My Walnut 14x17 is under construction!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Paul, thanks I know we will get plenty of pictures of it to post.

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Okay, here it is in all of its glory! When you build any camera there are things that just take time. This weekend was a long one and we managed to get the camera done but we were not able to expose any film. Just to tired and ran out of time and the wind came up. I still have some adjustments to make and some refinements but I could shoot with it if I so desire. My good friend Matt Blais gets a lot of credit for months of help and putting up with my insanity. The camera came in at 22 LBS. My walnut tripod and Gitzo head with Matt's sliding tripod block make it very stable. Setting it up is slow, (ya think!) and I'm not going far from the truck until I get the rolling cart built. It came out very, very nice.

 

[munz6869]

That is completely inspiring Jim!! Congratulations!

Marc!

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Marc, thank you very much. I'm exhausted from this weekends final construction. It does feel good looking at this beauty on my dining room table. I'll post some better images later. Just wanted to get some out there for anyone who has been following this thread.

 

[PVia]

Amazing...congratulations...!

 

[ghostcount]

Impressive! Congratulations Jim - it's a carbon printer's dream.

 

[edp]

Superb.

It'll be on ebay in a hundred years time, and nobody will have a clue what it is.

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks everyone. Yes, I can't wait to see a 14x17 carbon print. Still need to burn some film! Soon!

I think I could be buried in this one...... really I fit inside!

 

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Here are some pictures of the 14x17 on the tripod I built for it and the 11x14. It is rock solid and we built a sliding tripod block which made it much easier to mount the 22 lb. camera on the tripod. The great thing about all this is that the camera works! When you build these things you worry about film registration and film planes, etc. We developed the negatives from the shoot and they look great. So after 7 months she is ready to go!

 

[ghostcount]

Very impressive Jim! Congrats again.

 

[Lee Smathers]

Here are some pictures of the 14x17 on the tripod I built for it and the 11x14. It is rock solid and we built a sliding tripod block which made it much easier to mount the 22 lb. camera on the tripod. The great thing about all this is that the camera works! When you build these things you worry about film registration and film planes, etc. We developed the negatives from the shoot and they look great. So after 7 months she is ready to go!

So here she is in all her glory! This is quite amazing, Jim. I've seen bits and pieces on LFPF, but now I read the entire thread about this camera. Very nice. Very nice, indeed.