Nah … I didn’t DIY this camera but sharing what I saw in Sean Michael Stimac’s blog. He took 20 hours over the course of three weeks to do this cool looking 4×5 camera. I love the cool blue color on it too … reminds me of the blue version of the Golden Half camera.
Although he said “I’m not a work worker and really don’t have much experience when it comes to making things, with more experience I would bet that this project would have taken a fraction of the time it actually took. I screwed up every single piece of wood at least once before I got the dimensions right, or the sanding right, or the cut right, etc” … I think he did an excellent job.
Wonder if I’ll ever get to DIY a camera from scratch someday. Hmm … Perhaps I should start planning on making one myself. Definitely not large format … since I can’t even handle medium format properly. Hahaha.
Check out more about the camera and Sean in his blog here.