Month: November 2017

Wide angle bellows

Published November 25, 2017

I was about to order some bag bellows, but remembered that I had some BK-5 blackout cloth (ThorLabs) left over from the last bag bellows experience. I made a few quick bellows frames from Baltic birch ply, laid out a few patterns and was done in about an hour.

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5×7 part 3, assembly day(s)

Published November 3, 2017

Finished camera. Looks a dumpster date between a Ebony and a Chamonix. I don’t much like the visual dominance of the aluminum, but it works like a dream. I may get the aluminum parts anodized black at some point to tone down the appearance a bit.

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