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[Tin Can]

Agree, very nice!

I prefer wire finder

I like the old German finders that fold and compensate for distance

I have that lens on Norwegian printed 4X5

I add a heavy QR for ballast

Beautiful camera and well thought out with spring back; and what a nice wood/finish!

[Michael Roberts]

Thanks Ron and Tin Can!

[Havoc]

This started out as a simple 4x5 box camera built around the 90mm Wollensak Optar f6.8, a tiny, light weight lens, paired with a 1lb 15oz travel tripod. Then mission creep set in.... Added a 127mm f4.7 Kodak Ektar...then a 2x5" splitter...then a 2 1/2 x 4" splitter (https://www.largeformatphotography.i...3524-Splitters!). So, three formats x two focal lengths = six compositional possibilities.

Camera weighs 13oz w/o lens, 18oz with the 90mm. 1/4" mahogany and cold worked brass. 6 1/4 x 5 1/4" (w x h). 1/4" sockets for landscape and portrait. Acrylic focus screen. Leather strap handle.

Still thinking about adding a wire viewer or optical viewfinder for hand-held shooting.

Great looking camera and nice details like the handle. I should add one to mine. As for the wire frame finder, I tried making one but so far I failed. Maybe that mission creep thing as I wanted to have an adjustable one for different focal lengths.

[Michael Roberts]

Thanks Havoc!

[Tin Can]

I use this for making LINHOF and Calumet C1 Dark Cloth support

They both came as OE

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...EAQSO8A4&psc=1

I also use LINHOF folding triple wire finders

of course many old cameras have their version

Great looking camera and nice details like the handle. I should add one to mine. As for the wire frame finder, I tried making one but so far I failed. Maybe that mission creep thing as I wanted to have an adjustable one for different focal lengths.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

My latest 8x10. It is Mahogany and fashioned after the Ebony SW810. Can't wait to try it out.

[Michael Roberts]

That looks amazing, Jim!

[cgratham]

Jim, I concur. Your 8x10 above ^^^ is gorgeous!

Chris

[Gord Robinson]

Beautiful camera. Nice work on the wood and metal parts. I am sure you will enjoy it.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks everyone. Since I have three 8x10's it looks like the two Ebony style cameras are spoken for. I still have enough parts that I made for three more cameras! Maybe this winter? Possibly Cherry this time or another Walnut or Mahogany who knows.