Show us your home made camera...

[jb7]

Good one, and good one Shane and Miguel too-
That's ok MrTorture, blame me, I'm used to it-

Would be great if 3d printing produced opaque parts, even better if it was ir opaque too-
maybe something to investigate further-
but the Al/epoxy should sort everything out-

I didn't find the helical to be difficult to reassemble-
though I took great care to centre the lens.

I once had a 47mm f/8 Komura, though I didn't measure it at the time-
but I expect it might have been a tight fit too-

I know the SA XL is too big...

Let's see some more of these, never tire of them...

[Steve M Hostetter]

Hello,

This is an 8x10" P&S made for a 110mm-120mm w/ a Copal #1. Made from birch plywood.

Also pictured is a 5x7" P&S made for a 90mm w/ a Copal # 0. Made from birch plywood.

These are prototypes for future cameras made from exotic hardwoods and will be forsale upon request.

The 8x10" P&S body weight is 1-1/2 lb and the 5x7 body is just under 1 lb. I suspect my hardwood cams to weight a little more.

[Curt]

Would someone show a picture of a homemade 11x14 cameras and holders? All of the work I see here is very nice and well thought out, having built a 4x5 field camera and refurbished several others I can appreciate the work.

Curt

[Steve M Hostetter]

Hi Curt,

I have played with the idea of making an 11x14" point and shoot like you see above with a Hypergon lens attached..
I have an older 11x14" film holder I'd use for the design and construction.

Not sure I'd go so far as to make a bellows camera though ,, unless I could find me a cheap milling machine to make all the parts

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Hello,

This is an 8x10" P&S made for a 110mm-120mm w/ a Copal #1. Made from birch plywood.

Also pictured is a 5x7" P&S made for a 90mm w/ a Copal # 0. Made from birch plywood.

These are prototypes for future cameras made from exotic hardwoods and will be forsale upon request.

The 8x10" P&S body weight is 1-1/2 lb and the 5x7 body is just under 1 lb. I suspect my hardwood cams to weight a little more.

Great, Steve! Can you show us some more photos of these cameras?

[Steve M Hostetter]

first pic is a calibration test w/ a 115mm @f8 on 8x10 P&S paper neg

[Steve M Hostetter]

more

[Steve M Hostetter]

I tried to copy the plans but cd burner didn't work on them,will keep trying

[Daniel Stone]

Steve,

what's a monkey grinder?

-Dan

[Steve M Hostetter]

Daniel,,

A monkey grinder is a man that stands on the street corner and grinds an old musicbox while his monkey collects money off sympathetic passers-bye