Glad you guys like things so far. The secret of crisp and regular bellows is in the rib spacing and accuracy - as I say in the video, if you get this right the bellows virtually fold themselves....
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Glad you guys like things so far. The secret of crisp and regular bellows is in the rib spacing and accuracy - as I say in the video, if you get this right the bellows virtually fold themselves....
A few of you may have seen my thread about bringing back my European 13x18cm travel camera to full working order. I got the old lady for £60 on ebay - and had a great time both making a 5x7 spring...
Thanks @Tin Can. It's proved such a fascinating project - and I've fallen so heavily for 7x5 that I now am accumulating the materials to make a camera in that format from scratch - though this one...
Well putting film through the old girl was a fair old distraction in itself, along with finding a method to develop 5x7 and indeed scan the resulting negatives successfully. This was my first 5x7...
This is exactly what I've done with my 13x18 travel camera ... built an adaptor to take my MPP lens boards
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It even takes the brute of my lens collection
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I'm sitting down...
Well with the back made ... I turned my attentions to the lens slide/board and built an adaptor board to take my MPP lens boards so I can swap my compatible Fujinon lenses easily.
This was a trial...
next part of my video is up
It's ironic then that my reisekamera is currently nestling on my shelves next to my upstart 1938 Leica IIIb ... and at the moment getting more pampering.
Interesting points ...
The door and ground glass (I'll be making a new ground glass screen specifically) will go back on the camera ... as I designed the spring back to allow a dual mode of...
The second part of the YouTube video about getting the camera back to work is up for those interested :D
The back is made and working smoothly ... I'm going to post a YouTube video showing how I built it. The springs are glass fibre - well if it's good enough for competition archery bows ...
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it's then ironic :cool: as I think the reasonable price was due to the camera being advertised as a 'bellows' not a camera!
Today I spent some workshop time and got a home brewed spring back functioning - if not pretty yet. Pics to follow.
Found an old advert online for the company who made the shutter in the above pic -...
Took a chance on this old tailboard 13x18cm 'travel camera' on e bay a few weeks ago ... getting it for a silly cheap £60.00
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The bellows are in perfect condition so I decided to make a...