A Teaser…
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008After pulling an all nighter on *Friday* night, folding the bellows the morning of my first shoot, and attaching the bellows on location, I’m pretty exhausted. I just finished developing the film last night–my first two shots!–and it looks fantastic! No light leaks, and it’s just beautiful.
Anyway, here’s a few quick photos from my first shoot. I’m trying to compile more detailed posts of the last part of the construction process as well as the assembly of the camera. I’m just extremely busy right now…but hopefully I can get *some* work done on the train to DC this weekend.
Also, I need a tripod and a camera bag. Any suggestions? I like the tripod I used, a big old gitzo, from technique. Something that size with a larger head…
More to come! Hold me to it! 
August 9th, 2008 at 6:06 am
Hello,
Nice to see that the camera build went well. I found your site recently and have been watching to see how it came out. It looks great. I understand the bellows building process. It is one big experiment. While the one(s) I am building are not as big as what your 8 x 10, I am appreciating the process. I am rebuilding bellows for a 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 graflex, shot through with pinholes. Can’t wait to finally actually build the final product. Right now I am constructing models from poster board and brown package wrapping paper, figuring out the correct configuration that will work. More like minor tweaks in the design. I get to work on my forth updated design this weekend. Plus other projects as time permits. Well, have fun, I’ll keep a look out to see how the whole kit shoots.
Regards,
Wade
August 28th, 2008 at 2:45 am
You finally finished it! All I can say is WOW! An awesome camera. It looks great, I will be looking forward to seeing some of your work posted. I recently got a Toyo 4×5 view camera with three lenses, a bunch of filters and a load of holders. I have managed about six or eight sheets of film so far. I need a better setup for developing my film. Keep up the good work. You might want to post your stuff (including photos of your camera) on the Large Format Photography Forum http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/
Thank you for sharing.
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