cyrus
1-Jan-2012, 09:19
So in looking over my old process camera that I'm going to use as a plate camera, it looks like I should
1- Replace the rear standard entirely, and get a new back for it: I think this won't be too hard - basically need a square frame, with dove tail joints, using the same hardware, to which I will attach a back. This should result in signficant weight reduction in the camera since the existing rear standard has a metal housing and some sort of mechanism involving gears and handles.
2- Replace the bellows - custom made, not by me
3- Strip the shellac/paint on it and refinish - I can start on this now but not quite sure how - I got some orange paint stripper and a scraper to start.
4- If I can, find a way to move the standards on ball-bearings rather than relying on friction. I'll just have to find the bearings that can slide under the standards and roll along the existing brass rail beneath the camera.
Any hints and suggestiosn welcome
This is what the camera looks like now
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=84109
1- Replace the rear standard entirely, and get a new back for it: I think this won't be too hard - basically need a square frame, with dove tail joints, using the same hardware, to which I will attach a back. This should result in signficant weight reduction in the camera since the existing rear standard has a metal housing and some sort of mechanism involving gears and handles.
2- Replace the bellows - custom made, not by me
3- Strip the shellac/paint on it and refinish - I can start on this now but not quite sure how - I got some orange paint stripper and a scraper to start.
4- If I can, find a way to move the standards on ball-bearings rather than relying on friction. I'll just have to find the bearings that can slide under the standards and roll along the existing brass rail beneath the camera.
Any hints and suggestiosn welcome
This is what the camera looks like now
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=84109