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    It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    She's not much to look at, but I'm quite excited to have my first large format camera, no matter how meager.

    Riveted aluminum angle brackets for the 4x5 negative holder, the front element of a 200mm zoom lens from a 35mm slr, tape and foam core.

    The first shot was taken on paper rating it as ISO 6. Not very exciting. More of a proof of concept photo than anything. I'll have to practice my "Galli shutter" if I want to get fast enough for film... or work in REALLY subdued light.

    Keith

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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    Well, on the other hand, why not?

    Cute.

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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    Nice work! you have a lot of fun in store for you!

    mine is a pinhole, so I didn't have to worry about the focus
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/stormiticus/tags/8x10/

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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    Quote Originally Posted by whyaretwo View Post
    She's not much to look at, but I'm quite excited to have my first large format camera, no matter how meager.
    No matter how meager, it works!!

    Welcome to the forum, and you have a wonderful journey in front of you! Anything that focuses light, one way or another, is good for LF. We have the area!
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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    Now you just need to learn how to coat your own film emulsion onto duct tape.

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    おせわに なります! Andrew O'Neill's Avatar
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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    Red Green would be proud of you!


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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    Tin cans and duct tape sounds like an excellent recipe for my next camera!

    Funny you should bring up Red. One of my few pieces of voice work was a tv spot voice over for his tour when it came to town.

    Hmmm, a duct tape curtain shutter...

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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    Nice job. Galli shutter is a good option; you could also get an ND filter or use two polarizing filters/foil to make a variable ND exposure thingy.
    http://www.jeffbridges.com/perception.html "Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you are right."

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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    You bet it works, I adapted an older Beseler 5x7 enlarger to 11x14 using black foamcore for the riser, stuck a stock led panel on top and made a good print the first shot.. I plan to make a 16x20 the same way.

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    Re: It works!?! Duct tape and foam core box camera.

    You could also build waterhouse stops for it, too. I built a box in box camera that's going to get revised eventually v.1 was the original opaque projector. v2 was box in box v. 3 will probably be a tailboard camera with some rear movements. All built around an f3.6/18" fl projector lens (cooke triplet). I built a cardboard adaptor for the front of the lens to stop it down and with cardboard pieces with various holes corresponding to various f-stops down to f64, and a another sliding piece of cardboard for shutter. lend weighs a lot.

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