What plans for building camera?

Dan had asked a message or so ago about the best wood for building a view camera. Well I am moving soon and re-setting up a woodworking shop (no room where we are now) and have thought about building a view camera. I know a lot of folks contributed to the question of what woods are best used for making a view camera, but I'd like to know if there are any sources for actually making/designing a camera. As my metal folding linhof doesn't quite lend itself to copying I can't really use what I have as a model. Thanks.

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Artie

I haven't built one, but here's an address for a web page which seems

to have a lot of details on doing so: http://home.online.no/~gjon/

Artie,

Also to Dan from the previous post. I do not have any camera

designing url's on hand. I would like to mention the fact that if

you want to design a view camera, the design and way to do it is in

your head. When it comes to large format view cameras you can do what

ever you please as long as you follow a few basic facts. Keep it

practical, rigid, proportional, square, and if all possible, keep it

light. That last fact I mentioned is what makes the professional

builders like Phillips, Canham, Wisner etc. seperate from the rest. I

am definitely not in that group. I am currently building an ultra

large format camera. It is a modified C1 green Calument. Why the

green one? Because it is light. (Magnesium). The format is 11x14 and

is reversible (Horizontal and verticle format). The wood is Zebra

wood, an African medium hardwood. I once made a sporting rifle custom

stock from this wood and it is a light colored and beautifully

grained wood. See photo's- http://dan/evergladesgall/photo.htm- I had

the idea that the C1, 3 series Calumets are actually overbuilt with

strength, so for this reason a larger format rear standard would be

to the advantage. If you remove the rise and fall adjusting knob of

the front standard it will continue to rise. The reason for that is

you need to make up the difference of front and rear standard

centering position. My point is the larger the format, the more ideas

you get. In the long run when you finish your project camera and it

shoots images as well as the $5000.00 ones your ego inflates twice.

One for the camera you fabricated and one for the image it creates.

Good Luck on your project.

try this link

http://home.online.no/~gjon/jgcam.htm

Thanks for the info. I was able to print out a lot of information

from the links provided as well as from the building section of this

forum. I'm sure once I have my workshop set up and am beginning the

process I'll have a whole range of other questions.

<p>Please note that in October 2015 my webpages on building large format cameras move to: jongrepstad.com</p>

<p>Jon Grepstad</p>