Show us your home made camera...

[Tri Tran]

I thought I would post an update. Here is the camera on the tripod I built for my 11x14. We built a sliding tripod block which makes mounting the camera on the tripod so much easier. The 14x17 is 22lbs. so the sliding block is a must. The great thing is that the 4 negatives I exposed in Tri Trans back yard, 3 of which were family portraits, came out great. So the camera is good to go!

Hi Jim
The backyard looks so familiar. Thanks for the portrait sitting and I can't wait to print it. It was a fun day !

[Roger Thoms]

I thought I would post an update. Here is the camera on the tripod I built for my 11x14. We built a sliding tripod block which makes mounting the camera on the tripod so much easier. The 14x17 is 22lbs. so the sliding block is a must. The great thing is that the 4 negatives I exposed in Tri Trans back yard, 3 of which were family portraits, came out great. So the camera is good to go!

Jim this may indeed be homemade, but I really think handmade would be a better description. It's gorgeous!!!

Roger

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Roger, thank you. I like to think of the cameras as hand crafted. There is a lot of love that goes into them.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I thought I'd add a couple of more images. These are shots of the reducing board I made so I could use my lenses that are mounted on 6x6 boards. I've got a 19" Artar and others that I want to try. I mounted the 16" Darlot and took a few pic's.

[Peter De Smidt]

Looks great, Jim.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Peter, thanks. Now that I have the 14x17 up and running my Darlot doesn't look so big any more!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Einfachheit

[Steve M Hostetter]

the back

[Steve M Hostetter]

some more

[briand]

Steve
Great looking camera,is it a fixed lens? look forward to seeing some pic's form it.
Cheers Brian
PS. I'm working on my alloy body, it will have a 47mmXL with center filter.