After using the Chroma 617 for a while I decided it was time to try a View Camera, as a ShenHao TFC617 is too expensive I decided to try my hand at a DIY View Camera based on a Half Plate ViewCamera, 3D Printing my own designed 617 Film Back.

00:00 Introduction
01:25 The Problem
03:26 DIY?
04:34 Half Plate
06:24 The ‘New’ Camera
07:36 3D Modelling in Fusion
09:39 Film Back Design
11:20 Dark Slide Design
12:52 Bellows
16:12 Outro
16:35 Next Week…

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