Well, I got this thing finished. This is not a refurbish or remake, it is a 20x24 from the ground up. It is out of cherry and has rise/fall lensboard, swing and axis tilt on the rear standard.
Instead of me loading down the website's server, here is a link to my webpage images of it. http://www.tyguillory.com/20x24%20Mammoth%20Page.htm
WOW! Beautiful
Can you make film holders for this beastie, and is the back spring loaded for easy holder insertion? Not quite a field camera I guess.
Looks nice.
Nate Potter Austin TX.
Impressive, very nice!
Nathan:
Ty builds wet plate cameras. The plate holder is at the side of the cabinet.
Mike
Ty,
Looks great!
Any idea how much the beast weighs?
Stunning, both as a camera and a piece of fine furniture.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
-Francis Bacon
Nate, I see you are in Austin. That is where the camera is; I delivered it to Austin yesterday.
Michael, I weighed it without the bellows and ground glass and it weighed 48 pounds. I am guessing complete it weighs very close to 60 pounds. It is impossible for one person to carry because of the cumbersomeness of it, yet two people can easily carry it without much effort at all.
Thanks for the kind words.
OMG - would love to see wet plate images from that!
That is a really nice camera. Congrats. Just the fact that that camera exists is good for us all. Woo woo.
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