I would love to see the image you shot, but I got a little squirmy seeing the film holder on the ground like that. :-0Originally Posted by danceathon
I would love to see the image you shot, but I got a little squirmy seeing the film holder on the ground like that. :-0
The architectural 5x7 I finally cobbled together over the weekend. I am still tinkering with it, like the focusing mechanism which will be an internal threaded thing I am still working with. This is version 3.3. It started as a quickie plywood box then got completely out of control when I remembered I had a stash of dimensioned Honduran mahogany that would make for a much lighter camera over ply. Basically, I wanted a lightweight, super-wide 5x7 that I could use as I would my Canon DSLR with a 10-22. Even with the Super Angulon 90, it weighs less than the DSLR. Even though it has all that "pretty wood", I am planning make it all black as I do not like to be bothered when working. Bad enough to be shooting LF, but having someone comment and question you on equipment is a peeve of mine. I plan to be shooting with this next week on the NoCal coast.
Nice looking camera. I wouldn't paint it black. If you don't want to talk with people much, just eat lots of garlic and go crosseyed occasionally. I don't get the 10-22 reference; 10-22 to me is a semiautomatic ruger rifle.
It's this lens being referred to. EF-S 10-22mm.
a WEEKEND!!!!!! wow....now that's some serious skillz! not too many things impress me, but fine craftsmanship AND speed with such never fails to. we should talk..you're in my neck of the woods...I have projects, but no skills....
Robbie, can you tell us more about the back? Did you fab that up yourself? I like the way the back is flush and the springs don't take up any extra room - did you make the springs or are they cobbled from another camera?
Thanks,
Nathan
Very finely cobbled it is too...
Does that lens panel allow for movement?
This was designed to be a beater. For me the construction was all of function and I find it too "shiny" for my liking. I have little romantic notion towards the materials. It is pretty, but I want a wallflower.
Yes, thank you."It's this lens being referred to. EF-S 10-22mm."
Perhaps a weekend in total time for the build. It was only this weekend I did the glue-ups, metal work, and minimal finishing. Keep in mind "version 3.3". I improvise and never draw ideas up. That leads to many rejected parts."a WEEKEND!!!!!! wow....now that's some serious skillz! not too many things impress me, but fine craftsmanship AND speed with such never fails to. we should talk..you're in my neck of the woods...I have projects, but no skills...."
The back I constructed out of hard maple. The springs are off an old 4x5. My one cheat. The GG was cut from an broken sheet I had lying around.Robbie, can you tell us more about the back? Did you fab that up yourself? I like the way the back is flush and the springs don't take up any extra room - did you make the springs or are they cobbled from another camera?
Thank you. The rough design is based on the Gowland Architectural cameras. There is rise or shift depending on how you orient the lens board. I was playing around a design to allow for both, but it was getting too complicated for my liking. Anywho, the SA 90 doesn't have too much rise/shift in 5x7. It will be more useful with my Nikkor 120-SW. Again, this is all to ape the use of my DSLR in LF.Very finely cobbled it is too...
Does that lens panel allow for movement?
No longer own this but the cartoon sums it up well.
Meet 'the beast'
Calumet 8x10 with 8x10, 5x7 & 4x5 backs
on the front is a B&J wood lensboard I rounded the corners of, cut out a big ol hole, then bolted a horseman lensboard with a big ol hole face-to-face.
On the back of the horseman is a sinar shutter and in front of that a 300 Heliar.
a heck of a lot of monkeysnot..but now I can shoot 5x7 with barrel lenses with flash
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