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Thanks for sharing your experiences. Will try to make a sliding mechanism with a groove and some waxed wood. Probably the easiest.

Lars

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I am in the midst of building an 11x14 camera (god knows who planted this crazy idea into my brain). I've got some basic parts done, among them a base board and a slider plate as a lens...

Thanks for the suggestions. Meanwhile found out that there is a thin (1-2mm) ring screwed on the front which also fits on the back. Is that suitable to hold the lens in place in a lens board? The...

Yes, want to mount it on a camera. Thanks for giving the thread size, this is a good starting point.

Lars

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A cheap 480mm APO ronar found its way to me. How can I mount this onto a lens board? It has no shutter but a thread at the rear element. Are there mounting plates for enlargers I could use...

Keep things simple at the beginning until you achieved consistent handling of all steps and can roughly control / judge relevant parameters such as developer time, dilution, etc. Well established...

Dont worry. Final ebay auction results only give you an idea about the second highest bid.

Lars

Has simeone tried to 3d print holders?

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Thanks a lot. I'll need to reconsider my design, at least partly.

Lars

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can someone give me a rough estimation about the height of a folded bellows for 11x14 ? I am thinking about a DIY field camera in 11x14 and need some idea, how deep the camera back needs to...

Thanks a lot for a good amount of feedback. I'll consider seling theshutter or waiting till a cheap Symmar comes along ...

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Thanks for the quick reply. I think I mixed things up, it is a 360mm f/5.6 Symmar Convertible in fact. May also be a Compound IV, need to conduct further research. Also thanks for the link to the...

Hello,

I am planning to experiment with a DIY camera in 11x14 (and a reducing back for 8x10) and bought a Symmar-S 360mm / f5.6. Bad news: a lens element is missing so that the lens will not work....

Cool - so you loosen the screws to focus ?

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Clean - Lubricate - Adjust.

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Would velcro tape be an option?

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Sounds interesting, indeed. I'll look through the photos of your camera project again, browsed them just recently - great project.

Lars

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Can someone point me to a reversible method to mount bellows in a DIY camera ? I'm somewhat reluctant to glue the bellows to the standards as this would render later improvements...

In one of the first comments, someone questioned the stability of the support for the back.

Any conclusion now that the camera is ready?

Lars

Thanks a lot for the clarifying pictures. I saw the clamps on earlier posts, but did't recognize their purpose.

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Can you show how you switch from portrait to landscape ? I don't get it how that's done from your fotos - thanks a lot !

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Did you check the fuse?

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Just wow :cool:

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Classic combinations, all of them. Would personally opt for HP5+ and HC110.

Haven't used Delta 100, but reportedly needs precise exposure.

HP5 instead has a useful latitude for LF. The...

Did you check out Fuji Hunt chemistry?

Lars

Came across this accidentally - my part A of Pyrocat MC I mixed yesterday looks exactly like the above. Thanks for the confirmation.

Most difficult was to get the metol dissolved in the Glycerin....

A good backpack !

Lars

Hi,

your camera is really a masterpiece of engineering, wow. I have two questions:

1) Could the camera base potentially appear in the image if you focus close with a super wide angle lens ? If...