A lot depends on what 8x10 camera you start with. In the late 1970s, I tried it with a wooden Burke & James Commercial view camera and maintaining alignment was a huge ever present problem which derailed the whole project. In the 1980s I tried the same with an 8x10 Sinar Norma mounted on a Linhof Heavy Duty copy stand. It actually worked, but back then LED panels were unheard of and fabricating an evenly lit and bright 8x10 light source proved to be the Achilles Heel of that project. If I were to attempt that project again, I think I would try to find an 8x10 Sinar that was made for copying artwork and didn't have any movements (heard that they indeed existed but I have never seen one FS). An 8x10 LED light panel would seem to be easy enough to acquire, but I wonder if it would be bright enough for enlarging?
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