Hello all you wonderful LF people
I do not see such a thread recently and I would like to give it a go.
Anyone tried it lately?
Any advice?
Surely it can be done?
Cheers all!
Hello all you wonderful LF people
I do not see such a thread recently and I would like to give it a go.
Anyone tried it lately?
Any advice?
Surely it can be done?
Cheers all!
There are not many decent plans available. I've been thinking lately we should do a Wiki design of a nice field camera, which would include a parts list from McMaster Carr or similar for the metal parts. If I had a good design and could order the tracks and wheels, I would be up for building a nice 8x10.
Go to http://home.online.no/~gjon/camerabuilders.htm and follow the links for much information.
Find a design you like and copy it.... but make it your own.
I'm about to embark on making a couple of cameras, thanks to Miguel in Paris - I bought a box of Graflex parts from him. I'm using the focus rails/track from a Graflex with a Super Graphic front standard to build a camera that will have a 5x4 and also a 6x17 back. I need it to be easy to use hand held, longest lens I'll use is a 210mm, widest a 65mm (5x4) or 75mm (6x17).
Thanks Jim, Jon Grepstad has added some new links and there's some much better cameras than last time I looked.
Ian
Have you gone through this thread:
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...hlight=pinhole
Thanks for the responses folks.
Great info to work through...will make some decisions.
Jim, I was thinking of doing exactly that with the old Joshua Billcliff I just finished restoring. It is simple, elegant and reasonably easy to copy...but then I thought, ahh hell, why not do 8x10...
Problem is, there are very few hard-core film shooters in S.A. and the closest will probably be in Cape Town nearly 500 miles away...
Thank goodness for the web and sites like this forum!
Are you in Bloemfontein?
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