ps45 - DIY 4x5 / 6x12 wideangle p&s camera - completed - electronic viewfinder

Finally, the camera is completed and ready for use. Alternative configuration:

- Electronic viewfinder added

- Lens: Schneider Kreuznach Symmar-S f/5.6 100mm.
- Shutter: Copal Press #0.
- Lensboard: Linhof Technika style #3 lensboard.
- Focusing helicoid: From a broken down Mamiya Press lens.
- Camera body: Wooden plant pot from the famous Swedish furniture house.
- Protectors: Aluminum drawer handles from the local hardware store.
- Hand Grip: Hazelnut fitted to a handle from the local hardware supply.
- Cable release: Linhof.
- 4x5 back: Graflok back taken from a broken down Polaroid 454 Miniportrait.
- Rollfilm holder: Da Yi / Focus 6x12 to 4x5 international back.
- Spirit level: From the local hardware store.
- Cold shoes: From Polaroid 454 Miniportrait and CU-5 cameras.
- Viewfinder: ALPA eFinder App on iPod Touch attached to the camera using various
material from the famous internet auction platform.
- Light meter: Light Meter App on iPod Touch.

The evolution of the camera can be traced here:
www.flickr.com/photos/47970772@N06/sets/72157624069885956/

Taken on: May 31, 2013

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