The Blinds Shall See
So you want it Good, Cheap, and Big? "Pick two and call me back." But I love interesting challenges, which led to my largest wooden camera project, yet: a 20"x20" folding wooden field camera. How the idea hatched The window blind kit that inspired this project. In the big box hardware store, I spotted some paper blackout blinds, which kind of look like bellows (if you squint and use your imagination). At 72 inches of length, bellows made from these would have a useful extension. At 48" of width, one set can be folded into the equivalent of two 21" sides with 6" extra for an overlapped seam (two of these make up all 4 sides). And with a 1" fold width, the joined set should fit inside a 22" square camera body with full illumination on a 20x20" field. Interesting! Ok, challenge accepted; let's see if I can demo this premise as cheaply as possible. The Process My first bare instantiation of the camera standards and base. I have a 21.5...



