Hi from New Zealand

[JRFrench]

Hi all,

My name is James, I'm a Engineering student currently studying for my PhD and living in the central North Island.

I have recently finished (mostly) constructing a 4x5 view camera. Its based on a twin rail system and has all of the common view camera movements.

I have designed and constructed nearly every component of the camera from scratch, from the bellows to the thumbscrews to the Ground Glass, the only major component I purchased is the Caltar Symmar-S 135mm.

I've got a few sheets under my belt so far, currently just getting the hang of exposure, tray development, ground glass focussing etc. I have some c41 chems on the way so hopefully when I get my technique down I can shoot some colour landscapes, which is the main purpose I built the camera for.

From what I have seen of this community it seems to be a very friendly and helpful one, I look forward to being a (small) part of it

[dsim]

Welcome to the community.

Looks like you've got yourself a nice camera.

[eduardtoader]

congratulations for your jeweler skills. I wait to see some work do with it.

[IanMazursky]

Really nice work!!
How did you make it?

[Michael Wynd]

Good to see another person from NZ here.
Mike

[briand]

Hi
and welcome to the forum, great looking camera you've made, hope to see some pic's soon.

[Ross Chambers]

That's pretty, damn I wish I had a quarter your skills.

However I cannot see any number 8 fencing wire anywhere in the construction.

Are you sure that you're a Kiwi? :-)

Regards - Ross

[largeformat apt]

G'day,
And well done
Pat

[Steven Tribe]

Looks like you have access to some pretty expensive/computer controlled machine tools!

[Vick Vickery]

Welcome to group therepy! Looks like pretty nice work on the home-built camera! My gosh...New Zealanders are popping up all over the place here!!!