Home made DIY 6x17 camera

[@mgman6000]

Very ingenious this reminds me of the 80s when I made homemade telescopes,they even had an annual meet near Big Bear California called RTMC Riverside telescope makers convention where we would meet over memorial day weekend. There were a ton of homemade telescopes there. One year John Dobson made a telescope from scratch, grinding the mirror building the mount over the weekend then raffled it off This shows how you don't have to spend thousands of dollars to get into 6x17

[@allysseriordan1073]

Nice camera! It looks really well built and fun to use. It reminds me of homemade pinholes but with a lens rather than a pinhole. It's really inspiring.

[@AnaloguePT]

yes it certainly give you more control than a pinhole but costs a lot less than a proper 6x17 camera.

[@olafwDE]

Wonderful. I guess it's quite rewarding to see the results of a tool made all by yourself. Your detail solutions are so well thought out, with a few refinements I can even see this becoming a business.

[@AnaloguePT]

Thank you. Will have to sourcing for the same or similar lens if i intend to build more.

[@DavyRayBennett]

I like the creativity!

[@AnaloguePT]

Thank you!

[@cecilsharps]

what great piece of diy craftsmanship. It answered questions about design i've had for awhile. The pressure plate and winding mechanism generate so many ideas. I found tinkercad the other day.

[@AnaloguePT]

One of my very first camera build before the days of 3d printing. I like it for its simplicity

[@cecilsharps]

@@AnaloguePT even simple designs are amazing in the age of 3d prints.

[@weeliano]

Great work! I like these kinds of DIY inventiveness! I'm currently experimenting with camera obscuras and trying to make one as a teaching tool.

[@AnaloguePT]

thank you. camera obscuras are great for learning.

[@alimo8397]

Very creative!

[@AnaloguePT]

Thank you! It was fun building it.

[@safarinishioka]

So nice!!

[@AnaloguePT]

Thank you for watching. Do subscribe to my channel too!

[@robertclancy4768]

Love your ingenuity. Fantastic projects

[@AnaloguePT]

Thank you very much! glad u like it

[@bernardkelly235]

Impressive results. The camera itself looks very similar to the RSS 6x17 pinhole. Thanks.

[@AnaloguePT]

Indeed. Having a lens with shutter and aperture control helps though.

[@bernardkelly235]

@@AnaloguePT True. The results are much less a matter of chance.

[@PilipiHoops]

Photos would look really cinematic with that ratio

[@AnaloguePT]

Yes a real different in perspective

[@7evive]

Amazing!

[@AnaloguePT]

Thank you!

[@redhatcertified]

Looks really functional & great results. What are the dimensions of the box?

[@AnaloguePT]

Hi this is 27x11x9.5 cm

[@fotolookconde]

@@AnaloguePT are these measurements external or from the interior of the box?

[@AnaloguePT]

@@fotolookconde these are external. the wood are about 10mm thick. Do take these dimensions just for reference. the best way is to find the flange focal distance of the lens that you will be using and work backwards from there.

[@fotolookconde]

@@AnaloguePT thank you very much for your reply!

[@MrRom92DAW]

I tried to convert a very antique Kodak 3A into a 6x14 camera, but no such luck... burned through too many expensive rolls of 120 without success so I gave up, I’m not even sure why it never worked. I have been able to shoot direct to paper in the camera though!

[@AnaloguePT]

Oh.. what happened? Usually light leaks is a problem and i had to stick black tape on the seams inside the camera.

[@MrRom92DAW]

@@AnaloguePT I’m really not sure, I do know the bellows are totally light tight and aren’t a problem whenever I shoot paper in it… every roll of 120 should give me 5 6x14 exposures but when I got the film back, there was only one exposure on each! It was like the shutter never opened for the other 4 pictures. And that happened twice! But whenever I trigger the shutter and try to inspect it, it opens every time... I could do it 100 times in a row and it will always open. So I’m not sure why there were 4 missing exposures on each roll. It’s not even like there were faint exposures, and I did make sure to meter... it was just totally blank, except for one exposure. Very confusing!

[@fotolookconde]

@Analogue Photography Talk. Thanks for sharing this video. You have an interesting channel and I just subscribed! Can you tell measurements of the camera, please?

[@fotolookconde]

I just saw that you replied to other person giving the measurements of the camera. Are those measurements from the exterior of the camera?

[@AnaloguePT]

@@fotolookconde thank you for subscribing. please see my response to your question in the other comment.

[@MiamiMillionaire]

Great work, a very well made Camera 👍

[@AnaloguePT]

Thank you!