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    Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    I am an experiences woodworker and wondered if there are good plans and hardware available to make my own field camera?

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    Check out Jon Grepstad's site:

    http://home.online.no/~gjon/jgcam.htm

    And don't miss his links to other sites:

    http://home.online.no/~gjon/camerabuilders.htm

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    Yes... many sites...

    Quote Originally Posted by stradibarrius View Post
    I am an experiences woodworker and wondered if there are good plans and hardware available to make my own field camera?
    One option... Google or Yahoo the term build your own large format camera.

    Another option... go to youtube and search the same.

    Also... might try DIY large format camera.

    Many hits on this.

    One web site in particular has a lot of links to various designs and builders....see this link:

    http://home.online.no/~gjon/camerabuilders.htm

    There are huge number of sites and videos with information you requested. It's actually rather overwhelming.

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    This might help as well:

    http://www.jbhphoto.com/vcam/vcams.htm
    Lachlan.

    You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -- Wayne Gretzky

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    You sure you got the skills Barry?
    You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. ~ Mark Twain

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Barendt View Post
    You sure you got the skills Barry?
    Good question. The crafts of cabinet maker and metal worker are more applicable than the art of a luthier in view camera construction. It also helps to be a master mechanic to solve the inevitable problems. Some designs are easier to construct at home: the Jon Grepstad or Jay Bender http://www.jaybender.com/BPH/, for example. You might get ideas from the Noda or the Newton New Vue cameras. If you have the mechanical aptitude of Thomas Edison or John M. Browning, you may even design the next generation of DIY camera. Your present skills might best be used in reconditioning or replacing the woodwork on existing cameras that already have good hardware.

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    I recall that View Camera magazine carried an article, maybe in two or three parts some years ago on building your own. As I recall, the hurdle faced by the author was the machining of the metal parts, for which he purchased and became adept with a tabletop milling machine.

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    its a lot of fun building a camera,
    good luck !

    john

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    From October 2015 my plans are available from my new website: jongrepstad.com

    The Camera builders page will be available there from November 2015.

    My old website will be dismantled by the end of October 2015.

    Jon Grepstad

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    Re: Are 4x5 camera plans avaiable???

    Quote Originally Posted by jongrep View Post
    From October 2015 my plans are available from my new website: jongrepstad.com

    The Camera builders page will be available there from November 2015.

    My old website will be dismantled by the end of October 2015.

    Jon Grepstad
    Thanks for the info, Jon. (time to update my bookmarks)

    I hope the old website links would redirect. I couldn't have found those links myself, it was based on many others linking to the site and the plan etc.,

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