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: Yet another contraption coming-up
: Francois July 06, 2021, 09:27:20 PM

Yes, it's official, I've lost my mind a long time ago and I think this project is yet another proof of this  ;D
I had this broken Chinon CE-4 that I got for really cheap. I wanted to fix it as it was in really nice shape but when taking it apart some wires broke and I couldn't find where they were supposed to be connected. Bummer.
Then I thought of something I saw on the Homemade Camera Podcast and decided to give it a go. I set to convert it into an x-pan like camera...
Took me a week to figure out how the heck this thing was put together. It had everything from strangely placed screws to glue and structural tape.
But I managed to take it down to just the film advance.
I cut the film window as large as it would go.
I designed a front plate for it that I still need to fit.
I need to figure-out the top cover, the viewfinder, the lens cone, the light leaks...
I already figured out the lens and shutter, it's going to be a 90mm Ansco Viking from the 20's. This should give me about the same as a 59mm on 24x36.
Film gate is 24x60, so not quite as wide as the x-Pan but still considerable.

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: Indofunk July 07, 2021, 02:17:14 AM

Damn, that sounds like a great project! Keep us posted!

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: LEAFotography July 07, 2021, 07:49:13 AM

Wow! I wouldn't have recognised it from the insides!

I look forward to seeing some shots!

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: Jeff Warden July 07, 2021, 01:56:14 PM

This should be fun!

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: Adam Doe July 07, 2021, 07:37:55 PM

Nice! Looking forward to seeing your progress.

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: irv_b July 07, 2021, 08:30:29 PM

Looking forward to seeing the completed project looks like it's going to be awesome.

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: Francois July 07, 2021, 08:51:56 PM

I'm currently printing a test front plate for it.

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: Francois July 08, 2021, 06:05:03 PM

After three attempts, I think I have a fitting test front plate. Now to do some minor mods to it and print in black.

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: Francois July 15, 2021, 10:23:04 PM

OK, made some more progress on it.
The front plate cover is now final.
The camera is light sealed using aluminum tape.
I made a cover for the battery compartment.
These were all fiddly parts to make as I needed to align a bunch of stuff using only my own measurements.
The rest should be a bit easier in a sense.
I did work on the lens cone and it's going to be a bit of a nightmare to get right...

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: rotarysmp July 18, 2021, 06:12:34 AM

I love this sort of camera hack. Good one.

: Re: Yet another contraption coming-up
: Francois July 18, 2021, 02:36:48 PM

Yesterday I started working on the top cover.
Lots of fiddly bits there too.. lucky for me that I have plenty of white filament, I can write the mods to do directly on the part with a sharpie.