Show off your ULF camera

[Deardorffuser]

Here is mine that I built over the last couple of months.



Pali

good camera!)

You can make one more camera for me ?))

[Michael Roberts]

1899 Rochester Optical Company King 11x14

front rise/fall, front tilt, rear tilt and swing

one of the last 19th century US made English-style folding cameras

[angusparker]

1899 Rochester Optical Company King 11x14

front rise/fall, front tilt, rear tilt and swing

one of the last 19th century US made English-style folding cameras

Amazing shape - mine looks it's 117 years!

[koh303]

Amazing shape - mine looks it's 117 years!

I suspect that this one spent less of its life out in the field taking photos, hence the very nice shape, on top of a complete resto.
120 or so years of use will eventually lead to patina...

[angusparker]

I suspect that this one spent less of its life out in the field taking photos, hence the very nice shape, on top of a complete resto.
120 or so years of use will eventually lead to patina...

Patina .... True sales speak!

[Michael Roberts]

The restoration was done before I acquired it in 2011. Somebody did a very nice job. The finish is lighter than on my 8x10, which looks similar to Angus's camera.

[Michael Roberts]

Rochester Optical King 8x10 with DIY 7x11 back.

As far as I can tell, 7x11 is about the smallest size that meets the minimum qualification for ULF here (13.038+" diagonal).

I've been working toward 7x11 for a while. Now that I have this back finished, I'm hoping to get out and put some film through it soon.

The 7x11 back is intentionally a little thick (1 and 1/4" to the film holder) to prevent vignetting on the 11" side. For longer fl lenses, I plan to add 3" spacers to the back; two of them to extend the camera's original 24" extension up to 30".

Weight with the 7x11 back: 5lb, 4oz., which is pretty darn good for ULF.

[Pali K]

Hopefully will be taking this guy out for more trips now that I have a proper bag for it.

[Tin Can]

Looking great. Nice tripod, I worked in the factory that built it for about 3 days.

Is the wood waxed?

[Pali K]

Thank you Randy. As you know, the tripod is a tank and lives up to it's Samson Hercules name Must be fun being in the factory where these were made.

And yes, the wood is waxed since the initial build but I will likely do another coat of wax soon to be extra careful. BTW, the bag you see in the bottom of the pic is the gator bag that I suggested. Works great!