Show us your home made camera...

**Michael Roberts** · 26-Sep-2022, 20:01

That is an amazing machine, Paul!

My wife wants to know if it also makes coffee.

**Paul Kinzer** · 27-Sep-2022, 18:30

Michael Roberts: Hmmm... I didn't think of that. Maybe I'll add coffee making to the bigger camera coming up.

**Daniel Unkefer** · 18-Dec-2022, 09:17

Not DIY cameras, but DIY lens modifications

Done Five Fuji GX680 lenses converted to PLaubel Peco Jr by Nokton48, on Flickr

Been working on these five Fuji Gx680 (first I converted them to Plaubel Makiflex Barrel Mount Lenses). When my two 6x9cm Plaubel Peco Junior cameras came to me, I decided to further convert these lenses, adding modern Seiko Shutters from the Fuji 210mm and 250mm WS series of lenses. All good even the f/stop scales will work good without modifications. These are 90's era cutting edge glass for the Fuji GX680, used for studio and professional use. From left to right, Peco Junior focused at infinity, with 65mm F5.6 GX680. Amazing to look through! Next the 80mm F5.6 GX680, then the 100mm F5.6 GX680, then the 125mm F3.2 Uber Glass. Best of the Best, they also make a F5.6 model. Finally the other Peco Jr, focused at infinity with the 180mm F3.2 GX680. Some portrait photographers say this lens is TOO sharp for portraiture, subjects complain. LOL All these lenses have Beeg image circles, allowing for full use of the Peco Junior's front and back movements. So the best lenses from that era, combined with one of the tiniest most precise view cameras ever made. What a match-up! Can't wait to take out a small bag, small tripod, and try out all this new stuff. In the foreground is the new shorty sawed-off focusing rail, great with the really wide older lenses.

**James R. Kyle** · 18-Dec-2022, 21:52

Originally Posted by Paul Kinzer

I posted a thread about mine a couple of weeks ago, in case you missed it.

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Gad-Zooks!
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Very good work.

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**MAubrey** · 8-Jan-2023, 13:43

Okay. So here is Beta version 1 that I think many of you have seen before:

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Next post: The from-scratch build, version 2.

**MAubrey** · 8-Jan-2023, 13:51

My first attempt at building an 11x14 is above. The elastic is failing and needs to be replaced. The bellows, while light-tight are terribly ugly and cumbersome. The front standard is much larger and difficult to deal with that I want. So I started from scratch. I bought bellows. I made the basic frames from 2020 t-slot. I separated front rise/fall from front tilt with great success. And I standardized to Sinar lens boards & a Linhof 96x99mm adapter. I'm still working on the back. the leaf springs aren't thick enough and I'm waiting for new ones to arrive from McMaster Carr (feeler gauge). But I'm extremely pleased by how well its worked out.

The focusing system is the same: Arca Swiss style plates and clamps all around. That's the one thing I really liked from the original.

The weight is still the same. Without the rail, both cameras come in at 11.2lbs/5.1kgs.

Edit: Oh, and I switched from cherry to Walnut for the wood parts.