Bradley,
Keep your design as simple as possible for your first camera. On my camera I just
loosen 4 thumbscrews and remove the back and rotate it 90 degree's and put it back on.
This is working very well and have not had a problem with it. My 8x10 has a tapered
bellows to help limit the weight of the bellows and help prevent sag when extended for
close up work. Your camera design can be tailored for the type of work you
intend to do.
I might suggest Ansell Adams book "The Camera" as a study guide so that you can get
the basic concepts of camera movements and what they do for you. Moving the back of
the camera (tilts and shifts) rather than the front causes less vignetting problems
for example. I found this book extremely helpful in designing my camera since I
totally understood what a view camera was.
Phil
Bradley Small wrote:
> I am thinking about whether to do a remove-and-rotate vs actual rotating back. I
>have been debating a design, but haven't had the chance to research the materials
>yet. What I am thinking about is 2 squares with an equal sized hole Iam guessing
>about 6" or so, that I could epoxy a slice of pvc pipe into one and "somehow" clip it
>to the other and use a bullet catch for a detent or possibly an index pin instead.
>
> The question I have is with size. At what point does a vignetting problem occur? I
>assume that I could compensate for the depth of the assembly by making it bigger
>id-wise.
>
> Has anyone here ever done it this way? Anyone have a better idea?
>
> BTW, I am in the process of getting most of the books and articles on the list I
>posted earlier.
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