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charles binns

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Building my own LF Camera for wet plate.
« on: November 29, 2018, 04:24:02 PM »
It's been a while since I posted here.

I'm planning to make my own camera, wet plate holders, dip trays etc so I can start wet plate work.  Does anyone have any plans (or links to plans on the interweb) for simple cameras and plate holders?  I'm not looking to make anything fancy - a sliding box camera such as these https://www.flickr.com/groups/1139489@N25/pool/ would be brilliant.

Thanks!


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Re: Building my own LF Camera for wet plate.
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2018, 04:58:30 PM »
Not plans as such but some good images of parts of the Bulldog large format cameras that you can assemble yourself.

http://www.bulldogcameras.com/Bulldog%20Instructions.pdf

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Re: Building my own LF Camera for wet plate.
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2018, 10:02:55 PM »
You could start with something like an Afghan box camera that has a few modifications...
https://www.afghanboxcamera.com/
This would allow you to completely skip the plate holders and simply use a black transport box.

I know some people modify existing film holders to fit a plate from the back side. They cut a hole in the divider and use wire at the corners to hold the plate in.
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Re: Building my own LF Camera for wet plate.
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2018, 01:28:50 PM »
great idea, look forward to seeing the results!

just stumbled across this https://www.lomography.com/magazine/334208-a-photographer-s-diy-8-x-10-large-format-camera