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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: eronald on October 22, 2006, 05:43:03 am

Title: Custome build
Post by: eronald on October 22, 2006, 05:43:03 am

A lot of people here are paying serious money for digital camera accessories eg. Contax waist-level finders for $500. Camera back adapters for $$$$. Cables for $$$$. Extra film backs for $$$$.

Now, how come nobody is commissioning a custom shop to construct stuff ? For $$$$ it would seem that a specialist mechanic could build a lot of interesting devices.

Edmund

Title: Custome build
Post by: Graham Mitchell on October 22, 2006, 05:59:13 am

Interesting topic. I have had a local metal shop make a few parts. I've been thinking what to do about a view camera adapter - they are obscenely expensive! $2K for a normal adapter, $5K for a quad stitching adapter!! I have a feeling there's someone out there who could make a small batch for much less.

Title: Custome build
Post by: eronald on October 22, 2006, 06:37:31 am

Off-topic but fun:
http://www.photocritic.org/category/camera-mods/ (http://www.photocritic.org/category/camera-mods/)
Edmund

Maybe a paper pinhole frame for a digital back would be fun

Edmund