Jay,
Bravo! You could always bolt a 12"x12" plywood attached to a quick release for your tripod head if need be! Just set ur on top and strap it on if tilted much
Jay,
Bravo! You could always bolt a 12"x12" plywood attached to a quick release for your tripod head if need be! Just set ur on top and strap it on if tilted much
Sure enough. I'm certainly not afraid of a little plywood and duct tape, if needed.
Here's the camera I'm building. It's a 4x5 inspired by Jon Grepstad. His design is for a monorail, but I think this is going to be a field camera. I can decide such trivial details as and when, though. I think the inspiration was more in the sense of "stop procrastinating and just get on with it".
I see it as a test bed / prototype, so I don't mind making mistakes (not too much, anyway). The design is largely in my head, but once built, I'll scale off it, draw, modify, rebuild etc. I toyed with the idea of 5x7 and may still build one unless I go straight to 8x10 or ULF!
If anybody can suggest a source of reasonably priced rack and pinion in the UK or Europe, I'd be very grateful.
The bellows material is fine weave calico with 7 coats of 50%-thinned artist's black acrylic.
Last edited by LeoPonton; 24-Mar-2011 at 12:43. Reason: attach image file
Leo,
Your bellows looks great! How does it behave? Good luck, and keep us posted.
The bellows are very flexible. It looks like I'll get all the shift and swing that I need.
The paint hasn't really made them too thick, heavy or stiff. I got the idea from a guy in Taiwan who paints silk for bellows cloth. I've linked to his site from my camera blog, http://large-format-camera.blogspot.com/ , which I'll be updating as I build.
Having seen how the cloth is made up, I think I would probably go an extra coat or two next time.
Here's another photo of the bellows. The wrinkles are because I had painted another coat on the outside to hide glue marks etc. and it was still not 100% dry. Now the bellows is dry, there are no wrinkles.
Really cool, Leo! Thanks for the links.
Thanks, Jay. My viewfinder is not a pretty one but it works and cost me 5 euros...Originally Posted by Jay DeFehr
Well, I never thought about that neither, I just saw the cutting board on the chinese shop and found that the bamboo wood was really good looking and about the right thickness. I just had to put an o-ring between the lens and the "lensboard" and it was ok.Thanks Nana.
your lens board is terrific, never would have thought of using a cutting board, it is nice looking wood,my lens panel is made from 3mm plate alloy, I'm now making a 12mm Spacer to use my 58mm XL on the camera as well.
Cheers Brian
Fantastic wood work, Steve! I'm stunned....
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