"Duct Taped" 4x5 Camera

[Josh Harmon]

Hello!

I recently found an old Burke and James 4x5 studio camera in my school's photo room. It was without a lens or lensboard but had everything else.

Expressing interest, my teacher let me take it home. I managed to make a lensboard out of an old DVD cases and fit on (albeit with a lot of duct and masking tape) a Kodak Ektar 127mm f/4.7 lens I took off an old Graflex press camera.

I have a box of Arista EDU 100 film and I managed to develop a sheet in my normal 120 film tank. I used my own Caffenol-C recipe for the developer.

I am surprised by the size, although I have shot a lot of 6x9. I did a quick low quality scan.

I can read the text clearly on the screen:

Just wanted to share my first REAL large format experience!

-Josh

 

[David William White]

Excellent! Love it!

 

[removed account4]

necessity is the mother of invention !

great work

 

[Chazzy]

Congratulations on your ingenuity.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I think that use of blue duct tape made all the difference. It might not have worked with Olive Drab or Silver duct tape. Good work. Welcome to LF!

Steve

 

[konakoa]

I like the bottle cap on the end of the cable release.

 

[Rick A]

Another great use of Alabama chrome.

 

[resummerfield]

Congratulations on your ingenuity.

Yes, congrats on your ingenuity. Well done!

 

[sandholm]

Welcome to the dark side, soon you will be caring around a 8x20 camera...

have fun

 

[Whiteymorange]

Great. Now go back and try out the press camera too. You'll find this stuff pretty addictive...

 

[SuzanneR]

I love it... and your picture, too!!!

 

[Guillaume Zuili]

Duct tape is photographer's best friend.