Rare Deardorff Customized

[Tin Can]

Many camera are adapted by users

DIY Lives

Nothing is sacred except life

Today 10X10" OD Packard Shutter Box

I try to stay simple

eBay 10X10X1/4" fancy plywood perfect size

36X2X1/2" Balsa, easy hobby saw sq cuts

5" hole saw cuts easily if you know how

Glue up, matt black paint

I have an 8" OD 5" ID used Packard with sync

Pics soon!

[Tin Can]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53084078624_88563d95f5_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/FTj2e307XU)10X10 Hole 5 inch (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/FTj2e307XU) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

[Duolab123]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53084078624_88563d95f5_c.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/FTj2e307XU)10X10 Hole 5 inch (https://www.flickr.com/gp/tincancollege/FTj2e307XU) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr

Super cool! Post lots of pictures. You know I have one of the crazy Deardorff Commercial 11x14 cameras and stand similar to your beast.

[Tin Can]

I plan to, I think we are on a similar wavelength

That is a 8" OD 5" ID Sync Packard

Hard to find

Hopefully my back relents and I can hand saw 4 lengths of Balsa wood

Got the hole done today

I also have an interesting dark cloth lens shade support

Made in Japan and fits perfectly, I even got tiny screws for it

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[Tin Can]

Seems there are more Deardorff variations

Found what I think is a copy camera

Be very careful what you buy

[Greg]

Seems there are more Deardorff variations
Found what I think is a copy camera
Be very careful what you buy

Back in the late 1970s I once saw an ad in SHUTTERBUG for an 8x10 Deardorff that was selling for a price that was too good to pass up on. Contacted the seller and asked him to send me (pre-Email and attachments) a small photograph of the camera. Got the photo and the 8x10 Deardorff must have been a copy camera. The only movement of the standards was the front one moving back and forth to focus. Passed on acquiring it. Around that time I almost bought a used special order 4x5 Sinar Norma that had no movements except for the standards moving back and forth. I was for use above a microscope. Fortunately I found a Nikon Multiphot for a fraction of its asking price.

[Tin Can]

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