Originally Posted by
Vaughan
In that case, set the camera up for f11 or f16 and fix focus to the hyperflocal distance so it's a point-and-shoot.
IMHO if you want a DIY camera project that won't be a fool's errand money pit, buy a cheap, scruffy metal Toyo Field 45A or Wista 45N or 45D, clean it up and put new bellows on it, and play around with a 90mm lens and some 4x5 black and white film for a while. This is sitting with the cool kids at the back of the bus stuff. You can crop a 4x5 sheet to 6x12cm if you want panorama, just draw some lines on the ground glass. Your choice. After you're done, you can easily sell it and probably get your money back.
IMHO your budget and expectations of the difficulty involved are both way too low.
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