John, Thanks for the kind words, your other points are well taken. I centered a lot of the design around making a box to fit around the camera, that is the reason the base sticks out of the back of the camera.The design got change halfway through and I decided not mess with the base at that time. I have used it a couple of times now and agree that the base needs a little surgery to lighten the load. I will post some pics of the base when I lighten it a little. My long term goal is to make some kind of folding field camera.
I took it out to a local cemetery where President Garfield's monument is and found the flat bed design to be far superior to the monorail that I built. Building these cameras is an ongoing project, but it is nice to know that you made it yourself. People that see me using this huge camera are just amazed, the thing is one giant people magnet. I spent more time answering questions the other day than shooting. Phil McCourt John Yeo wrote: >Phil, >Looks like a great camera, but 21 lbs! Get that thing on a diet! You could >probably remove a lot of material with a drill and jigsaw, without >sacrificing stability. Why do you have the back of the base sticking out >behind the rear standard? It seems like that is just dead weight. You >could also probably cut out the center of the base pieces like on my camera >(http://www.enteric.org/810/) to reduce weight without losing stability. >Overall, it looks like a great camera. I like the mechanism to lock down >the front standard, and might steal it for my next camera. > >John > > > > > _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
