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astrobeck

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building a camera
« on: April 28, 2007, 04:39:18 PM »
After sawing, clamping, gluing, sanding.... and routering.....
and hand drilling a hole in brass shim stock

my 4 x5 pinhole box looks like this.

I made the back of the box to fit Polaroid, 4 x 5 sheet and roll film holders.

I need heavy duty bungee cords to hold the Polaroid back on, but the other film holders just snap in.






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Re: building a camera
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2007, 09:58:20 PM »
Nice work, hope it produces some nice images for you.

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Re: building a camera
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2007, 10:15:12 PM »
Nice box...
Hope you have a plan for a shutter...

I chose a while ago to modify an existing camera. It was easier to make a working shutter since there were still some usable mechanical parts in that rusty shutter I dismantled.
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Re: building a camera
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2007, 12:02:01 AM »
a sooperb looking beasty you have there becky. Cant wait to see some results
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Re: building a camera
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2007, 04:21:41 AM »
Bravo Becky!
Can't wait to see the images. :)

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Re: building a camera
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2007, 02:18:06 AM »
:)!  Awesome.  Can't wait to see the result.

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Re: building a camera
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2007, 12:37:49 PM »
That's a sweet looking bus. Look forward to the results! Skj.

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Re: building a camera
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2007, 08:22:20 AM »
Hey Beck
Nice work, and a nice forest shot too.
One question- what's your focal length??

cheers
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