New Lightweight 14x17 Camera is finished!

[Jim Jones]

Jim -- Jon Grepstad has published information on several approaches to building LF cameras that may be applicable to your distance from parts suppliers: https://jongrepstad.com/building-a-l...mera-builders/.

[Tin Can]

Great link Jim!

I found this very interesting. I don't like rectangles...

http://www.jamieyoungphoto.com/Homem...meras%201.html

Jim -- Jon Grepstad has published information on several approaches to building LF cameras that may be applicable to your distance from parts suppliers: https://jongrepstad.com/building-a-l...mera-builders/.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Case in point: for me to order in the rails and blocks you used off eBay, it costs $201USD to ship to New Zealand!!!

Back to drawing board...

The price to pay for living in such a beautiful place.




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[Tim V]

You might be right, Jim but as with everywhere these days, all is no perfect here. I love my home but a lot needs to be done to protect our environment; despite the green image, it’s only our relative youth and marketing that gives NZ this reputation. Our rivers have become some of the most polluted and native species are dying off at an alarming rate...

But back to cameras... I think I’ve come up with a good idea / design for the focusing bed but need to think about how to install a focusing rod-I’m not sure how to attach it. Did you use bearings? How did you attach it at the front end of the camera?

[Jim Jones]

The Noba camera https://www.largeformatphotography.i...8-NOBA-Cameras used a V-belt drive for focusing. I've seen one of these, but didn't play with it. A shaft with flexible wire anchored to it might also work. As the shaft turns, the wire pulls the lens forward or backward.

[Tim V]

Thanks again, guys.

Just wondering where people get their flat springs from for the ground glass back? Not sure how to search for this stuff / how to phrase it. Any links to something on ebay would be great!

THanks again,

Tim

[Lachlan 717]

Windscreen wiper arms.

Go to a wrecker.

Thanks again, guys.

Just wondering where people get their flat springs from for the ground glass back? Not sure how to search for this stuff / how to phrase it. Any links to something on ebay would be great!

THanks again,

Tim

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks again, guys.

Just wondering where people get their flat springs from for the ground glass back? Not sure how to search for this stuff / how to phrase it. Any links to something on ebay would be great!

THanks again,

Tim

Tim, most of my hardware I get from McMaster Carr here in the USA. Look for .31 x 1/2 wide stainless steel. It comes in a roll of about 3 meters.

[Tim V]

Thanks!

[Tim V]

PS: Any chance you could post a few more photos of your camera? I'm really interested in how you dealt with the tripod mount (did you simply use an inset nut? Did you reinforce it in anyway?) and how you created the light trap between the bellows and back. I ask because my points of reference are really narrow and think while my Gibellini might be a good starting point, there might be different solutions.

Thanks again, I've been really inspired by your projects.

T