Topic: KW Negopock camera modification

[damiand]

Today I decided to modify my KW Negopock Camera.I bought this camera without film holders. I try to find holders on ebay but is very hard so I decided modify camera back.It took me two hours some cardboard and black tape. I just need prepare ground glass and be ready to shoot.

[sapata]

Excellent idea !

I just rescued a Klimax plate camera and I was thinking about using as a plate camera, but that gives me another useful feature.

Is it easy to focus? Does the camera still have the ground glass? Mine is broken and I'm trying to make one...

[damiand]

Yes it is very easy to focus. It has ground glas but very dim and broken i need make new one.
Making ground glass is very easy. You need to buy grit  from ebay ( using for polish expensive stones ) it is very cheap. Later just put one table spoon on glass and take smaller piece of glass on top and start move all around. After 10 minutes You have ground glass .

http://www.dokasphotos.com/techniques/ground_glass/

http://www.apug.org/forums/forum216/78392-making-ground-glass-focus-screen.html



 

[sapata]

Yes it is very easy to focus. It has ground glas but very dim and broken i need make new one.
Making ground glass is very easy. You need to buy grit  from ebay ( using for polish expensive stones ) it is very cheap. Later just put one table spoon on glass and take smaller piece of glass on top and start move all around. After 10 minutes You have ground glass .

http://www.dokasphotos.com/techniques/ground_glass/

http://www.apug.org/forums/forum216/78392-making-ground-glass-focus-screen.html



 

Thanks for the links, I guess my main problem will be getting the actual glass to do