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TSL
2-Mar-2018, 09:36
I've been building a ULF camera. The plate size is 48"x48" The lens is an old military Dalmeyer 1328mm
I've still got to finesse the holder and dark slide and add a some focus rail locks.
I made the ground glass from frosted perspex, this will eventually be changed to glass

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Starynkevitch
2-Mar-2018, 11:24
Wow amazing work and camera, what sensitive surface do you plan to use with it?
Collodion? Photo paper? Homemade gelatin silver glass plate?

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Randy
2-Mar-2018, 17:22
Are you sure you can get it out of the room once it is complete? :)

That is quite a project - looks very good.

TSL
3-Mar-2018, 01:24
Wow amazing work and camera, what sensitive surface do you plan to use with it?
Collodion? Photo paper? Homemade gelatin silver glass plate?

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I plan to use both wetplate and also photographic paper

TSL
3-Mar-2018, 01:26
Are you sure you can get it out of the room once it is complete? :)

That is quite a project - looks very good.

I have to remove it from the rails to get it out and move it, for now.
I will build a dolly for it and it will sit permanently on that. It is a pain at the moment though

pound
3-Mar-2018, 04:57
Amazing mammoth camera. Well done. I would imagine it Would be quite tough to handle this alone even for loading the film holder.

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Drew Bedo
4-Mar-2018, 09:49
Can you "rig" together a plate holder from glued up bits of old Lisco holders? I am thinking, maybe only one sided with a backing piece toehold it all together and ensure rigidity and flatness.

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radii
4-Mar-2018, 09:56
Wow!! ULF indeed !! Looks clean and sturdy. I like it.
Can you extend the bellows out to 1:1 lifesize magnification?

As a side note, I have a hard time seeing the 48”x48” size, in relationship to your table and chairs. Is that 48” square or measured diagonally?

Fr. Mark
4-Mar-2018, 16:39
Wow, that reminds me of a graphic arts copy camera, minus the vacuum back. I'm sure it weighs less, and the one I'm most familiar is built into a darkroom on the film holder side. I've been told I can have it for free if I can move it without destroying the building. I'm not sure I'm up to that project yet. I need to go back and visit the print shop though. They still have a lot of the supplies and I could do some still life work with it at huge sizes.

TSL
5-Mar-2018, 01:42
Can you "rig" together a plate holder from glued up bits of old Lisco holders? I am thinking, maybe only one sided with a backing piece toehold it all together and ensure rigidity and flatness.

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I’ve made a plate holder, it would work for tin and glass, not paper.
The hardest part is getting the dark slide lightproof.
Still working on t

TSL
5-Mar-2018, 01:43
I can extend 1 to 1. It’s 48” square

Pere Casals
5-Mar-2018, 06:58
The hardest part is getting the dark slide lightproof.
Still working on t

48" size is not a joke :)

very nice camera !!

For 11x14 I was considering a U shaped slide... still I've not built it...

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MAubrey
5-Mar-2018, 12:58
48" size is not a joke :)

very nice camera !!

For 11x14 I was considering a U shaped slide... still I've not built it...

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That's quite clever. I like it!

CHELLM
19-Mar-2018, 13:41
The hardest part is getting the dark slide lightproof.


Very simple advice for starting making a dark slide light tight: double folded felt ? plastic foam ? Or - much more work involved - inner rail along the plate holder ?

Best

Mauro

Steven Tribe
19-Mar-2018, 14:56
The old solution - which still works on my over 100 year ULF cameras - is velvet ribbons. Any colour will do and it is commercially available in different widths. These were glued into a slight indent in the wood - about 0.5mm. Foam is a short term solution and felt is a poorer, dusty material and doesn't compress much.

CHELLM
19-Mar-2018, 15:34
Hullo Steven,
when I mentioned felt I wanted to mean fabrics in general as velvet - but you know the velocity of answering..

Best

Mauro