What I use are optical peepholes for doors. They are sufficiently wide angle to work as a viewfinder for a 120mm lens on 8x10 film, and some are even wider. ...
Hi group, I have a great site for buying, selling and trading. If you have ever used Ebay, this is a site you must check out. Not only can you buy & sell...
I had a hard time finding anything other than digital appliance cameras and $500 Nikons amid all the other crap. I was hoping it was like a camera parts...
Thanks murray for FYI. Re the panoramic finder.I seem to recall there being a sort of wide finder on the polaroid plastic cameras ,like the colorpack II model....
I found some nice parts in some the Kodak Instant EK-2/Handle types... I can't be sure which was which. One had a decent sized first surface mirror and a beam...
hi to all from paris I am embarking on the conversion of a 110b to five by four...i realise that that this is widely discussed but im still not entirely clear...
Hi David, Pleasee the photos of my camera with horseman back....you are on the right track thinking that the new plane needs to far back in order to get full ...
As another new member, one who is struggling to make even an allegedly simple pinhole camera, I am interested, and am looking forward to further discussion on...
hi umit thans for the reply,,,indeed my first impulse was to get out the hack saw and make the thing in aluminium but i agree the chances of making a mess are...
Hello everyone. Further to my recent posting about the poloroid back project, I thought that I had better introduce myself to the group. My name is Tony Wells,...
Hello Tony, Some sources of leather. Pebble grain and other fine printed grain from Men's billfolds or some womens purses. Get these at boot sales,don't forget...
Dear camera-makers, maybe someone out there could help me. My Gossen Profisix (same as Luna-Pro SBC for the US market) has been working reliably for years. My...
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... Leatherette -- a couple of possible sources for reusable leather are an old leather shirt, or visit an office supply store and see if they have any old...
Hello PW, Thank you for these tips, although I already had some inkling of them. In respect of your comment concerning the purchase of an old box camera...
Hello, I live about an hour East of Toronto, Ontario. I'm building an 8"X10" Field camera for two reasons. I prefer to make my own tools as far as I'm able,...
As part of my ongoing pinhole project that I mentioned when I recently introduced myslef to the group, I have been looking into the very large formats, 7x5 and...
for standard size rack, two places come to mind: macmaster carr www.mcmaster.com or Stock drive products www.sdp-si.com However you are into non stock sizes,...
I am not aware of any place that stocks that sort of thing in the Toronto area. In fact, none of the usual net sources appear to have 48-pitch brass racks as...
My thanks for all who replied. Very helpful and good sensible advice. I live in Cobourg, Ontario. Peterborough is forty minutes up Hwy 28, so that's...
Garry of Cobourg, Ontario was looking for a source for rack and pinion gears for an 8x10 field camera. I have toyed with the idea of making such gears for the...
This is an interesting thought. I too have a 4X5 Cambo SC and it works perfectly without gears. It is a mono rail, which my 8X10 field camera is not. I'm at...
BusyBee (distributor of Asian/Indian tools with stores in several Canadian cities including Toronto) also has a selection of UHMW plastic at somewhat lower...
For gears look also at www.hpcgears.com, they have a 840 pages catalogue, with lots of racks !! Michel DUSARIEZ Belgium ... -- http://www.pano360.org/ ...
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Gary, if you can find a Calumet/Orbit 8x10 in your neighborhood to look at, you'll get all kinds of ideas, some very ingenious ideas. I fyou can't, let me know...
Hi Erie, thanks for this. Yes I would appreciate it if you would Email me some pictures. A picture is worth a thousand words ! It's amazing how helpful...
A lot of basic box cameras I've seen make it *very* easy to get to the shutter & lens -- remove a screw or two to pull the guts out, or straighten a couple of ...
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