If anyone is fhinking of getting a new medium format 3D printed camera and is concerned about tariffs they should look at Custom Camera Building. They are in Toronto and can ship cameras to the US tariff free under CUSMA treaty. This allows US-Mexican-Canadian produced products to ve tariff free.
I already have one camera from CCB (6x17) and have another one in the works (6x9).
No mine has only one lens. But ask and they can probably make one for you.
My cameras are both from an earlier design. I didn’t like the locks back on the 6x17 so I had them make me a different back the way I wanted. Also bought spare parts in case I lost some. Camera quality is excellant. 6x17 negs are sharp corner to corner. My 6x17 came with a Super Angulon 90mm f/8 on a helicoid marked in meters. I’ll be using my own lens on the 6x9 but it will come with matched helicoid and spare shims for any needed adjustments. I’ve been told mounting the lens correctly set up just takes a few minutes and is very easy.
I have some 3D printers. I’d be interested. As of now, I’ve just done things like soft-touch release buttons, lens caps for super-telephotos, and some tripod stuff.
Norm Shapiro wrote:
If anyone is fhinking of getting a new medium format 3D printed camera and is concerned about tariffs they should look at Custom Camera Building. They are in Toronto and can ship cameras to the US tariff free under CUSMA treaty. This allows US-Mexican-Canadian produced products to ve tariff free.
I already have one camera from CCB (6x17) and have another one in the works (6x9).
Sounds like you are a leading edge user of 3D printed cameras. Thoughts? I’d be more interested in keeping it all non-digitial/chemical like an 8x10 or even 11x14 and doing contact prints. Done 35mm enlarging, not looking to get into MF enlargement printing, or scanning film- outside of scanning 35 mm stuff.
I would not call myself a leader of anything. In my search for my first 3D printed camera I chose CCB because they had the camera I wanted in stock and the others ( in England) had longer wait times.
I just checked the CCB website and see they offer 4x5 5x7 and 8x10 cameras now. I would imagine they came with helicoids as did my 6x17 and 6x9 cameras with means very easy to focus using a tape or in my case a lazer rangefinder (Bosch Blaze). I tried an inexpensive lazer pointer which works fine indoors and outdoors, but I discovered outdoors I could not see what it was hitting. Ghe Bosch Blaze has a camera and good viewing screen and is made to be used outdoors.The helicoids are matched to a particular focal length. For the larger formats I would look for a Linhoff variable viewfinder for large format.
Another advantage of buying from CCB if you are in the US or Mexico is the treaty that allows import with no tariffs.
Another advantage of dealing with CCB is they are very helpful in answering questions and providing spare parts.
