I found the book " Primitive Photography " good for inspiration only... The film holder design lacks a light trap element which is critical.. The diagrams do help you to visualize though and gets you thinking.. .. John Cremati
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ter McDonagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:11 PM > Subject: Re: [Cameramakers] Re: making lens? > > > > There's a book out called "Primitive Photography" that has a bunch of > camera > > and lens designs based on 19th century prototypes. Covers landscape, > > portrait, singlet, doublet, triplet designs, etc. Outstanding book for > > inspiration. > > > > Terence _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers