I had bid on the huge bellows also. I assume that they are enlarger or "copy" bellows and will not be light tight in sunlight. I had visions of a huge format enlarger with one of the old copy lenses I've picked up. It may work as a large pinhole camera with paper negs. Perhaps they won't fog much. Good luck, Richard Heather
Uptown Gallery wrote: > Hello: > > Well, after all that ruckus I started about the 127 and 620 cameras I bought > to convert to pinhole, the cost and availability of film, awkwardness of > development and discouragement from hacking the cameras led me back to eBay. > I feel like some fool watching the Home Shopping Network. > > I bought an 18 x 23 bellows (M-O-O !) [sorry, if you haven't figured out I > have a weird sense of humor by now, well, there's your confirmation] today, > and a 4-pack of rubber 4x5 development tanks...I guess it's "Goodbye 35mm > pinhole for me" soon. > > Maybe I should get referred the camera builders part of the Internet? > > I suppose I could do a variety of things with the bellows...maybe large xray > sheets film for pinhole, plastic storage boxes for developing. Not pinhole, > but the pinhole camera I made out of a 35mm Kodak SLR orphaned some > Schneider lenses....might make an interesting field camera, but for the > shutter. > > Any advice besides cutting my credit card in half? > > Murray > > _______________________________________________
