This took some of the past 2-3 days, as I got an itch to make some superwide pictures but wasn’t satisfied with the earlier cigarbox cam I had made.
This incorporates several improvements (and points out several more, of course). I hope to get out with it this weekend. This morning was clear and bright, with stunning views: this afternoon, not so much.
And I just loaded up all seven of my film-holders, to eliminate any excuses not to get out and use the thing.
<update> Well, I took it out today but it wasn’t all that satisfactory an outing. I left the pressure plate behind, so I suspect some fogging on the negs as a result of a less that light-tight fit. Also, the T-nuts are not mounted properly: I knew that, or should have. So one worked itself loose. Gah.
So a little repair action when I got home: added a couple of strips of wood over the places where the T-nuts were mounted, with them installed on the proper side. Also, the pressure plate was not as tight as I could be, so I glued a strip of felt across the inside of that cross-piece, along with a strip at each end of where the film-holder goes.
On balance, the camera didn’t cost anything to build — I either had the pieces in hand or could pull them out of a drawer or the scrap box — or to refit. More once I get a chance to take it out again.