Show us your home made camera...

[dazedgonebye]

So, the basic components are?

Lensboard or cone.
Focusing helical (if you don't want to just set to infinity).
4x5 back from some camera or other.

How to put them together? I mean, I could pick up an old beater 4x5 monorail camera, but I have no clue as to how I'd put the front and back standards together.

I guess I'll have to keep envying you folks who have actual skills.

[chris_4622]

Recently completed 110mm camera with removable lens shade. Old pine with shellac and wax finish, black flocked paper lining the shade and inside.

[jb7]

So, the basic components are?

Lensboard or cone.
Focusing helical (if you don't want to just set to infinity).

There are other ways to move the lens-
rack and pinion,
box within a box, like the lovely camera above-

4x5 back from some camera or other.

any size back?
Christopher Broadbent's 5x7 looks good too-
and bigger might actually be easier to make-

How to put them together? I mean, I could pick up an old beater 4x5 monorail camera, but I have no clue as to how I'd put the front and back standards together.

You forgot to mention the lens-
if it's short enough you might only have to think about using one standard-

I have to admit, a p&s looks tempting-


j

[Michael Wynd]

If Eric makes a camera is a Woodburytype?
Mike

[Allen in Montreal]

I hope this nice change for you !!!

http://www.galerie-photo.com/canham-11x14.html.........

Cher Henri,

J'aime bien la facon que vous voyez la vie, mais mon dieu, que cette table de pic nic est tres cher, mais quand meme, elle est tres, tres belle. (je suis tres jaloux)

[Henri Gaud]

Cher Henri,

J'aime bien la facon que vous voyez la vie, mais mon dieu, que cette table de pic nic est tres cher, mais quand meme, elle est tres, tres belle. (je suis tres jaloux)

Hello,

You can make some photography with that pic nic table ;-)

The french way of life

http://trichromie.free.fr/trichromie...-trichromistes

Ne soyez pas jaloux,
Venez nous voir ;-)

[Ben Syverson]

Incredible!!

[walter23]

Pinhole cigar box in action:


And this crazy home-made thing that was supposed to be a simple pinhole camera but that got way out of hand. It takes a graflex bag mag:

[jb7]

Nice one Walter-
they do get out of hand...

[h2oman]

Take a look at colinflanarygraham.com He's a sometime participant here, and I noticed that he recently added info on his site about the stuff he has built. He uses only his own cameras, I believe.