Newbie: Cheapest setup for a 6x17 camera?

Kevin Roach

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A lot of people are converting Kodak 3A cameras into 6x14 panorama cameras. or you could buy a couple of foldex folding cameras and cut/glue them to make a 6x17 back. fit it on a plate camera or 4x5 graphic. That's about as cheap as you can get. 50-100 dollars for a working panorama camera.
 

Steve Smith

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The old Polaroid rollfilm cameras can be converted too. I did a 160 as shown in the attached pictures. The conversion is fairly easy.

I currently have a 110A but I can't decide if I want to convert it to 120 or 5x4 yet.

These conversions are not quite as wide as the Kodak 3A conversions as the final image size is around 6 x 10.5cm


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Mark Fisher

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Jamie,

I'll try to go out and shoot with mine this weekend and share the results...if I don't freeze.....it has film in it and I did not document the design yet....go Pack!
 

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I actually thought you were talking about adapting a panoram 3A for 120 film, not a regular 3A. Though I should have read more carefully, I am curious what you come up with. Sounds interesting
 

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HeinrichVoelkel said:
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I heard that the lenses are the week point of these cameras, with exception of the latest models. Maybe one could put there a modern equivalent of the original F length, the camera is adjustable in the focus distance.
 

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Our friends at Surplus Shed have a sweet Metrogon 160mm
lens 90 degree coverage with 9x9 inch coverage which would translate to 6cm x 30cm on 120 film. I'm tinkering with adapting a speed graphic, rear shutter, waterhouse stops in the lens and blackening out the white structures in the lens (because it was a projection lens) Total about $150-$200 if you make film holders out of old 4x5 cut film, butted end to end... hand tool work.

David
 
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