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marclegalle
10-Jul-2012, 00:26
Hey

I have access to a massive camera, built for my university in the 40's I think. it has a plate size of around 3ft x 3ft.

I am currently helping out restoring it, it does not need much and is almost working. My question is what options do I have for a medium to expose on? is it just black and white paper or would I be able to get a massive bit of colour film?

Any ideas???

MDR
10-Jul-2012, 04:59
Homemade Dryplates or Wetplates (for formulas take a look at http://www.thelightfarm.com/Map/DryPlate/DryPlatePart1.htm), Paper Color and B/W

Good Luck

Dominik

E. von Hoegh
10-Jul-2012, 07:15
Big paper negatives might be interesting at this size.

TheDeardorffGuy
10-Jul-2012, 10:06
get some pics of it

Jason Greenberg Motamedi
10-Jul-2012, 10:12
14 x 36" XRay film (http://www.cxsonline.com/text/detailpage.tmpl?command=showpage&sn=191756&sku=CXSEK8DG&cart=13419402921465347&location=10011003) would be perfect.

Jay DeFehr
10-Jul-2012, 10:38
I'm with Jason -- X-Ray film would be my first choice of readily available options. You'll have to improvise a film holder, and finding a lens that will cover an image circle of 39" might be a challenge, and you'll need a lot of light to secure useful dof. Good luck!

Drew Bedo
10-Jul-2012, 17:39
How cool!


Try multilpe paths for this camera.


Paper negatives will get this camera working soonest probably.


Glass plates ( wet or dry) are a natural of course.


for film: How about a reducing back to some some less-than-mamoth ultra format, like 20x24 or 11x14 . . .something you can get film and holders for.
The bits and parts are out there.


The important thing is to get this camera taking pictures in some medium .

unixrevolution
11-Jul-2012, 09:29
Hey

I have access to a massive camera, built for my university in the 40's I think. it has a plate size of around 3ft x 3ft.

I am currently helping out restoring it, it does not need much and is almost working. My question is what options do I have for a medium to expose on? is it just black and white paper or would I be able to get a massive bit of colour film?

Any ideas???

The bigger question at the moment is, what are its film/plate/paper holders like? Does it have any?

Drew Bedo
11-Jul-2012, 12:06
Pictures please?

marclegalle
12-Jul-2012, 00:07
Thats a very good and important question. I will investigate that on my next visit

unixrevolution
24-Jul-2012, 07:00
I'm anxious to know what's going on with this :)

marclegalle
25-Jul-2012, 00:23
unfortunatly i wont be getting started with this until september but i'll keep you posted