Show us your home made camera...

[SMBooth]

Yes, the print does not look sharp. Either focused short of infinity or too close to the film and beyond infinity. I've tried a 90 f6.8 Angulon as a fixed focus on a 4X5 box camera. Tried to shim it right to infinity and let the rest of the distances fall where they may. Very hard to get it just right although I had somewhat sharper results.

You don't want to shim it to infinity. Set it to hyperfocal distance, which by memory of the 90 f6.8 is 2.1 metre, that way at f16 everything from about 1.4 metre to infinity is in relative focus.

[Tin Can]

Nice, pretty much where I want to go.

Can you supply more pics of construction and any details of the spring back?

I assume you made the bellows?

Oh, and holders?

Thanks!

My 14x17 Birch I slapped together a couple of years ago. Bellows is very stiff but light light. GG is sanded plexi. Aluminum is from Home Depot. Knobs from Lee Valley. The lens on it is a 355 G Claron. It's a clunker, but it works.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Hi Randy, I'll have to take some more pics of it. The spring back I took from a very old Seneca 8x10 back that I had purchased off of ebay. Yes, I made the bellows. Pretty crappy job but it works. I've got some material and will attempt another one eventually...I purchased the film holder from Sandy King.

[Tin Can]

Thanks, I thought those springs looked familiar.

I still really like it!

Hi Randy, I'll have to take some more pics of it. The spring back I took from a very old Seneca 8x10 back that I had purchased off of ebay. Yes, I made the bellows. Pretty crappy job but it works. I've got some material and will attempt another one eventually...I purchased the film holder from Sandy King.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Randy, I sent you an email...

[Tin Can]

I sent you a PM, I have gotten nothing.

Randy, I sent you an email...

[andreios]

Andrew, that is a good looking - simple yet functional camera - I like it! It gives me some inspiration - though I think more in lines of 7x17... Yet first I have to get a holder...

[ShannonG]

These are pin holes but non the less ,,cameras,all hold 4X5 film and all see differently.

[timjones]

My effort from Jon Grepstad plans (http://home.online.no/~gjon/jgcam.htm).

Very happy with the result



Regards

Tim Jones

[Colin Graham]

A 5x7 I made last spring. Sort of a fugly step-child of Gandolfi and Lotus. There's a rambling 2-part dairy of the project here- http://colinflanarygraham.com/darkshop/?p=1226








There's a few other project dairies on my site; I liked using the camera so much I made new holders for it and a new tripod as well.