11 x 14 wet plate back For the Deardorff Studio
So I have built a wet plate back for the 8 x 10 Century master studio camera.
I learned a lot on that project and set out to make a back for my Deardorff 11 x 14. The camera came with a spring back so I wanted to use this back as the focusing back instead of making a separate focusing back for the new plate holder. Other than being much bigger, the project went pretty smoothly and the back works very well. The one thing that needs to change is the galvanized darkslide really reacts with any silver nitrate that comes in contact with it. The mild steel on my century back reacts less and works much better. I will change that out soon enough. I made plexiglass reducing inserts for 8 x 10 and 5 x 7.
