Show us your home made camera...

[Roger Thoms]

It looks great, Roger.

Thanks

[Roger Thoms]

It looks great, Roger.

Thanks

[Sart_S]

Are pinhole cameras welcome here? This one use 5 1/2" x 14" paper/film. Made from 1/4" bamboo plywood. The most impractical camera I've used since you have to load and unload it in the dark for each shot, but fun just the same. I have some x-ray film that's scheduled for delivery today. At f380 exposures with paper are quite long. So thought I would try x-ray film.

Roger

Wonderful camera!

[Ken Kapinski]

Finished the camera today. Turned out pretty good. I have a little light leak at the lens board that I need to take care of then it will be ready for some pictures. I also will work on some sort of viewfinder / framing device so I wont have to use the ground glass. More photos of the project here.

Roger, nice pinhole

Ken

[Tim k]

Ken, looks good but I think the black tape added a manly utilitarian touch.

[dave_whatever]

Dave, I haven't really attached it yet, but, its going to be a brass bar across the top and bottom. Going to fit in the groove that is on the four sides of the frame.

Thanks for the info - that sounds like a good way of attaching it (certainly better than what I was going to attempt....) and it looks like a fine piece of work overall. Hope you get some good shots with it.

[Ken Kapinski]

Tim, I think your on to something there with the tape. Plus, I didn't have any light leaks with it either. Where did I put that roll????

Ken

[Rob Klurfield]

Why does this thread make me guess that some folks on LFPF have also constructed some very good sounding, rather large DIY horn-loaded audio speakers? In any case, this thread is amazing.

As I am sufficiently challenged by using cameras made at factories, I can only stand in awe of what you've all posted here. Very, very cool stuff. Congrats to you all for talent that is slightly (a mile or so) beyond my grasp.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Getting ready to wrap this project up. I am working on the focus distance now. Looks like focus is at about 5'9". Not sure if I want to mess with this anymore. Schneider website list the hyper-focal distance as 6.3 feet at f22. Once I settle on focus, put some finish on the wood, attach back, lens board, and tripod mount. Shouldn't be much longer now.

Ken

I noticed you constructed your camera body in a most unconventional way.. What exactly is the weight..?
If you decide you want it lighter you could rip off some of the 1-1/2 thick walls with a tablesaw and re-sand.. would of helped by running the grain of the boards in different directions though

[PolarBear1973]

Finally finished my 8x10, took it out this morning to try it out. Had to use some significant front rise to get the top of the building. 300mm, f/32, 2 seconds



Here's the test shot: