Show us your home made camera...

[bvaughn4]

Jim, what a lovely family you have.

[John Bowen]

I have a couple cameras made in Richard Ritter's home, do those count?

Sorry, I couldn't help myself!

[Jay DeFehr]

I Just built a handheld 8x10 portrait camera of foamcore and book binding tape, and made a few, quick test exposures. Unfortunately, I have no fixer, and will have to wait until Monday to process my neg. It was fun to build, and only took a few hours and cost a few bucks. I will add a wire frame finder and a pair of handles, and something more finished for the back, pending the results of my test shots. Here's a pic, though it's not much to look at.

[benrains]

Not mine, but worth sharing- http://carynorton.com/legotron-mark-i

[akvamakc]

See,please my LJ http://akvamakc.livejournal.com/3093.html

[jb7]

More great cameras-
That ultrawide bag camera looks great-
As does that portrait camera Jay-

Piece of string focusing?

I think it might suit a broom handle monopod, rather than handles...
And a wire frame finder could work well too-

[PolarBear1973]

Made a rail camera out of stuff mostly in the garage:



It has rise/fall, swing, tilt, etc...

Here's the camera set up for a shot this morning to test it out:



Here's the shot:



Here's a video of me making the camera step by step:



It took me about 4 hours total time and cost very little

[Jay DeFehr]

More great cameras-
That ultrawide bag camera looks great-
As does that portrait camera Jay-

Piece of string focusing?

I think it might suit a broom handle monopod, rather than handles...
And a wire frame finder could work well too-

Hi Joseph,

I developed one of two test shots I made yesterday on TXP, and a finder is definitely in order. For the test shots I used a piece of string for focus, but ultimately, I want to use converging light beams from cheapo laser pointers, kind of like the old Focuspot system. The good news is that I can indeed hold the camera for 1/25 second exposures which does indeed allow me to use f/16 which does in turn provide enough dof at 42" subject distance. I'll make a few changes to the foamcore rig before moving on to a prototype, including a wireframe finder, and a proper grip/release, and a neck strap, which would greatly improve the film holder handling. All in all, I think the project is worth pursuing.

[Greg Y]

4x10" Black Walnut box camera w/ dovetail joints. Made by my woodcrafting friend Eric Johnson.This build was inspired by the Baltic Birch models made for Rod Klukas and by Jay Dusard & with which he photographed his book "Open Country. Thanks to Jay & Keith Canham for the phone conversations about dimensions and for the back & other Canham parts...

[jnantz]

mine is a box camera design as well.
it is 4x5 ( and can be upgraded to 5x7 in a heartbeat )
and focuses on ground glass with a movable barrel lens
the paper holders i made myself too, they are single sided.
i have made 3 11x14 box cameras and the film plane moves
not the barrel.

while i could easily just do short term exposures and paper negatives
i usually do long exposures for an ephemeral negative that can't be
fixed but can only scanned once ... before vanishing