit perfectly.
The 11x14 is a beast so I made a tripod block for it...
For Van Dyke Brownprints, albumen prints, and salted paper prints, I've used borax gold toners as well as Clerc's thiourea gold toner and IMO, Clerc's looks and performs better and has an extended...
Doing OK Louis. I hope the same is true for you. That was a great weekend at Mr. Gunks homestead. Got to meet Petronio there as well. Good times! I miss reading of their escapades here.
A few years ago I started measuring holders I had or taking dimensions from other posts here on the forum. This table is what I have so far for the whole-plate format:
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I eventually...
Easier said than done for some formats. I like whole-plate 6.5x8.5 and it seems most of the extant holders were originally made for glass plates. The format decreased in popularity in the early...
Jim,
Are you saying that one needs to correct focus if they use commercially-produced film sheaths like those made by Kodak for their plate holders, or are you just taking about homemade film...
No, no, no. Where are the antlers Mark?
When are you available?
Yes, but you will need to rig a shutter to these older lenses if you are going to use flash. I have front-mounted a synched Packard shutter to a couple of my Petzvals but mounting a Packard or other...
You might be able to use some whiting in alcohol and a PEC pad to remove haze if you are willing to take a chance. If the haze is impacting your images negatively (sic) I would think it might be...
Wonderful Jonathan.
I love the composition here. I look through this image thread occasionally and wonder what drives people to photograph falls that appear in their pictures like so many others. "Seen one, seen them...
Some kind of code to match a scale to shutter? F/6.8 design perhaps? Might there be a pictorial archive of these scales somewhere online? "Enquiring minds want to know."
f/1, f/1.4, f/2, f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16, f/22, f/32, f/45, f/64, f/90, f/128 apertures are all 1-stop apart and by extension (sic):
1", 1.4", 2", 2.8", 4", 5.6", 8", 11", 16", 22",...