I have an old DIY (Do It Yourself) Manual from the 1920's, I think, that shows you how to make a quarter plate camera from scratch including bellows, boards, dark slides, frame, brass fittings, etc, etc. It is quite a process and you need to be quite skilled with woodworking tools. However, with modern materials and equipment the work is made much easier
If anyone is interested I can scan the chapter and email it as a PDF file or whatever. I shall just need a little time. Let me know if you are interested. Alexis on 21/12/01 11:12 am, Guy Glorieux at [email protected] wrote: > Hi Murray, > > I've also got one of those 18x24 bellows which I picked up on ebay a couple of > years ago and which is still sitting in its box. I find that there are a > number or issues to need to be resolved but I haven'tresolved them yet. But > I have not put my imagination full time on it. > > The questions I need to resolve are: > 1. What kind of frame to build for the back standard and the front standard, > considering that the back will need to hold a very large format film or > paper, that the front will need to hold the lensboard and that the two should > preferably be parallel. > 2. How do I get the front and back standards aligned together rigidly to a > frame that will allow the bellows to extend or compress. In the case of an > 18"x24", the considerable weight of the bellows makes this a more difficult > problem to solve than for a 4x5 or an 8x10 bellows. > 3. What kind of light-tight contraption do I build to hold the paper or film > against the back standard. > 4. Is there a way that I can build a contraption that will allow me to place > several sheets of paper or film, so that I don't have to run back to my > darkroom after each exposure? > > I haven't tought about this for some time. I did check around on the internet > for sites that talk about building large format cameras and I found quite a > lot of useful information. My problem is that I am not very good as a > woodworker and I just don't have the right tools. > > I'd be interested to hear about your ideas for your camera. I don't see any > problems discussing it on the list, unless we get into minute details. > > Cheers, > > Guy > > Uptown Gallery wrote: > >> Hello: >> >> Excuse the partial diversion from pinhole - I am thinking about what to do >> with an 18" x 24" bellows I picked up - definitely pinhole first, but I >> would like to have the option of experiementing with a lens - and the only >> affordable way would be a homebrew lens. >> >> Is there anyone here who has any experience with simple 2-element lenses >> with insertable Waterhouse stops willing email off list about some of the >> basics of such a camera? >> >> Thanks >> >> Murray >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pinhole-Discussion mailing list >> Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? >> unsubscribe or change your account at >> http://www.???????/discussion/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
