Exploring-canyon-with-4x5-large-format-camera
21 Sep
EMULSION, EQUIPMENT, ON THE FIELD, OTHER

Exploring the Canyon with Large Format Camera

What a great time I had exploring the Pekel Canyon in central Slovenia with my 4x5 camera and hand coated glass dry-plates. It was a cloudy day just calling for some long exposures. I packed my 4x5 Intrepid camera + holders filled with hand-coated glass dry-plates and headed for an adventure. I hiked along the waterfalls of Pekel Canyon in the hearth of Slovenia. Made an exposure and developed it in my Container Darkroom. Along the way I also filmed everything for you :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne23W2_XSsY&t=1s

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How-to-make-camera-bellows
12 Sep
EQUIPMENT, OTHER

CAMERA BELLOWS – Step by Step Tutorial

In this blog post I would like to walk you through all the steps needed to make yourself new Large Format Camera Bellows including all the materials I used. In my case I made new bellows for an old Kodak Brownie NO.3 A. It is over a 100 years old camera so bellows were totally weathered down. It was my first time making it as well so before that I searched many forums, watched different Youtube tutorial videos…At the end I put all the useful information and techniques together and combined it into this post. It was very hard for...

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12 Sep
EQUIPMENT, OTHER

DIY CAMERA BELLOWS (VIDEO)

How to make Camera bellows? I have been planning to make Youtube videos for a while now and I finally braved up making a tutorial on how to make Large Format Camera Bellows. In the video I am making brand new bellows for an old Kodak Brownie NO. 3A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7jK1PKjlk If you would like to see more content like this you are warmly invited to my Patreon page. Thanks

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