Daguerreotype camera

[dsphotog]

I have a half plate Lewis style camera, with a CC Harrison radial drive lens.
I'm thinking about making an adapter to use 4x5 film holders.
Is anyone using something like this?

[Jason Greenberg Motamedi]

I have used a sliding box camera with Petzval and 5x7 film, but with no movements and limited bellows draw I eventually adapted the lens to a modern camera.

[goamules]

My Lewis daguerreotype camera will fit a 4x5 holder, with a little work. But dag cameras are pretty hard to find and valuable, I'd look for another camera to do 4x5. It's kind of like using an original 1906 Wright Flyer to crop dust.

[dsphotog]

True, but I'm thinking that using a camera and lens from the 1800's might be just the niche I need.
I might even explore using the Daguerreotype process.

[goamules]

I certainly agree there. I don't have a single camera or lens more recent than the 1950s. Yesterday I shot with two lenses from 1861 and the 1880s.

[banjo]

if you can take off the ground glass I would look for soming like a burke & james
4x5 sliding back they were made to adapt to all most anything

[dsphotog]

Here is pic's of camera

[dsphotog]

I started design of a non evasive adapter, to use standard 4x5 film holders.

[Drew Bedo]

Check out:

http://starcameracompany.com/index.html

[dsphotog]

Thanks Drew, I will likely get one of those to use, when I get past the financial challenge that forced me to sell the original camera.