Show off your Large Format camera!

[Mark J]

Thanks Paul, fascinating info. I'll look out for the DVD , Tin Can.
Do you have a copy, Paul ?

[Mark J]

I also needed to rebuild the rear stabilization system (pandemic project). It was necessary to add an additional bed lock on the right side. The knurling was lucky an the knob looks original.

Can you take a piccie of that, it sounds interesting ?

[pgk]

Thanks Paul, fascinating info. I'll look out for the DVD , Tin Can.
Do you have a copy, Paul ?

Yes, its called "Gandolfi Family Business" and you can get copies on Amazon, Ebay, etc.

[Conrad . Marvin]

Can you take a piccie of that, it sounds interesting ?

Hi Mark, I will send you five photos of some of the things that I have changed over the years.( I could not show the reworked locking and stability adjustments without taking the camera apart.) Including the sliding clips to hold the two backs (4x5 and 5x7) I haven’t even finished filling the holes yet. The front lens board adapter also allows me to use a 75mm lens and can be changed out to the original board holder if I needed to.

[Conrad . Marvin]

[Mark J]

Oh my god , that front swing mechanism is almost infinitely cool.

I can see what you've done with the extra locking knob on the RH rear trunnion, that must help stabilise the rear standard. Good work.

[Mark J]

I have two front intermediate panels ( the ones that slide up & down ) , that I had modified in ~2002 to allow 70mm rear lens barrels to go through. I will post pictures of those in due course, they are nicely done on a milling machine.

[Mal Paso]

Here is my Cambo 45SF at 600mm. It goes from 65mm to 1200mm and just over 40" long. A little on the heavy side for a field camera but much more stable than my Cambo SC. The bellows connector was a custom conversion.

[Dan Fromm]

Here is my Cambo 45SF at 600mm. It goes from 65mm to 1200mm and just over 40" long. A little on the heavy side for a field camera but much more stable than my Cambo SC. The bellows connector was a custom conversion.

Thanks for showing us your camera. The bellows connector is interesting. Cambo made one for 4x5 SCs, I'm surprised they didn't for the SF.

[Mal Paso]

Thanks for showing us your camera. The bellows connector is interesting. Cambo made one for 4x5 SCs, I'm surprised they didn't for the SF.

Thank you. The bellows connector was converted from SC. It allows me to use common 22" bellows. It was the first project on my mini mill. The SF base was carved from a block of aluminum. I milled the slot in the lensboard for the locating pin on the #3 shutter as well. I also have 2 stabilizing arms under way to tie the ends of the monorail to the tripod legs for telephoto shots in wind. The 1200 is f18 wide open and I have a few photos planned looking down the Big Sur coast.

I started large format in the 1970s with a Cambo SC and a 210mm convertible Symmar.