Camera & Equipment Construction

The links below will lead to step-by-step descriptions of various cameras and equipments construction projects or to pages showing some projects completed by our members — Clicking on “Articles” in the orange bar above will open the page with articles designed to guide your first steps in the practice of various processes.

DIY PROJECTS


• Your Wet Plate camera - René Smets
  • Your dream camera – a DIY project guide (pdf)
  • High-resolution sketches (A3)
• A DIY darkbox for wetplates - René Smets
• Making your bellows yourself – René Smets
• Making a UV lighting unit – René Smets
• Tips for the Construction of a Camera Obscura – René Smets
• Pinhole formulae, applied to a practical case – Jacques Kevers
• Pinhole design & exposure spreadsheet – Ben Mossing Holsteijn & Jacques Kevers - UPDATED!
• Exposure times in pinhole photography – René Smets & Jacques Kevers - NEW!


COMPLETED PROJECTS


• Cameras Obscuras — René Smets (html pages)