Comments for I Build A Camera

Comment on bigger… better. by anthony brennan

anthony brennan — Sun, 31 May 2009 02:34:45 +0000

dear sir.
i am writing from england and i think our camera is great.
i hope you do not think it is rude of me.
but i was planning to make my own 8×10 camera, and your blue prints of the camera
would be of great help to me.
your faithfully.
A Brennan.

Comment on Building a Camera: Part Two by jonat

jonat — Fri, 08 May 2009 04:22:46 +0000

Have you made instructions on how to replicate this for anyone? I am interested in building a view camera within the next year.

Comment on Building a Camera: Part Two by Andy Johnson

Andy Johnson — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:47:35 +0000

Great job. Looking forward to the next one. Still looking around for all the brass parts hoping to reduce how many I need to make.

Comment on Building a Camera: Part Two by Michael

Michael — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:53:07 +0000

I followed your successful efforts on your first camera, congratulations on finishing it. So happy that you have received a grant to continue your efforts. I will be looking forward to seeing the progress of your project as well as the finished product. Would also like to see some photos from the first camera. I have been working on restoring a 100 year old Auto-Graflex SLR. It has been quite an effort, I have it up and running, now to make it look like a new camera again.

Comment on Building a Camera: Part Two by Meyer

Meyer — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:54:29 +0000

Hi! I’ve been checking out your project and it looks like you’ve built a nice camera. I use a 4×5 (bought it though) but would love to some day build an 8×10. I’m also an architect and wood worker…so I’m familiar with sketchup and use it often. Any chance you’d be willing to share your sketchup model with a like-minded photo d-i-y’er?

Comment on Building a Camera: Part Two by Roger

Roger — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:10:32 +0000

I look forward to watching your progress. I built my first large format camera from a kit last fall and would love to build one from scratch sometime.

Comment on Meet Zaphod… by Brian Brady

Brian Brady — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:53:56 +0000

What a great build, am so glad you finished it. I have been following your progress since the brass work. Well done can’t wait to see what you do next.
Brian

Comment on A Teaser… by Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:45:35 +0000

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.

Comment on Finishing the Camera by Dan

Dan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:13:32 +0000

I’m really impressed with this , i’d love to build one myself – it looks great. I hope you publish some pictures from it soon.

Dan

Comment on A Teaser… by Wade Spradley

Wade Spradley — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:06:13 +0000

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