Photographer Dieter Schneider started building cameras about five years ago, and last year he fashioned a 4×5 camera using a CNC Machine. This year he took things to yet another level, creating an 8×10 large format camera entirely by hand without using computer-aided machinery.
You can watch the entire build process in the 35-minute video […]. petapixel.com
Patrick Sullivan is a woodworker with over 50 years of experience under his belt. In this 15-minute video, Sullivan shares how he spent the last couple of months building a traditional large format camera — a project that kept him “absolutely fascinated.
Want a tabletop wooden backdrop you can use for photographing everything from products to babies? Here’s a 10. 5-minute video by Erik Tande of DIY done wrong showing how you can make your own for basically zero cost.