I'm glad I found this site and I'm glad the word analog is used in it's description.For 5 years I was Manager of the Smith and Sun Tintype Studio at The Smithsonian.Rockland Colloid supplied us with ambrotype plates also.Iam also a guitarist and freelance writer/researcher.Iam originally from New Orleans.Presently Iam looking for information on bellows construction.Glad to be with you...
Greetings and welcome. I meet up with the DC crew quite regularly- I live down in Charlottesville.
Concerning bellows: I think Diwan Bhathal is making some LF bellows now. I don't know whether he frequents apug, though he and Scott Davis (FlyingCamera) have their work up at artomatic in DC so you could stop by.