Build your own 6x17 Camera

[snowy_smith1]

I want to build my own 6x17 or 6x24 Camera using Large Format Lenses.

 

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I have been told that you can cut and modify an old 6x6 Mamiya Camera.

 

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Anyone out there done this?

 

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I want to use the Camera for Mountain Landscape Photography.

 

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Need tips and information

 

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Which is BEST LENS (NEW)etc.

 

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Regards, Snowy

[bill_glickman]

I doubt you can covert a Mamiya 6 into 6x17? That would be some

trick...also, LF lenses will not fit on the M6 mount, so you would

have to abolish the entire mount... I think the most cost effective

way to shoot 6x17 is to find an old 5x7 camera and buy one of Keith

Canhams new 6x17 back for it. Other than that, you better be good in

metals shop man! Good luck....

[jerevan]

Check out these homepages, they'll get you started:

http://digilander.iol.it/clabo/widepan/

http://panoramic.net/panoramicnetwork/

[kahheng]

Snowy

 

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The people who cut up their 6x6 folders to make panoramic cameras use

them to make 360 degree cameras that are (electric) motor driven. The

above resources list a few links.

 

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For a 6x17, you can take a look at what Doug Bardell has done. If

you're handy with woodworking, it probably won't be very hard to make

one that works decently for not much cash.

 

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http://www.cyberbeach.net/~dbardell/panorama.html

 

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Remember, you just need a light tight box that can take 120 roll film

with a 6x17 opening. You might even just want to mount a lens at some

hyperfocal distance to avoid having to install any focussing

mechanism.

 

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Go look around at some of the pricier Cambo wides, etc. The concepts

are essentially very simple.

 

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Another very inspirational site (without instructions mind you) is

here:

 

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http://members.aol.com/dkfletcher

[phil4]

Try a 90mm/6.8 schneider angulon for a lens. Stopped down to F32

sharpness can be maintained to an adequate level at the edge of the

field. You may as well glue the apeture control there though. My

homemade 617 works great and cost me peanuts.

 

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If finances allow get a super angulon 90mm

[stefan_lindgren]

I just found this 6x17 project!

http://www.stockholmviews.com/diyphotogear/index.html

 

Regards/ S

[john_galuszka]

Mamiya to 6X17 (actually 6X18) with a 90mm Super-Angulon ==>

 

See:

www.XtremeDigitalPhotography.com

 

Been there,

Done that,

 

John