jamie young said:I've been making a 20x24 hobo style camera. Does that count? I've made one holder, and the camera is almost done.Construction style is very "uliitarian". I figured I would try it a bit before making more holders. I'm planning on doing round images on 20x24 film.
Probably mostly on ortho film, at least at first, to keep costs down.
Jamie Young
Monty - I'm looking forward to seeing those massive plates! FYI, you can do without the dipper tank. My 11x14 silver tank sprung a leak, so I've been sensitizing my 11x14 plates in a regular tray and it works great. Times in the bath are shorter because you can agitate more and you will use a fraction of the amount of silver nitrate compared to a traditional dipper tank. I also fix in trays rather than a tank so I can use less solution and replace it more often.Zebra said:I am working on my dip tank this week and will run my first wet plate collodion ambrotype through it hopefully early next week.
I use one of these as suggested by Clay. I attach it to a tripod socket that I installed on the bottom of my front standard. It really helps when you've got a big old portrait lens racked way out. I learned this the hard way when I had the front racked out with a heavy lens and the tripod socket pulled out of the bottom of my 14x17 camera and the whole she-bang rolled off the tripod and onto the lawn. With some patience and glue, I was able to put everything back together again. If I had been set up on a harder surface, it would have been a disaster.Dave Wooten said:Also I remember you had a special arm to support a big lens...the arm attached to your tripod leg etc
Robert Hall said:I'm only half insane with 12x20, but I do belive that it is actually larger than 14x17 by a couple square inches!
Ole said:I may be less insane in terms of size, but the availability of 30x40cm (about 12x16") puts it in it's own class of insanity. The only cameras I've seen are variations over the Russian plate cameras like mine - big, heavy, ugly folding "field cameras" weighing in at 15kg (32 lb) and up. The (plate, not film) holders that are all that's available are also so heavy that I'm almost glad I have only one.
I have a Rusky 30x40 but it only weighs in at 23 pounds. I thought we had the same camera but maybe they are different. I'de like to see some pics of the one you have. Mine is clunky but it is mahogany and has huge leather bellows on it. The plate holders add a bit of weight. The availability of film is poor but I have a few hundred sheets of Russian Pan film along with some Agfa Aviphot 200 and I even have some color Fuji NPL in 30x40 size.
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