Ultra large format camera build filmed in time lapse

[thorley]

This build has a real standard that will accommodate a 14' plate and will sport a Zeiss Apo Jena Tessar f9 60cm that requires one meter extension for portrait work.
Hoping to get over a meter of extension with something that is convenient, portable and practical to load into a small car.
Tips on the track-extension-folding system are invited.

three minute time lapse video that shows assembly and focus test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9XQrT_zBF0

[Amedeus]

Nick ... good to see you here !

I enjoyed watching the video ;)

[Tin Can]

Looks good, you sure work fast!

[soeren]

May I suggest a wheeled table/tripod? ;)
Will the front movements be motorized and remote controlled? Sorry if that was ansvered in the video. I saw it without sound.
Best regards

[Steven Tribe]

Tips on the track-extension-folding system are invited

That is a very pertinent question and it may now be a little late in the day. Perhaps a couple of different length solid baseboards with wing screw attachments to allow for possible use of wide angle. My 30x40cm camera has extension up to 120cm.ph

[thorley]

Thank you Soeren I will seriously consider wheels, on a tripod not a table.
I have made a sturdy tripod for star trails on a windy salt lake, but it was horribly hard to use and didn't pack well at all.

[Kimberly Anderson]

Thank you for making me smile this morning. This project is great. I will be sharing this with my students soon. :)

[jb7]

very good - very nicely presented too -

[Harold_4074]

A simple way to make extended controls might be to use a flexible shaft with a knob at the back; guide blocks with through holes will control "whip" if the torque is high.

If takedown is desired, a 1/4" drive socket engaging a hex on the movement shaft (lock two nuts together with a dab of epoxy and your all-thread becomes a long, fully-threaded bolt) makes a nice coupling. Right-angle drives for the shifts can be had from your local equivalent to McMaster-Carr (USA).

[Petzval Paul]

Excellent video and the camera is really coming together nicely!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Hello Nick, wonderful video :)

[thorley]

I have produced an image, but it is still getting refined. Here is a video of the progress and first image.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xjl2XJWC0g

[Lachlan 717]

Nice refinement, Nick.

[analoguey]

Not able to see the video yet but is it a 14 foot-plate? Or inch?

[Drew Bedo]

Thorley: Up-date?

[polyglot]

lovely!

[munz6869]

That's marvellous!! I love the Melbourne weather sound fx in the first video. V. accurate.

Marc!

[fecaleagle]

Not able to see the video yet but is it a 14 foot-plate? Or inch?

It is a 14 (by 11?) inch plate. I nearly wet myself when I read 14' as well, but it is admirably well-done and documented. Definitely worth a view, and thanks for sharing it with us, Thorley!

[SMBooth]

A lot of work for what now appears to be a 8x10 camera.

[alexn]

Looks very nice, I do hope you intend on shooting some film larger than 8x10 in it! :) Wish I had the kind of patience required to build something like that... I intended on building an LF camera a couple of years ago.. It ended up being a wooden box with a fixed focus 90mm lens and a 4x5 graflock back... Then again I intended to build another about 6 months ago and instead I bought a Chamonix... haha.. Committed? Me? Hardly...

[thorley]

http://youtu.be/j0MEjV5dOik

http://youtu.be/j0MEjV5dOik

[Henrim]

Wonderfull project. Love the magnet mounting!